House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Humane Care for Primates 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 22, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3556.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7311):The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution. ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 251 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3556, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
43 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 34 Democrats
34 of 43 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), John Campbell (R-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Sam Farr (D-CA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA) and 13 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.