House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
CHOICE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 29, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4773.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROKITA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5023):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4773, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4773
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 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 March 23, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Gregg Harper (R-MS), David Jolly (R-FL), Luke Messer (R-IN), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Todd Rokita.
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- H.R. 3708 (113th) General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2013
- H.R. 3154 (113th) RAISE Act
- H.R. 567 (113th) State Health Flexibility Act of 2013
- H.R. 1381 (113th) Educational Opportunities 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.