House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4306.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2696):The Constitution of the United States of America, Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4306, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4306
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 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
30 cosponsors — 30 Democrats
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), John Delaney (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Ben Luján (D-NM), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Mark Pocan (D-WI), David Price (D-NC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Mark Takano (D-CA), John Tierney (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
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- H.R. 533 (113th) Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
- H.R. 535 (113th) Put America Back to Work Act
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.