House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Stay in Place, Cut the Waste Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2013 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2643.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4370):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Sectoin 8, Clause 1Source: 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. 2643, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2643
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2643, 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
53 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 27 Democrats, 1 independent
28 of 53 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), John Barrow (D-GA), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Paul Cook (R-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Sam Graves (R-MO), Gene Green (D-TX), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Robert Latta (R-OH), David Loebsack (D-IA) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick.
- H.R. 5405 (113th) Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act
- H.R. 2629 (113th) Fostering Innovation Act of 2013
- H.R. 4539 (113th) Bureau Research Transparency Act
- H.R. 2856 (113th) Captive Primate Safety Act
- H.R. 3788 (113th) To repeal the reductions in military retirement benefits made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to require inclusion of the…
- H.R. 1775 (113th) Saracini Aviation Safety 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.