House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Open Our Democracy Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 31, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5334.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DELANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7186):Article I, Section 4, Clause 1; Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5334, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5334
- 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.
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Delaney.
- H.R. 2011 (113th) Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education Improvement Act of 2013
- H.R. 2084 (113th) Partnership to Build America Act of 2013
- H.R. 3665 (113th) Medical Foods Equity Act of 2013
- H.R. 5055 (113th) Partnership to Strengthen Homeownership Act of 2014
- H.R. 4786 (113th) Social Security Commission Act of 2014
- H.Con.Res. 101 (113th) Expressing the sense of Congress that Warren Weinstein should be returned home to his family.
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.