House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2014
- Committee actionSep 10, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2014 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5401.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-673 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 12, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/673
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5401, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5401
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOWDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7296):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5401, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5401
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5dfc0f6fc4602c8375b7fc2fbc619f398a02b05838cbb4820850fc5fb005517
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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5401, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trey Gowdy.
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.