House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Hire More Heroes Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 13, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 11, 2014 · 406–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2014 — Cloture motion on the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (consideration: CR S3064)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3474.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7052):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3474, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3474
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86db237b667433a5990cb91e045b51256de5ee554d89e1bc4549bd935073cf92
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3474, last updated December 5, 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
37 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 37 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), David Joyce (R-OH), Steve King (R-IA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), John Kline (R-MN), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Tom Marino (R-PA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), James Renacci (R-OH), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Roe (R-TN), Peter Roskam (R-IL) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rodney Davis.
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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.