House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Ted Poe R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2638.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4369):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 9, Clause 7Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2638, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5a5cb04053f0e6284be8caf350d79621c895eb2611a470ce3b7eb8da909c7952
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
52 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 52 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Doug Collins (R-GA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Richard Hanna (R-NY), George Holding (R-NC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Tom Latham (R-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe.
- H.R. 3530 (113th) Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2014
- H.Res. 620 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Mexico should immediately release United States Marine Sgt.…
- H.Res. 89 (113th) Condemning the attack on Iranian dissidents living at Camp Hurriya, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1696 (113th) Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act
- H.R. 1078 (113th) To make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1962 (113th) Free Flow of Information 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.