House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Perpetual POW/MIA Stamp Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2794.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4979):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 181 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2794, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2794
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4d565a7f374c2c552a5c9370c1983882513085df15bf28965fc117b1ed47ff4
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 — 28 Republicans, 24 Democrats
24 of 52 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Susan Davis (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Sam Farr (D-CA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.