House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2479.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4038):Article 1, sec. 8, cl. 3 (commerce clause), & cl. 18 (necessary and proper clause); Section 1 of the 14th Amendment (due process and equal protection clauses), and section 5 of the 14th Amendment (enforcement).Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 210 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2479, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2479, last updated December 5, 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
27 cosponsors — 27 Democrats
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), James Himes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Robert Scott (D-VA), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
- H.Res. 707 (113th) Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and rejecting attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred or violent attacks as an acceptable expression…
- H.R. 2523 (113th) Respect for Marriage Act
- H.R. 519 (113th) Uniting American Families Act of 2013
- H.R. 1975 (113th) Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- H.R. 2958 (113th) Clean Ports Act of 2013
- H.R. 4103 (113th) American Royalties Too Act of 2014
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.