House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law

Ruth Moore Act of 2013

H.R. 671Introduced Feb 13, 2013Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
Committee actionMay 8, 2013
Passed HouseJun 4, 2013 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 6, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 671.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 671, Ruth Moore Act of 2013” on May 17, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 8, 2013”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2013 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44238
CBO publication date
May 17, 2013
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 671, 113th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/671
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 23, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e42d34b42f2749cde1f20a3d0db054e72f905f946b169699670a389b6df38f93
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-63 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 17, 2013.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2013 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/63
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 671, 113th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/671
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 23, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e42d34b42f2749cde1f20a3d0db054e72f905f946b169699670a389b6df38f93
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H503):
Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
Statement length
54 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 671, 113th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/671
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 23, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e42d34b42f2749cde1f20a3d0db054e72f905f946b169699670a389b6df38f93
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Sent to: Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 671, 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

39 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 37 Democrats

2 of 39 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Tom Latham (R-IA), John Lewis (D-GA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), James Moran (D-VA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Donald Payne (D-NJ) and 9 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maine in Congress · ME-1 district

Open in Bill Explorer →

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.