House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To eliminate the 2013 statutory pay adjustment for Federal employees.
Sponsor: Rep. Ron DeSantis R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 15, 2013 · 261–154
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 273.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSANTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H172):Article I, Sec. 8 To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 250 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 273, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1590d3baa65425f068daefb50fb527d82aa3482c19a9c0906850977ecc5ecf16
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 April 7, 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
48 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Chris Collins (R-NY), Doug Collins (R-GA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Duncan (R-TN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Tom Graves (R-GA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Raul Labrador (R-ID), James Lankford (R-OK), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Luke Messer (R-IN), John Mica (R-FL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ron DeSantis.
- H.R. 3973 (113th) Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014
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- H.Res. 425 (113th) Expressing disapproval of the failure to satisfy the constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" and the…
- H.R. 4612 (113th) Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2014
- H.R. 3406 (113th) If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep it Act
- H.R. 3076 (113th) James Madison Congressional Accountability 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.