House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
American Jobs Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2013
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Sep 18, 2014 — Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Wilson (FL). Petition No: 113-12. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/113/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0012.xml ">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2821.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5051):The Commerce clause and provisions to provide for the general welfare.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 70 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2821, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2821
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 noteOn 9/18/2014, a motion was filed to discharge the Committees on Ways and Means, Small Business, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget from the consideration of H.R.2821. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 113-12: text with signatures.)Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2821, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2821
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2821, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
79 cosponsors — 79 Democrats
0 of 79 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), William Enyart (D-IL), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH) and 49 more.
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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.