House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5445.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICHMOND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7433):The Constitutional authority for this bill stems from Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 and from Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 159 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5445, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5445
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d893362e039fa451d9f3880fefcf764bd9c994c5095079174c524b0c9b47cadf
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. 5445, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Bill Foster (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Linda Sánchez (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cedric Richmond.
- H.R. 4812 (113th) Honor Flight Act
- H.R. 4480 (113th) Protecting Educational Loans for Underserved Students Act
- H.R. 2199 (113th) Flood Insurance Implementation Reform Act of 2013
- H.R. 4618 (113th) Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2014
- H.R. 2474 (113th) Community Lending and Small Business Jobs Act of 2013
- H.R. 3153 (113th) Student Disciplinary Fairness Act of 2013
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.