House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2014
- Committee actionSep 17, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2014 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5229.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5229, Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2014” on December 10, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 17, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 10, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49841
- CBO publication date
- December 10, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5229, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5229
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
67b555f02ea967e3450f45d9cf4196edc8701b06fff986e07be635bcc381b8b1
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7040):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5229, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5229
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
67b555f02ea967e3450f45d9cf4196edc8701b06fff986e07be635bcc381b8b1
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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5229, 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
10 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 8 Democrats
2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Walter Jones (R-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Linda Sánchez (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5391 (113th) National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2014
- H.R. 2185 (113th) Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act
- H.R. 1366 (113th) Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2013
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.