House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Textile Enforcement and Security 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 Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3558.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7311):``The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to exercise authority to regulate trade with foreign nations pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 221 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3558, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3558
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3558, last updated December 5, 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
27 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 27 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC), Doug Collins (R-GA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), George Holding (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), David Scott (D-GA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Graves.
- H.R. 2682 (113th) Defund Obamacare Act of 2013
- H.J.Res. 62 (113th) Stability, Security, and Fairness Resolution of 2013
- H.R. 1005 (113th) Defund Obamacare Act
- H.R. 3486 (113th) Transportation Empowerment Act
- H.R. 1496 (113th) Pest Free Food Supply Act
- H.Con.Res. 54 (113th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.J. Res. 62.
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.