House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 493.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H371):The Spending Clause in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 74 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 493, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7526d433649ab738900071deac7b39f376cc6734362ccbb7907fe0767106c825
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 493, last updated August 12, 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
41 cosponsors — 39 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 41 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Paul Broun (R-GA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Duncan (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Latta (R-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Billy Long (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Kenny Marchant (R-TX) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga.
- H.R. 3211 (113th) Mortgage Choice Act of 2013
- H.R. 2274 (113th) Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2014
- H.R. 4318 (113th) Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
- H.R. 5018 (113th) Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014
- H.R. 1135 (113th) Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act
- H.R. 1077 (113th) Consumer Mortgage Choice 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.