House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To extend the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President John Adams and his legacy, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 19, 2013
- Committee actionApr 9, 2014
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3802.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3802, a bill to extend the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President John Adams and his legacy, and for other purposes” on May 13, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 9, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45346
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3802, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84e3e680f276ef689b4792f2d25712c167d6fd96caf4a6fc70dc2a9835373295
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-504 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 30, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 30, 2014 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/504
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3802, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84e3e680f276ef689b4792f2d25712c167d6fd96caf4a6fc70dc2a9835373295
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8126):Article 1 section 8 Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
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- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3802, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3802
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
84e3e680f276ef689b4792f2d25712c167d6fd96caf4a6fc70dc2a9835373295
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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
9 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 8 Democrats
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), William Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Richard Neal (D-MA), John Tierney (D-MA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5391 (113th) National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2014
- H.R. 2185 (113th) Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act
- H.R. 1366 (113th) Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
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