House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3131.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5655):Under Article I, section 8, clause 3 and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3131, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 3131, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), John Conyers (D-MI), John Dingell (D-MI), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), John Lewis (D-GA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ben Luján (D-NM), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), David Scott (D-GA), Jackie Speier (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregorio Sablan.
- H.R. 573 (113th) To amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
- H.R. 674 (113th) Rota Cultural and Natural Resources Study Act
- H.R. 1384 (113th) Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp Act of 2013
- H.R. 4296 (113th) To amend Public Law 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands.
- H.Res. 578 (113th) Expressing support for designation of the week of May 11, 2014, through May 17, 2014, as "National Police Week".
- H.R. 1018 (113th) To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the…
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.