House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Seniors' Tax Simplification Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 38.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WALORSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1993):Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the authority to propose Constitutional amendments. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 130 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 38, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/38
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 38, last updated December 5, 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
41 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 41 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), John Barrow (D-GA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Joe Courtney (D-CT), John Culberson (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), John Delaney (D-MD), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ron Kind (D-WI), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Robert Latta (R-OH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Stevan Pearce (R-NM) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2045 (113th) HALT the IRS Act
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.