House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
SMART Grid Study Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 6, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2962.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5347):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 239 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2962, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2962
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2962, last updated August 12, 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
37 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 32 Democrats
5 of 37 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), James Clyburn (D-SC), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), William Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Peter King (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Sander Levin (D-MI), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Cedric Richmond (D-LA) and 7 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.