House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2013
- Committee actionMar 20, 2013
- Passed HouseJul 31, 2013 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 313.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 313, GSA Act of 2013” on April 11, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 20, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 11, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44078
- CBO publication date
- April 11, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 313, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/313
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
09879f46638cf9fea94c7c7ec02e19f3f3d8133d33cecf45b49bb85f5dfeafc6
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. EMERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H177):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 395 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 313, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/313
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
09879f46638cf9fea94c7c7ec02e19f3f3d8133d33cecf45b49bb85f5dfeafc6
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 313, last updated April 7, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jo Emerson.
- H.J.Res. 19 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of…
- H.J.Res. 18 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater…
- H.R. 314 (113th) Inspector General Improvement Act of 2013
- H.R. 315 (113th) Synthetic Cathinones Control 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.