House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. John Tierney D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4741.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4830):Article I, Section 8. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4741, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4741
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
17b5d9030182fbfc7609c0cf2e9eb999074117c9645d864e3b0f7acc508701d8
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
11 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 8 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), John Barrow (D-GA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Danny Davis (D-IL), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Tierney.
- H.R. 3824 (113th) Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act
- H.R. 4582 (113th) Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
- H.R. 798 (113th) Workforce Investment Act of 2013
- H.R. 1979 (113th) Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act
- H.R. 4652 (113th) Increasing Small Business Lending Act
- H.R. 2005 (113th) Personalized Handgun Safety Act
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.