House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 13, 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. 3461.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7051):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3461, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 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
143 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 140 Democrats
3 of 143 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and 113 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. George Miller.
- H.R. 5699 (113th) John Muir National Historic Site Expansion Act
- H.R. 2083 (113th) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act
- H.R. 1010 (113th) Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013
- H.R. 4714 (113th) CAMPUS Debit Cards Act
- H.R. 50 (113th) Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2013
- H.R. 1893 (113th) Keeping All Students Safe 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.