House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Johnson R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 556.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H415):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5a9e4a7038033bd2c2ac308e2eda2dc84122f02c43afca2ebd80a2a9aabd8272
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
67 cosponsors — 67 Republicans
0 of 67 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Culberson (R-TX), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Fleming (R-LA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tom Graves (R-GA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Jolly (R-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve King (R-IA), John Kline (R-MN), Raul Labrador (R-ID) and 37 more.
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.