House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Gibson R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2014
- Committee actionJul 30, 2014
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4701.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4701, Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014” on September 5, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 30, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 5, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45688
- CBO publication date
- September 5, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4701, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-573 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 8, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2014 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/573
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4701, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49c305c16ced371a991dfeb412d62699e776e5161a7345968b2d008280d4b085
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4785):Clause I, of section 8, of article I.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 37 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4701, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49c305c16ced371a991dfeb412d62699e776e5161a7345968b2d008280d4b085
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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
19 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 19 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), John Barrow (D-GA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), William Keating (D-MA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Bill Posey (R-FL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), John Shimkus (R-IL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
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.