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: Jan 14, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 246.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H86):Article 1 Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 246, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/246
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49cd621735cbaf6f0235bee77b004657eb6ed3166394f0a78b4b5f508c539b2a
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. 246, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Trent Franks (R-AZ), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert.
- H.R. 4012 (113th) Secret Science Reform Act of 2014
- H.R. 4882 (113th) Southwest Border Protection Act of 2014
- H.R. 2408 (113th) To prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.
- H.R. 2544 (113th) CEASE Act
- H.R. 247 (113th) Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act
- H.Res. 718 (113th) Calling on the Department of Defense to expedite the delivery of all necessary military equipment, weapons, ammunition, and other needed…
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.