House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act
Sponsor: Rep. Lou Barletta R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 8, 2014 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H65-66, H66-67, H68)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3685.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7627):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3685, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 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 3, 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
107 cosponsors — 88 Republicans, 18 Democrats, 1 independent
19 of 107 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Diane Black (R-TN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carney (D-DE), John Carter (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), Chris Collins (R-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tim Griffin (R-AR) and 77 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lou Barletta.
- H.R. 3979 (113th) Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
- H.Con.Res. 18 (113th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.
- H.Con.Res. 92 (113th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band…
- H.R. 5448 (113th) John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2014
- H.Con.Res. 32 (113th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition.
- H.R. 2612 (113th) Public Buildings Savings and Reform Act of 2013
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.