House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 22, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 595.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUTTERFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H431):Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to provide for the general welfare of the United States. Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for carryinginto execution their powers enumerated under Article I.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 297 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 595, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9888b91ef4e186cc0e442aff26effdb6af4a1189f64a17f93c950651a345af31
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. 595, 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
48 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 46 Democrats
2 of 48 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC) and 18 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.