House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2014
- Committee actionJul 24, 2014
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5170.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5170, Federal Records Accountability Act of 2014” on September 19, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 24, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45738
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5170, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6745):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 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 April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 264 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5170, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b5cdc3fd2d8fcae81af9904ba2152ebf2cb6ede63feb58906ed7ab5a26e1c956
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5170, last updated April 7, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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.