House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Pocan D-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3135.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3135, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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
90 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 88 Democrats
2 of 90 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Sam Farr (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and 60 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
- H.R. 2839 (113th) Restore Honor to Service Members Act
- H.R. 4622 (113th) Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act
- H.J.Res. 44 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.
- H.R. 5239 (113th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness.
- H.R. 5533 (113th) PACE Act
- H.R. 5451 (113th) Next Generation Research Act
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.