House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2902.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLAUGHTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5345):The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 98 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2902, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2902
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d1d80a7802e2a5f00eb76c839b09f62c016a1e4aa6201228aaa52ae9449726b
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2902, last updated December 5, 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
105 cosponsors — 105 Democrats
0 of 105 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI) and 75 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.