House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Humane Cosmetics Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 7, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4148.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2199):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4148, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a9007f73d4045881215f2f8553e43f2e7eace132525db7a47af2d355794f4c60
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.
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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
56 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 55 Democrats
1 of 56 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Rush Holt (D-NJ) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Moran.
- H.R. 3223 (113th) Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
- H.Res. 208 (113th) Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases to euthanize shelter…
- H.Con.Res. 27 (113th) Supporting the formation of a bipartisan Presidential Commission to study the establishment of a National Museum of the American People.
- H.R. 4525 (113th) Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act
- H.R. 2249 (113th) Disabled Military Child Protection Act of 2013
- H.R. 1509 (113th) Autism Understanding and Training in School Methodologies for Educators 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.