House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3987.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1592):Amendment XVI.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 14 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3987, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3987
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c0c24c875efb50dad13230f03b110be8c1f8780ae0793816bc4eff7b40dbad6e
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. 3987, 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
14 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 14 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), George Holding (R-NC), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Ted Poe (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Filemon Vela (D-TX), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Farenthold.
- H.R. 2860 (113th) OPM IG Act
- H.R. 982 (113th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013
- H.R. 5402 (113th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014
- H.R. 4447 (113th) Contempt Act
- H.Con.Res. 98 (113th) Urging the President to immediately request the resignation of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki.
- H.R. 2746 (113th) Innocent Sellers Fairness 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.