House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2014.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMASH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2718):The bill helps guarantee the rights secured by the First Amendment to the Constitution (``Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press'') and the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution (``The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated'').Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 376 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2014, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2014
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bc5ee556a17cb25984095b7eedea0ade0c26db78dd949ff2046992cf44100eb6
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. 2014, 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
29 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 29 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Richard Hanna (R-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Walter Jones (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Jared Polis (D-CO), Bill Posey (R-FL), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Roe (R-TN), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Steve Southerland (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash.
- H.J.Res. 24 (113th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 760 (113th) Readable Legislation Act of 2013
- H.R. 3175 (113th) Making appropriations for fiscal year 2014 to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, continue to…
- H.R. 2263 (113th) Export-Import Bank Termination Act
- H.R. 3550 (113th) New Fair Deal Banking and Housing Stability Act of 2013
- H.R. 1218 (113th) Commemorative Coins Reform Act of 2013
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.