House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5484.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENISHEK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7618):The United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5484, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5484
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
24 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 24 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Robert Latta (R-OH), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Benishek.
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- H.R. 2016 (113th) Military Justice Improvement 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.