House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Members must complete 12 years of creditable service in order to be vested in an annuity under the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Howard Coble R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2013 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2357.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COBLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3591):Article I, Section 6 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2357, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble.
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- H.R. 5036 (113th) Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014
- H.R. 1129 (113th) Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013
- H.R. 2931 (113th) Fairness in Health Care Claims, Guidance, and Investigations Act
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.