House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2690.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4523):Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution that empowers Congress to establish Post Offices and post Roads.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 129 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2690, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2690
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
622cc583e54400ab57f1139b2ae38b5165b5cb627f0b324acfea91ebdab61878
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. 2690, 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), John Lewis (D-GA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), John Tierney (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings.
- H.R. 4197 (113th) All Circuit Review Extension Act
- H.R. 1233 (113th) Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014
- H.R. 1234 (113th) Electronic Message Preservation Act
- H.R. 1706 (113th) Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Act of 2013
- H.R. 1842 (113th) Military Family Home Protection Act
- H.R. 1678 (113th) SEAS Act
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.