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 3, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2036.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'ROURKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2719):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2036, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2036
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
075e4e59637f32c55dad45b0deb62e89ea60a8b22724f1665e97072e16f34281
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. 2036, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), John Lewis (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beto O'Rourke.
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- H.R. 1265 (113th) To require the continuation of tuition assistance programs for members of the Armed Forces for the remainder of fiscal year 2013.
- H.R. 3431 (113th) American Families United Act
- H.R. 4303 (113th) Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2014
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.