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 Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 315.
- 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 (Pages H177-H178):Article I, Section 8--The powers of CongressSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 315, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/315
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
677539f6dbc9fffb076ff7de56ae606a4765dbbc718a9d1aa46d3a9fd4d50233
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. 315, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jo Emerson.
- H.R. 313 (113th) GSA Act of 2013
- 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
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.