House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 17, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 21, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3924.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARCIA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1246):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 & 3 of the United States Constitution. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 159 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3924, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3924
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
950f12acf761ab43284dbaf95fb7538d37508e7a53c3aecc5a06226a90af4cda
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3924, last updated August 12, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Garcia.
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- H.R. 3451 (113th) Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2013
- H.R. 4828 (113th) I-STEM Act
- H.R. 5219 (113th) English Learning and Innovation Act
- H.R. 4613 (113th) Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs 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.