House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Pitts R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2013
- Committee actionFeb 4, 2013
- Passed HouseFeb 4, 2013 · 352–50
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 297.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 297, the Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013: Revised” on February 1, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 22, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 1, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43877
- CBO publication date
- February 1, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 297, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 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. 113-3 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 4, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 4, 2013 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/3
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 297, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
502212218076d8a2b2ed6fea2b5186cb5d5045dd72a159cb39f070db58a9b20e
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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. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H172):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 297, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
502212218076d8a2b2ed6fea2b5186cb5d5045dd72a159cb39f070db58a9b20e
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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
31 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 31 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Lois Capps (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Charles Dent (R-PA), John Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Gene Green (D-TX), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Robert Latta (R-OH), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Martha Roby (R-AL), David Roe (R-TN), Jon Runyan (R-NJ), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Robert Wittman (R-VA) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3811 (113th) Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014
- H.R. 1549 (113th) Helping Sick Americans Now Act
- H.R. 4299 (113th) Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act
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.