House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 15, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3219.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WATT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6052):U.S. Constitution, Article 1, section 8, clause 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 49 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3219, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3219
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43282d6f34d08d10bd494ecccbe6fc44a1cdd36572b2448ce0ea1b115dfbe556
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. 3219, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Melvin Watt.
- H.R. 1042 (113th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Direct Red 243.
- H.R. 1043 (113th) To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Blue 60.
- H.R. 1044 (113th) To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Blue 79:1.
- H.R. 1045 (113th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Blue 291:1.
- H.R. 1046 (113th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Orange 29.
- H.R. 1047 (113th) To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Disperse Orange 30.
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.