House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 4, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5391.
- 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 H7241):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5391, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1e2908e7c97dcd459cf67526052108457d81dce542695518c280b0b1f6df8a3
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. 5391, 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
16 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 9 Democrats
7 of 16 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Peter King (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Roe (R-TN), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).
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.