House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3445.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WELCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6956):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power 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
- 306 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3445, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3445
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3445, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), George Miller (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH).
More from the sponsor
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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.