House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Family Coverage Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4865.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5364):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the 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) of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 237 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4865, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4865
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
26 cosponsors — 25 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), William Enyart (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James Moran (D-VA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), David Price (D-NC), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), David Scott (D-GA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Kuster.
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- H.R. 4864 (113th) Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2014
- H.R. 1856 (113th) CLEAN Act
- H.R. 2439 (113th) Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013
- H.R. 3115 (113th) Small Business Growth Through Exports 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.