House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 12, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3384.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTIVOLIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H6954-H6955):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 12; ``The Congress shall have the power to . . . raise and support armies . . . Article 1, Section 8, Clause 13; ``To provide and maintain a navy'' And, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 450 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3384, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3384
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
348a4c08aa1a4a00289275577a49cfe16498393fb1e8e182653e093b2190c2b9
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. 3384, 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
31 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 31 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), William Enyart (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), James Lankford (R-OK), Robert Latta (R-OH), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Scott Peters (D-CA), David Roe (R-TN), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Timothy Walz (D-MN) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kerry Bentivolio.
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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.