House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
- Committee actionJun 12, 2013
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2013 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 105.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 657.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-145 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 9, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/145
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 657, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/657
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
379f13f7c5af443ca7692a1983281607ee573d036946e662f3b32187e21e9db9
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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. LABRADOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H503):Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 657, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/657
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
379f13f7c5af443ca7692a1983281607ee573d036946e662f3b32187e21e9db9
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 (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 657, last updated December 6, 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
15 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 15 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jim Costa (D-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Steve Daines (R-MT), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Labrador.
- H.R. 5040 (113th) Idaho County Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act
- H.R. 1363 (113th) Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act
- H.R. 3133 (113th) Marriage and Religious Freedom Act
- H.R. 3382 (113th) Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013
- H.R. 4590 (113th) Future Logging Careers Act
- H.R. 1294 (113th) Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act
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.