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: Sep 13, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2997.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5400):Article 1, Section8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2997, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6988c847883cc6078e040136d715a467404fcd6f738e91a87b6a2f5b54502589
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.
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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
25 cosponsors — 25 Republicans
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), K. Conaway (R-TX), Paul Cook (R-CA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Culberson (R-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Billy Long (R-MO), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Bill Posey (R-FL), Trey Radel (R-FL), Tom Rice (R-SC), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Jason Smith (R-MO), William Thornberry (R-TX), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Roger Williams (R-TX), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul.
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- H.R. 5685 (113th) Rewards for Justice Congressional Notification Act of 2014
- H.R. 755 (113th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
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.