House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law

Native American Seeds Protection Act of 2013

H.R. 3782Introduced Dec 16, 2013Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham D-NM

Where it went

IntroducedDec 16, 2013
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 7, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3782.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8118):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the US Constitution
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H.R. 3782, 113th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 12, 2025
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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

10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats

3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.

Tom Cole (R-OK), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Collin Peterson (D-MN).

More from the sponsor

Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Mexico in Congress · NM-1 district

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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.