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 5, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 495.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSKAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H371):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, which states ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,'' and Article I, Section 7, which states ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 277 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 495, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/495
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 495, 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
160 cosponsors — 101 Republicans, 59 Democrats
59 of 160 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), John Barrow (D-GA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), John Carney (D-DE), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY) and 130 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Roskam.
- H.R. 2768 (113th) Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013
- H.R. 2769 (113th) Stop Playing on Citizens' Cash Act
- H.R. 2530 (113th) Taxpayer Transparency and Efficient Audit Act
- H.R. 2531 (113th) Protecting Taxpayers from Intrusive IRS Requests Act
- H.R. 1812 (113th) Partner with Korea Act
- H.R. 4158 (113th) SIGMA 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.