House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 489.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H344):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 489, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/489
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5adc658958096722ce457c36ef3b13b7b18a61f8944b6788a673bdd4de791514
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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 489, last updated December 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 671 (113th) Ruth Moore Act of 2013
- H.R. 2197 (113th) York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2014
- H.R. 1414 (113th) Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
- H.R. 1976 (113th) Access to Certified Professional Midwives Act of 2013
- H.R. 604 (113th) Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act
- H.R. 4020 (113th) Student Loan Forgiveness Tax Repayment Act of 2014
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.