House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
SAVE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1999.
- 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 August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,718 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1999, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 1999, 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 — 6 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 21 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Ami Bera (D-CA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), William Enyart (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), David Joyce (R-OH), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Scott Peters (D-CA), Tom Rice (R-SC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT).
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.