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: Jul 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1979.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEUGEBAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5347-H5349):Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner…Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,718 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1979, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1979
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9acdc800523daaf4966e031dbc8f5c389ef0d7d31201c7d18c990ce9f32c321b
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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1979, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Keith Ellison (D-MN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), David Scott (D-GA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Henry Waxman (D-CA), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Tierney.
- H.R. 3824 (113th) Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act
- H.R. 4582 (113th) Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
- H.R. 798 (113th) Workforce Investment Act of 2013
- H.R. 4652 (113th) Increasing Small Business Lending Act
- H.R. 2005 (113th) Personalized Handgun Safety Act
- H.R. 5128 (113th) International Human Rights Defense Act of 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.