House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2013 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5844)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3160.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5802):Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3160, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3160
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f55a8d1ab0aa9d504bf859e19d2ddbf91860bbb5f78e02892f9e7aac25501e44
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3160, last updated December 5, 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
44 cosponsors — 44 Republicans
0 of 44 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Paul Cook (R-CA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Tom Latham (R-IA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), James Renacci (R-OH), Reid Ribble (R-WI), E. Rigell (R-VA) and 14 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.