House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3543.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ELLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7310):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3 and Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 116 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3543, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3543
- 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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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.
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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
44 cosponsors — 44 Democrats
0 of 44 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), William Enyart (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), George Miller (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Keith Ellison.
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- H.R. 2998 (113th) Investor Choice Act of 2013
- H.R. 1579 (113th) Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2013
- H.Res. 479 (113th) Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations…
- H.R. 5280 (113th) Employee Empowerment Act
- H.R. 505 (113th) Balancing 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.