House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2989.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5400):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 14 and 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2989, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2989
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3cdcfbe2920e4c1dcef2e6fa5df3760ff3c0deba68aaf56ab17b6867c618b3b2
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. 2989, 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
54 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 53 Democrats
1 of 54 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN) and 24 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.