House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 2014 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4046-4047)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4613.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARCIA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4016):This bill is enacted pursuant to clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the U.S. Constitution and clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the U.S. constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 158 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4613, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4613
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9614bf93f4a6f51cc83e8fac3a798aba13d6fa00e865fcda7f3aadd41fd8f852
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. 4613, 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.
Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
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.