House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 31, 2013
- Committee actionMar 5, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2014 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-662, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2882.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2882, Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2013” on April 14, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 5, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45256
- CBO publication date
- April 14, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2882, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2882
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-662 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on December 11, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2014 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/662
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2882, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2882
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b3310471b7c2398bff1f0bededc36c9ba87aef1c41603ceee0591df670ad8f07
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5261):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 245 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2882, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2882
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b3310471b7c2398bff1f0bededc36c9ba87aef1c41603ceee0591df670ad8f07
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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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), David Roe (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Coffman.
- H.R. 1412 (113th) Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2013
- H.R. 3210 (113th) Pay Our Military Act
- H.R. 1402 (113th) VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act of 2013
- H.R. 3593 (113th) VA Construction Assistance Act of 2014
- H.R. 4261 (113th) Gulf War Health Research Reform Act of 2014
- H.R. 435 (113th) Military Enlistment Opportunity 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.