House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1978.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHWARTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2604):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1978, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
882cb7e851408ab4918e3dcf58d58c336deeededa8a03adf0d9bf03a1545181c
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1978, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Robert Brady (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Allyson Schwartz.
- H.R. 2056 (113th) Veteran Employment Transition Act
- H.R. 574 (113th) Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2013
- H.R. 4916 (113th) POWER Act
- H.R. 3456 (113th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the enrollment of veterans in certain courses of education, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1301 (113th) Inspiring Scientific Research and Innovation Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2013
- H.R. 3336 (113th) Inspiring Scientific Research and Innovation Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.