House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Israel QME Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2013
- Committee actionNov 20, 2013
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2013 · 399–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1992.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1992, Israel QME Enhancement Act” on November 27, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 20, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 27, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44921
- CBO publication date
- November 27, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1992, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1992
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8728192bded63940bdc67317d7b2e4b4a0dd6b3a7b8ead6459642cba7291664b
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1992, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1992
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8728192bded63940bdc67317d7b2e4b4a0dd6b3a7b8ead6459642cba7291664b
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1992, last updated April 7, 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
33 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 33 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Paul Cook (R-CA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Pete Gallego (D-TX), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Scott Perry (R-PA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Tom Price (R-GA), Trey Radel (R-FL), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Henry Waxman (D-CA) and 3 more.
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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.