House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Defending State Authority Over Education Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2089.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ROBY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2912):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests in the power of Congress is in the U.S. Constitution under Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2089, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2089
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Candice Miller (R-MI), Trey Radel (R-FL), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Matt Salmon (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Martha Roby.
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- H.R. 349 (113th) Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act of 2013
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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.