House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Welfare Reform Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4731.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JORDAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4830):The bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the people, in accordance with Amendment X of the United staes Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 176 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4731, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Tom Price (R-GA), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Austin Scott (R-GA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Randy Weber (R-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.