House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 14, 2013
- Committee actionFeb 4, 2013
- Passed HouseFeb 4, 2013 · 375–27
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 225.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-4 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 4, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 4, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/4
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 225, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/225
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CAPPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H85):The Constitutional authority in which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to regulate Commerce, as enumerated by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 187 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 225, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/225
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6dd40d53956c4f1c8cd1ece5ad67b5f87bfc86067a4d9ca76f55bba82ec7e0e5
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 (as of April 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 225, last updated April 21, 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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Peter King (R-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps.
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- H.R. 3008 (113th) To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in California, and for other…
- H.Res. 608 (113th) Condemning the senseless rampage and mass shooting that took place in Isla Vista, California, on Friday, May 23, 2014.
- H.R. 698 (113th) HIV Organ Policy Equity Act
- H.R. 1429 (113th) Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act of 2013
- H.R. 2632 (113th) School-based Health Centers Program Reauthorization 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.