House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Marino R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2014
- Committee actionJun 10, 2014
- Passed HouseJul 29, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 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. 4709.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4709, Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014” on July 8, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 10, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45509
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4709, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4709
- 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. 113-605 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 29, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/605
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4709, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4709
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4785):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. The Constitution's Commerce Clause allows Congress to enact laws when reasonably related to the regulation of interstate commerce.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4709, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4709
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
12 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 12 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Doug Collins (R-GA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Tim Griffin (R-AR), George Holding (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Robert Latta (R-OH), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Marino.
- H.R. 2641 (113th) RAPID Act
- H.R. 366 (113th) Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013
- H.R. 4814 (113th) Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2014
- H.R. 1587 (113th) Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act
- H.R. 4069 (113th) Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2013
- H.R. 1188 (113th) Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2013
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.