House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law

New Columbia Admission Act

H.R. 292Introduced Jan 15, 2013Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Where it went

IntroducedJan 15, 2013
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 15, 2013 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 292.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEUGEBAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H5347-H5349):
Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner…
Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
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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.

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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

112 cosponsors — 112 Democrats

0 of 112 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL) and 82 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.

Sponsor’s state and district

District of Columbia in Congress · DC at-large district

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