House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2013 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 241.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H86):Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution reserves to Congress the power to raise and support Armies and provide and maintain a Navy, as well as make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 233 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 241, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
136be99c138be48052e5343bc1b6178b94f283ddf7d91da2a505800b208f561d
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 241, last updated August 12, 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
25 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 25 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Tom Graves (R-GA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), John Kline (R-MN), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Gary Miller (R-CA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Bill Posey (R-FL), E. Rigell (R-VA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Steve Stivers (R-OH), David Valadao (R-CA), Edward Whitfield (R-KY), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dennis Ross.
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- H.R. 5650 (113th) To grant a Federal charter to the National Academy of Inventors.
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.