House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Reward and Encourage New Business Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Carol Shea-Porter D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3861.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHEA-PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H183):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3861, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3861
- 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
William Enyart (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carol Shea-Porter.
- H.Res. 734 (113th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the families of James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and condemning the terrorist…
- H.R. 3318 (113th) REPAY Supplies Act of 2013
- H.Res. 563 (113th) Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month".
- H.R. 3710 (113th) Medicare CGM Coverage Act
- H.Res. 720 (113th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the families of James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and condemning the terrorist…
- H.R. 5156 (113th) Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2014
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.