House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Mortgage Choice Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2013
- Committee actionMay 7, 2014
- Passed HouseJun 9, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2014 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3211.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3211, Mortgage Choice Act of 2013” on June 6, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 5, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45428
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3211, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3211
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b7066aab11ab92e2e22465b2ce9746028487cc3d6509f9f9099059ba7d361f9c
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- 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 December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3211, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3211
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b7066aab11ab92e2e22465b2ce9746028487cc3d6509f9f9099059ba7d361f9c
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3211, 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
51 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 51 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Robert Hurt (R-VA), David Joyce (R-OH), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Peter King (R-NY), John Kline (R-MN), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Patrick Murphy (D-FL) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga.
- H.R. 2274 (113th) Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2014
- H.R. 4318 (113th) Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
- H.R. 5018 (113th) Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014
- H.R. 1135 (113th) Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act
- H.R. 1077 (113th) Consumer Mortgage Choice Act
- H.R. 493 (113th) Homeland Security Respect for Life 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.