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. 3991.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1592):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3991, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3991
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d9aa69d9dd714cd4cbda15e1fbb25628eb451f326d0211f430577d11f412b6f8
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3991, last updated December 5, 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
91 cosponsors — 64 Republicans, 27 Democrats
27 of 91 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Paul Cook (R-CA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Sean Duffy (R-WI), William Enyart (D-IL), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Doc Hastings (R-WA) and 61 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 4562 (113th) To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.
- H.R. 2329 (113th) Administrative Relief and Accurate Medicare Payments Act of 2013
- H.R. 2615 (113th) Securing Access to Rural Postal Services Act of 2013
- H.R. 5129 (113th) UAC State Notification Act of 2014
- H.R. 3769 (113th) To extend the nonenforcement instruction for the Medicare direct supervision requirement for therapeutic hospital outpatient services…
- H.R. 5295 (113th) Small Airport Regulation Relief 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.