House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Gibson R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 15, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 543.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 543, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/543
- 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
258 cosponsors — 96 Republicans, 161 Democrats, 1 independent
162 of 258 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Ami Bera (D-CA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX) and 228 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Gibson.
- H.R. 4701 (113th) Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014
- H.Res. 730 (113th) Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.
- H.R. 2590 (113th) 21st Century Health Care for Heroes Act
- H.R. 383 (113th) War Powers Reform Act
- H.R. 1494 (113th) Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act
- H.R. 5087 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 Cornell Street in Kingston, New York, as the "Staff Sergeant…
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.