House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4981.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5818):(1) to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) to make all laws necessary and proper for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 392 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4981, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
411a7fe59a8bb0ec625f502b6de281573cb4bd696a00d7f6d09b2a7dd22f8b50
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 January 10, 2026). 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
90 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 59 Democrats
31 of 90 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), William Enyart (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and 60 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright.
- H.R. 4092 (113th) Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2014
- H.R. 1620 (113th) Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2013
- H.R. 1725 (113th) Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act
- H.R. 1175 (113th) FRESHER Act of 2013
- H.R. 2825 (113th) CLEANER Act of 2013
- H.R. 4255 (113th) Stop Foreclosures Due to Congressional Dysfunction 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.