House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Spencer Bachus R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2013
- Committee actionJul 31, 2013
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2013 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2542.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2542, Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013” on September 9, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 31, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44555
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2542, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2542, Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013” on November 18, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on September18, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44876
- CBO publication date
- November 18, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2542, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 113-288,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 113-288,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/288
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/288 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2542, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACHUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4144):Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Sections 8 and 9 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of specific legislative powers granted to Congress by those sections, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which…Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 1,037 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2542, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
19 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 19 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Chris Collins (R-NY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Duncan (R-TN), Sam Graves (R-MO), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Billy Long (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jason Smith (R-MO), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
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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.