House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Adam Kinzinger R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 14, 2013
- Committee actionFeb 4, 2013
- Passed HouseFeb 12, 2013 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 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. 235.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 235, the Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2013” on February 1, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 22, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 1, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43875
- CBO publication date
- February 1, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 235, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/235
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-5 ↗. 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/5
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 235, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/235
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H86):According to clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution, Congress has the authority to control the expenditures of the federal government.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 150 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 235, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/235
- 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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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
17 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 17 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Bruce Braley (D-IA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Lois Capps (D-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Rodney Davis (R-IL), John Dingell (D-MI), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).
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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.