House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Cedric Richmond D-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4618.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICHMOND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4016):The Constitutional authority for this bill stems from Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 119 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4618, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f3dcae623f169ab72f8876f9df6eff491aac0f6798568f2b05941a66d592b3e
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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), William Enyart (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cedric Richmond.
- H.R. 4812 (113th) Honor Flight Act
- H.R. 4480 (113th) Protecting Educational Loans for Underserved Students Act
- H.R. 2199 (113th) Flood Insurance Implementation Reform Act of 2013
- H.R. 2474 (113th) Community Lending and Small Business Jobs Act of 2013
- H.R. 3153 (113th) Student Disciplinary Fairness Act of 2013
- H.R. 5445 (113th) Postal Jobs Protection Act of 2014
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.