House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5168.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HOYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6745):Clause 1 Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5168, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5168
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f43399416f673f5b5216bbfc0030a65bfd9f8649b5cb02a70311fd217130183
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 March 23, 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
33 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 32 Democrats
1 of 33 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Wm. Clay (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), William Enyart (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ben Luján (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steny Hoyer.
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- H.Con.Res. 88 (113th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
- H.R. 1008 (113th) Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act
- H.Res. 311 (113th) Urging the President and Congress to take actions to fill vacancies on the Election Assistance Commission.
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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.