House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4068.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JONES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1780):Pursuant to Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, the reported bill is authorized by Congress' power to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 198 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4068, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4068
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
80446da2bc1ca8d9206a70b5e52af51e3ed24fee1c23fe1f089fe6d8c1e8488f
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. 4068, 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
10 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Paul Broun (R-GA), Doug Collins (R-GA), John Duncan (R-TN), John Garamendi (D-CA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Lee Terry (R-NE).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones.
- H.R. 126 (113th) Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act
- H.R. 819 (113th) Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act
- H.R. 124 (113th) To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
- H.R. 127 (113th) To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment.
- H.Res. 428 (113th) Urging the president to release information regarding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States.
- H.R. 5245 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 314 Lennon Drive in Wilmington, North Carolina, as the…
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.