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 8, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 599.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H432):U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 38 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 599, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/599
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7d3bd03786875c14ea61183953e33613452bbfd25ec5f2316a93915fbeff5d07
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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 599, last updated December 3, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
- H.R. 507 (113th) Pascua Yaqui Tribe Trust Land Act
- H.R. 1351 (113th) Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2013
- H.R. 3163 (113th) CIR ASAP Act of 2013
- H.Con.Res. 114 (113th) Urging Congress to debate and vote on a statutory authorization for any sustained United States combat role in Iraq or Syria.
- H.R. 1601 (113th) Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2013
- H.R. 1599 (113th) Native American Suicide Prevention 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.