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. 3989.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1592):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3989, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3989
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c72c6e502bcb012602de804ed9cd021f9518385030ad547e46fba5c4406541a
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 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3989, last updated December 9, 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
10 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Thomas Rooney (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dennis Ross.
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- H.R. 241 (113th) Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act
- H.R. 3299 (113th) Security Before Access Act of 2013
- H.R. 239 (113th) Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2013
- H.R. 5650 (113th) To grant a Federal charter to the National Academy of Inventors.
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.