House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. James Langevin D-RIWhere 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 Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 236.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H86):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 236, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
24 cosponsors — 24 Democrats
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), James Moran (D-VA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), David Price (D-NC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3563 (113th) Federal Employees Responsible Investment 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.