House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 23, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5546.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7888):Article I, Section 8. =========================== NOTE =========================== September 18, 2014, on page H7888, the following appeared: BySource: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 144 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5546, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
71777b4d1467d91d0bbba0fef0684618b542e3e39922811ee6164475e8d30146
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. 5546, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Denny Heck.
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- H.R. 4950 (113th) Protecting American Jobs and Exports Act
- H.R. 4861 (113th) Commission for Our Veterans' Care Act
- H.R. 5290 (113th) COMMUTE Act of 2014
- H.R. 4050 (113th) Servicemembers Opportunity Act
- H.R. 2168 (113th) Helping Heroes Vote 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.