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 Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 644.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H502):Article I, section 8 and Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 644, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
82747ede3f5569e178078c59b9b6fc3585cc53885b33759e816cd224b80db02e
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 10, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 644, last updated December 10, 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
21 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats
11 of 21 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Jon Runyan (R-NJ), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Carney.
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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.