House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
National Guard and Reserve Equal Access to Legal Services Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Kline R-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4863.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5364):This legislation provides authorization for the Secretary of a military service component to extend Special Victims' Counsel Services to a National Guard and Reserve victim who is assaulted by another member of the military while not in a duty status. Members of the National Guard and Reserve frequently perform military duties when they are not in a military status and the legislation provides SVC legal assistance regardless of their duty status at the time of the assault. Specific authority is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make…Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 837 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4863, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4863
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72dbd957bd4d6df3d649b28c84829c8a2952dba6804887a5ffd7108948acb583
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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 9 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Michael Turner (R-OH), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Kline.
- H.R. 1911 (113th) Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013
- H.R. 10 (113th) Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act
- H.R. 5 (113th) Student Success Act
- H.R. 4320 (113th) Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act
- H.R. 1971 (113th) To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with the opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime.
- H.R. 2076 (113th) Servicemember Medical Evaluations Review 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.