House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act
Open in Bill Explorer →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 Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 247.
- 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 Constitution. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 247, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/247
- 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Steve Stivers (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert.
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- 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. 246 (113th) RATE Act of 2013
- 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.