House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
COMMUTE Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5290.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HECK of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7128):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5290, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5290
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5290, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Denny Heck.
- H.R. 2167 (113th) Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013
- H.R. 4950 (113th) Protecting American Jobs and Exports Act
- H.R. 5546 (113th) Marine Disease Emergency Act of 2014
- H.R. 4861 (113th) Commission for Our Veterans' Care Act
- H.R. 4050 (113th) Servicemembers Opportunity Act
- H.R. 2168 (113th) Helping Heroes Vote 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.