House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 15, 2013
- Committee actionNov 20, 2013
- Passed HouseDec 12, 2013 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 13, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3509.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3509, Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2013” on December 10, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 20, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 10, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44960
- CBO publication date
- December 10, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3509, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3509
- 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 links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- 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. 3509, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c1045eda4c88e8bbffca218974fcb73af8a7e1ebe47454094ddc1184483f5958
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3509, 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
34 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 27 Democrats
7 of 34 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Lewis (D-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Trey Radel (R-FL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Brad Sherman (D-CA) and 4 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.