House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-118
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2014
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseApr 29, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 22, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMay 30, 2014
- Became lawJun 9, 2014
Latest action: Jun 9, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-118.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4488.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3241):Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 and Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 78 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4488, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4488
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31863e53561ca4e2af43c6d30745c9cf45a63d29f18a5e98ef83d893afcdc975
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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
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- H.R. 1920 (113th) DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013
- H.Res. 282 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Nelson Mandela International Day.
- H.R. 1851 (113th) Family Act of 2013
- H.Res. 319 (113th) Recognizing Bayard Rustin for his lifelong leadership in the civil rights, labor, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)…
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.