House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 309.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HULTGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H177):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--``Congress shall . . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the United States;''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 116 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 309, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/309
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
db895f01d8cbd0238c4238ba24d43bc54cec19f780c5d42320860074f58334fb
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. 309, 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
62 cosponsors — 62 Republicans
0 of 62 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Joe Barton (R-TX), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Paul Broun (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Culberson (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), John Duncan (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve King (R-IA), Jack Kingston (R-GA) and 32 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.