House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Responsive and Efficient Appeals Courts for Heroes Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 11, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Aug 15, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5088.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6136):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 94 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5088, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5088
- 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.
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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
27 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 22 Democrats
5 of 27 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Paul Broun (R-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Delaney (D-MD), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Pete Gallego (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), David Jolly (R-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Murphy.
- H.R. 4793 (113th) Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2014
- H.R. 4646 (113th) Regulatory Improvement Act of 2014
- H.R. 4818 (113th) Military Spouse Career Advancement Act
- H.R. 1999 (113th) SAVE Act
- H.R. 5362 (113th) To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for…
- H.R. 1418 (113th) Partnering with American Manufacturers for Efficiency and Competitiveness 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.