House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Scott D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2865.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5174):Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 & Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2865, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2865
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- 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’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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Melvin Watt (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 1447 (113th) Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013
- H.R. 1318 (113th) Youth PROMISE Act
- H.R. 1695 (113th) Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013
- H.R. 2369 (113th) Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2013
- H.R. 359 (113th) CAMPUS Safety Act of 2013
- H.R. 2372 (113th) Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2013
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.