House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Lean and Responsive Government Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5064.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6107):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, under which Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 337 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5064, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5064
- 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. 5064, 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Collins (R-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Tom Rice (R-SC), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Latham.
- H.R. 1765 (113th) Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
- H.R. 4745 (113th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.R. 2610 (113th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 1918 (113th) Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013
- H.R. 690 (113th) Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act
- H.R. 3722 (113th) To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.
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.