House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 12, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3725.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLORES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8110):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3725, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3725
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
728c504024c37e52588f292eb498df83e05e4a3c263dd69ac2a1f8add8ca46ef
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3725, last updated August 12, 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
26 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 26 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Paul Cook (R-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Rodney Davis (R-IL), John Fleming (R-LA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), David McKinley (R-WV), Tim Murphy (R-PA), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Jon Runyan (R-NJ), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Randy Weber (R-TX), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Kevin Yoder (R-KS), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Flores.
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- H.R. 2728 (113th) Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act
- H.R. 2481 (113th) Veterans Economic Opportunity Act of 2013
- H.Con.Res. 125 (113th) Providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
- H.R. 2876 (113th) Fairness for America's Heroes Act of 2013
- H.R. 631 (113th) Servicemembers' Choice in Transition 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.