House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Igniting American Research Act
Open in Bill Explorer →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. 3757.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8111):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3757, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3757
- 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
21 cosponsors — 20 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Peters.
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- H.R. 2422 (113th) Sally K. Ride Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2013
- H.Res. 331 (113th) Expressing support for designation of September 18 as "National Innovation in Education Day".
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.