House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 29, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2847.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5174):Article I, Section 8, Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years. Article I, Section 8, Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy. Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 322 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2847, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
be7c06d17e328878a768f330008b9574fa231de35bd7a8069e2e6b525c1827c2
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. 2847, 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
65 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 59 Democrats
6 of 65 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), William Enyart (D-IL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC) and 35 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.