House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2066.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2839):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 289 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2066, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2066
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2066, last updated December 5, 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
38 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 38 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), John Campbell (R-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Tom Petri (R-WI), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Ed Royce (R-CA) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Denham.
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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.