House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Energy Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Hultgren R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2014
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5120.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HULTGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6352):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: The Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the forgoing powers.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 574 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5120, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5120
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 10 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Ben Luján (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
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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.