House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
National Discovery Trails Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 2, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 12, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3022.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORTENBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5401):The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3022, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
60072f6fe6749a347251a8b8efd09ee4b4e42d68c6a15eb65145bf68ace1ff4a
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 December 5, 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
22 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 22 cosponsors (91%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), John Delaney (D-MD), Donna Edwards (D-MD), William Enyart (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), John Lewis (D-GA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA), Jared Polis (D-CO), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Fortenberry.
- H.R. 5086 (113th) To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the…
- H.R. 858 (113th) Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2013
- H.Con.Res. 110 (113th) Calling for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in the…
- H.R. 2935 (113th) Conservation Reform Act of 2013
- H.R. 3599 (113th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to payments to long-term care hospitals, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1932 (113th) Farm Program Integrity Act of 2013
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.