House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-21
Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013
Became law on Jul 18, 2013.
Sponsor: Rep. Don Young R-AKWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2013
- Committee actionMar 20, 2013
- Passed HouseMay 6, 2013 · 398–2
- Passed SenateJun 3, 2013 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 10, 2013
- To the PresidentJul 12, 2013
- Became lawJul 18, 2013
Latest action: Jul 18, 2013 — Became Public Law No: 113-21.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 588.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 588, Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgement Act of 2013” on April 3, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 20, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 3, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44049
- CBO publication date
- April 3, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 588, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-28 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 9, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 9, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/28
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 588, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48fa2e4aeafbf63474eb3c5c7f83bd7b50dff5c0ee61ff6316dd62963af8cc3f
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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. YOUNG of Alaska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H416):Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 325 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 588, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
48fa2e4aeafbf63474eb3c5c7f83bd7b50dff5c0ee61ff6316dd62963af8cc3f
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
38 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 38 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Duncan (R-TN), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), David Roe (R-TN), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP) and 8 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.