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 20, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2016.
- 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 January 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,718 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2016, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2016
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc3d64d5ef4517e7109aa303123e4686fa522bfd4c5fe8e1afa74a48dbc1260d
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 January 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2016, last updated January 13, 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
73 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 41 Democrats, 1 independent, 1 other
42 of 73 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dave Camp (R-MI), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Michael Honda (D-CA) and 43 more.
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.