House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Darrell Issa R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2013
- Committee actionMay 22, 2013
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2013 · 388–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2061.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2061, Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013” on November 14, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 22, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44793
- CBO publication date
- November 14, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2061, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-270 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 18, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 18, 2013 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/270
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2061, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
60a5a33e055cc933456c68233811027a2c2d1e7ca093a79613f40f35482458df
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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. 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 April 7, 2025 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,718 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2061, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
60a5a33e055cc933456c68233811027a2c2d1e7ca093a79613f40f35482458df
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.994, which became Public Law 113-101 on 5/9/2014.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2061, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
60a5a33e055cc933456c68233811027a2c2d1e7ca093a79613f40f35482458df
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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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
John Campbell (R-CA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), K. Conaway (R-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Jared Polis (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), James Renacci (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
- H.R. 4193 (113th) Smart Savings Act
- H.R. 4194 (113th) Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014
- H.R. 4192 (113th) To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height of buildings in the District of Columbia" to clarify the rules of the District of…
- H.R. 5468 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the…
- H.R. 1163 (113th) Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013
- H.R. 1211 (113th) FOIA Act
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.