House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5407.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7296):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5407, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5407
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf1d949de18c1a721df75ff1fcd953d122d4f4f6f9dbe3e26aeab8e7a1f809ef
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. 5407, 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
42 cosponsors — 42 Democrats
0 of 42 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Green.
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- H.Con.Res. 12 (113th) Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 104th anniversary.
- H.Con.Res. 84 (113th) Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 105th anniversary.
- H.Res. 481 (113th) Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
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.