House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Wounded Veterans Recreation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 4, 2014 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3976.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1512):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3976, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3976
- 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.
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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
24 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 20 Democrats
4 of 24 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), William Enyart (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Steve Israel (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ron Kind (D-WI), James Langevin (D-RI), Ben Luján (D-NM), Kristi Noem (R-SD), David Price (D-NC), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Mark Takano (D-CA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
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- H.R. 4648 (113th) Renewable Energy Jobs Act
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- H.R. 3333 (113th) Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013
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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.