House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2014
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2014 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5764.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8171):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Cluase 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5764, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5764
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b5a64f883056c0ae5e3be0abd9ef079f69461cd0414309bfdf618538672b9243
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 April 7, 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
21 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 21 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Chris Collins (R-NY), John Dingell (D-MI), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Candice Miller (R-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Tom Reed (R-NY), James Renacci (R-OH), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Joyce.
- H.Res. 755 (113th) Supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week.
- H.R. 2773 (113th) Great Lakes Ecological and Economic Protection Act of 2013
- H.R. 655 (113th) To authorize States to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program of the Department of the Treasury to demolish blighted…
- H.R. 656 (113th) Restore our Neighborhoods 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.