House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Working to Address Treaty Enforcement Rapidly for Texas Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2307.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VELA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3256):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, which provides Congress the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign Nations and among the several States.'' ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 162 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2307, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2307
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2307, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
K. Conaway (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Filemon Vela.
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.