House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Sunshine on Government Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2221.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAWFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3015):Clauses 1 and 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 83 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2221, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2221
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2221, 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
12 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 12 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Bill Posey (R-FL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Crawford.
- H.R. 311 (113th) FUELS Act
- H.R. 742 (113th) Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013
- H.R. 4319 (113th) Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2014
- H.J.Res. 126 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to control entitlement spending.
- H.R. 4157 (113th) Farmer Identity Protection Act
- H.R. 3403 (113th) Drug Free Commercial Driver 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.