House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law

TRANSFER Act of 2013

H.R. 2981Introduced Aug 2, 2013Policy area: Commerce

Sponsor: Rep. Chris Collins R-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedAug 2, 2013
Committee actionDec 5, 2013
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 5, 2013 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2981.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2981, Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013” on January 24, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on December 5, 2013”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 24, 2014 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45039
CBO publication date
January 24, 2014
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2981, 113th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2981
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 12, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 23, 2026
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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. COLLINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5400):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2981, 113th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2981
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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2981, 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

26 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 16 Democrats

16 of 26 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.

Ron Barber (D-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), André Carson (D-IN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), William Owens (D-NY), Scott Peters (D-CA), David Reichert (R-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Mark Takano (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Collins.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress

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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.