House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 2, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5129.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6399):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution provides that Congress shall have power ``To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 141 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5129, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5129
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf7d92904c5e62b9c7ed1474660491f02ce373f590cfff1117c927de010a05a4
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. 5129, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Lee Terry (R-NE), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 4562 (113th) To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.
- H.R. 3991 (113th) Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2014
- H.R. 2329 (113th) Administrative Relief and Accurate Medicare Payments Act of 2013
- H.R. 2615 (113th) Securing Access to Rural Postal Services Act of 2013
- H.R. 3769 (113th) To extend the nonenforcement instruction for the Medicare direct supervision requirement for therapeutic hospital outpatient services…
- H.R. 5295 (113th) Small Airport Regulation Relief 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.