House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 12, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 25, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5686.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CULBERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7938):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of America.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5686, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5686
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4c51edf3326dfc5377e413bf7195249cc6428ddf881572bda4cb99d1f08b1485
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5686, last updated December 5, 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), William Thornberry (R-TX), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Culberson.
- H.R. 2216 (113th) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 4486 (113th) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.Con.Res. 11 (113th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.J.Res. 72 (113th) Veterans Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
- H.R. 823 (113th) Space Leadership Preservation Act of 2013
- H.J.Res. 53 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the effect of treaties, Executive orders, and agreements with…
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.