House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2765.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4826):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that Congress has the power to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2765, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2765
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8068505df07e10c416a5d476a5b0cb38c53c945a2538c4b66b41f3983899fed8
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. 2765, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tim Griffin (R-AR), David Joyce (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Wittman.
- H.R. 1206 (113th) Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013
- H.R. 2208 (113th) North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act
- H.R. 739 (113th) Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013
- H.R. 3062 (113th) Adoption Information Act
- H.R. 3792 (113th) To repeal the reduction in the annual percentage increases of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces…
- H.R. 4621 (113th) Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity 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.