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: Sep 18, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5622.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7891):Article I, Section 7, and Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 81 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5622, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5622
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b02f22fb2c8131622969a488fc06a64f15dfe9819874874ce53c7f926ab6ba92
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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5622, last updated December 6, 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
12 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
James Cooper (D-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Steve Israel (D-NY), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Larson (D-CT), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Langevin.
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- H.R. 2317 (113th) Counseling for Career Choice Act
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- H.R. 3563 (113th) Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act
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.