House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian Department of Defense personnel accounts from sequestration.
Sponsor: Rep. John Barrow D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 8, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2613.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARROW of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4213):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2613, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2613
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2bb0d1f659b6b9405f55e146d76b036360829ecc6334c086e2613ce77843de8e
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 September 8, 2026). 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), James Cooper (D-TN), William Enyart (D-IL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Barrow.
- H.J.Res. 4 (113th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 223 (113th) John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act
- H.Res. 633 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House with respect to accountability for mismanagement at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- H.J.Res. 33 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit a law increasing the compensation for the services of the…
- H.R. 2614 (113th) To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian…
- H.R. 4928 (113th) ROTC 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.