House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 6, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4583.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TSONGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3447):Article I Section 8 Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 28 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4583, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4583
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36943f48ac30cb5b1d0cfd36cefb0319f92f9cd982c4e2bd6a0d29d55e08c610
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4583, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Keith Ellison (D-MN), William Enyart (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), James McGovern (D-MA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Niki Tsongas.
- H.R. 412 (113th) Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act
- H.R. 4693 (113th) U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2014
- H.R. 2059 (113th) Coast Guard STRONG Act
- H.R. 4504 (113th) DoD Suicide Tracking Act of 2014
- H.R. 1840 (113th) Senior and Retired Volunteers Act of 2013
- H.R. 4410 (113th) DoD LABS Research 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.