House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 12, 2014
- Committee actionNov 13, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2014 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 488.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5683.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-650 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 8, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/650
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5683, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5683
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSANTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7938):The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in article I, section 8, clause 9; article III, section 1, clause 1; and article III, section 2, clause 2, of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 252 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5683, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5683
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fcd782b67fcd42ace005833658165d8be34fe675406be8363c052c6033f167be
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3076 (113th) James Madison Congressional Accountability 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.