House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To require the Director of the National Security Agency and the Inspector General of the National Security Agency to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Sanford R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2013 — Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3436.
- 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 April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3436, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3436
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3436, last updated April 7, 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
33 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 other
3 of 33 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Paul Broun (R-GA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Walter Jones (R-NC), Robert Latta (R-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Scott Perry (R-PA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Roe (R-TN), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Austin Scott (R-GA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Randy Weber (R-TX) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Sanford.
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.