House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Safeguarding Children Harmed by Obamacare's Onerous Levies Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 19, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2443.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MESSER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3929):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which empowers Congress, in part, to ``lay and collect Taxes'' and ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . .'' The bill will exempt certain educational institutions from taxes imposed by public Law 111-148, as amended. Congress has the power to repeal such taxes and provide for the general welfare of those who have been and will be harmed by their imposition.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 430 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2443, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
76979780e01c2ac0f886d3155e6c749c6c2418a5eaa4e6740231b0cd6289d335
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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Todd Rokita (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Luke Messer.
- H.R. 1949 (113th) Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act
- H.R. 668 (113th) To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to require that annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide…
- H.R. 4775 (113th) Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies
- H.R. 2577 (113th) Small Business Job Protection Act of 2013
- H.R. 3358 (113th) Fairness for Individuals Using Exchange Websites Act of 2013
- H.R. 1013 (113th) Discretionary Spending Reduction 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.