House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Half in Ten Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2182.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2957):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2182, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2182
- 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
65 cosponsors — 65 Democrats
0 of 65 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV) and 35 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee.
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- H.R. 725 (113th) Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013
- H.Res. 59 (113th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
- H.R. 1466 (113th) Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act
- H.R. 1843 (113th) REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013
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.