House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Barrow D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 223.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARROW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H85):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 4, of the Constitution which expressly provides Congress with the power to enact laws governing the time, place, and manner of elections for Members of the House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 261 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 223, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/223
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
002408713c7207fcb381a296eb3f31dc504b22ae0f5a18770c32b89c083161e7
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 223, last updated December 5, 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
9 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 8 Democrats
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Ron Kind (D-WI), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), David Price (D-NC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Barrow.
- H.J.Res. 4 (113th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 2613 (113th) To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian…
- H.Res. 633 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House with respect to accountability for mismanagement at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- H.J.Res. 33 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit a law increasing the compensation for the services of the…
- H.R. 2614 (113th) To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian…
- H.R. 4928 (113th) ROTC Act of 2014
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.