House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2185.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2957):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution--the Necessary and Proper Clause.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 85 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2185, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2185
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f138ffd59a512c0b195947637100edb2ab804ae00ca4d017b050fce6a290d53b
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2185, last updated August 12, 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
14 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 13 Democrats
1 of 14 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Pete Gallego (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Edward Markey (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Richard Neal (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Lynch.
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- H.R. 961 (113th) United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013
- H.R. 4241 (113th) Act to Ban Zohydro
- H.R. 5391 (113th) National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2014
- H.R. 1366 (113th) Stop Oxy Abuse 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.