House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2013
- Committee actionMay 8, 2013
- Passed HouseFeb 3, 2014 · 390–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 357.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 357, GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013” on May 17, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 8, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44233
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 357, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e39faadd8c2001f4d74f10a134f5d02680c9e57343617a3bf496101199870d61
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 357, GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013” on January 13, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As transmitted to CBO on December 16, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 13, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45009
- CBO publication date
- January 13, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 357, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e39faadd8c2001f4d74f10a134f5d02680c9e57343617a3bf496101199870d61
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.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-94 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 3, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 3, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/94
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 357, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e39faadd8c2001f4d74f10a134f5d02680c9e57343617a3bf496101199870d61
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLER of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H281):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 357, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e39faadd8c2001f4d74f10a134f5d02680c9e57343617a3bf496101199870d61
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 noteFor further action, see S.2258, which became Public Law 113-181 on 9/26/2014.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 357, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e39faadd8c2001f4d74f10a134f5d02680c9e57343617a3bf496101199870d61
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 357, last updated December 3, 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
50 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 26 Democrats, 1 independent
27 of 50 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), J. Forbes (R-VA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Latta (R-OH), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Luke Messer (R-IN), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Richard Nugent (R-FL) and 20 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.