House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Respecting the Institution of Congress Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2013 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2092.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2912):Article 1, Section 6, which states that, ``Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 199 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2092, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2092
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 2025). 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
11 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Luke Messer (R-IN), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Susan Brooks.
- H.R. 4275 (113th) Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act
- H.R. 4263 (113th) Social Media Working Group Act of 2014
- H.R. 2536 (113th) Computer Science Education Act of 2013
- H.R. 2134 (113th) Charitable Pension Flexibility Act of 2013
- H.R. 3106 (113th) Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries 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.