House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Nineveh Plain Refugee Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5430.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7388):(1) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5430, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5430
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
644f17a4a6007f2304610806df24d8d07f4c3575527e5d5c559a98bad199a1ea
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
16 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 11 Democrats
5 of 16 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), John Conyers (D-MI), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gary Peters (D-MI), Scott Peters (D-CA), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL).
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.