House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2014
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4137.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. REICHERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2148):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4137, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
18 cosponsors — 18 Republicans
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Diane Black (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Doug Collins (R-GA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Tom Reed (R-NY), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Todd Young (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
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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.