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 24, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1980.
- 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 December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,718 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1980, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c67f59928955bf976e3e4c6010e35848d2997ea9c0f46ff966a50a5fa657470e
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 December 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1980, last updated December 3, 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
26 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 18 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 26 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Bruce Braley (D-IA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), William Enyart (D-IL), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Walter Jones (R-NC), John Kline (R-MN), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), E. Rigell (R-VA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), John Tierney (D-MA), Peter Visclosky (D-IN).
More from the sponsor
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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.