House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 1, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2581.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4176):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2581, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
909a4217f1fb32ef4a9059bc92b698857fcae89207eb927509983e73a3b90402
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. 2581, 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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Jim Costa (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), David Roe (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Hurt.
- H.R. 1564 (113th) Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act
- H.R. 1105 (113th) Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act
- H.R. 4164 (113th) Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act
- H.R. 2937 (113th) Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013
- H.R. 4976 (113th) Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act
- H.R. 3029 (113th) College Savings Enhancement Act of 2013
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.