House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Blumenauer D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3494.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7111):Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution provides clear authority for Congress to pass legislation regarding our national transportation program and safety regulations within that program.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 202 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3494, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 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 December 3, 2025). 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
98 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 89 Democrats
9 of 98 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), William Enyart (D-IL), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Bill Foster (D-IL), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY) and 68 more.
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.