House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 19, 2013
- Committee actionApr 30, 2014
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2014 · 409–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2014 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3530.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3530, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2014” on May 13, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 30, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45349
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3530, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3530
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-450 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/450
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3530, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3530
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7252):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3530, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3530
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
119 cosponsors — 77 Republicans, 42 Democrats
42 of 119 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Karen Bass (D-CA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), John Carter (R-TX), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Doug Collins (R-GA), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Culberson (R-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC) and 89 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.