House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Supporting Teachers and Enhancing Manufacturing (STEM) Jobs Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 4, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3243.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6289):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3243, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3243
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
33fbe44ffe69619bb8e0a5c9d9e0ca2d3feb45e20996c3716e33b2850909d28d
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
9 cosponsors — 9 Democrats
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
James Himes (D-CT), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ron Kind (D-WI), John Larson (D-CT), Gary Peters (D-MI), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Esty.
- H.R. 316 (113th) Collinsville Renewable Energy Production Act
- H.R. 4325 (113th) Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014
- H.R. 3383 (113th) Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2013
- H.R. 5486 (113th) Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014
- H.Con.Res. 67 (113th) Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many United States postal facilities for all people in the United States in particular…
- H.R. 2102 (113th) Helping Communities Rebuild After Deadly School Shootings and Other Traumatic Events 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.