House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions Act
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Scalise R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4304.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCALISE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2695):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. Additionally, Article I, Section 7, Clause 2 of the Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to be made law; and therefore it implicitly allows Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both chambers and signed into law by the President. Furthermore, Article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property…Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 724 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4304, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4304
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a0b97479ae0e6c4b24f7d2fa83ca2c4ce516e417f251286ef2306ebbca1b6037
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 September 8, 2026). 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
53 cosponsors — 53 Republicans
0 of 53 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Joe Barton (R-TX), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Collins (R-NY), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Lankford (R-OK), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise.
- H.R. 4795 (113th) Promoting New Manufacturing Act
- H.R. 2844 (113th) Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013
- H.Con.Res. 24 (113th) Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.
- H.R. 3335 (113th) Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
- H.Res. 431 (113th) Calling on the United States Senate to increase sanctions against Iran.
- H.R. 4064 (113th) FAIR 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.