House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Government Neutrality in Contracting Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 29, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 436.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H301):The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 436, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/436
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
126 cosponsors — 125 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 126 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Justin Amash (L-MI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joe Barton (R-TX), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and 96 more.
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.