House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 22, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 635.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PEARCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H502):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the power to enact this law.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 116 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 635, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/635
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
337344cb6edaab63540a3359e95bf9c19b34095469381ef3186f8c6831e80e0c
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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 635, last updated August 12, 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
22 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 22 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
K. Conaway (R-TX), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Bill Posey (R-FL), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Greg Walden (R-OR), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stevan Pearce.
- H.R. 4329 (113th) Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2014
- H.R. 1377 (113th) Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act
- H.R. 1299 (113th) White Sands Missile Range Security Enhancement Act
- H.R. 5164 (113th) Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Correction Act
- H.R. 1277 (113th) Accountability in Unemployment Act of 2013
- H.R. 1879 (113th) Government Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Extension 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.