House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2014 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4069.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1780):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The Constitution's Necessary and Proper Clause allows Congress to enact laws when reasonably related to the regulation of commerce. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 288 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4069, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4069
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
556a37311550a3300c141e6071a7c5bd9028a645ec7c8546fd6c970f2f51f8bc
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. 4069, 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 — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Joe Barton (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Doug Collins (R-GA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), George Holding (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Robert Latta (R-OH), Billy Long (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Marino.
- H.R. 4709 (113th) Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014
- H.R. 2641 (113th) RAPID Act
- H.R. 366 (113th) Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013
- H.R. 4814 (113th) Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2014
- H.R. 1587 (113th) Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act
- H.R. 1188 (113th) Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2013
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.