House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 31, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2893.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RANGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5262):Article 1, Section 8 ``to provide for the common Defense and Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 92 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2893, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2893
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
08ed8d5877c191c95aed3a579043e65b256e67dd2203bbaeaa90de6e4a889a6f
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 December 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2893, last updated December 3, 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
38 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 37 Democrats
1 of 38 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Peter King (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel.
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- H.R. 2001 (113th) VETS Act of 2013
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- H.R. 1527 (113th) Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2013
- H.Con.Res. 91 (113th) Encouraging reunions of divided Korean American families.
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.