House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 686.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. NOEM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H547):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 686, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/686
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d39460577826dfa32bf4e4e72afa92ff785a4975d5aca3baf724b29d707e468
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. 686, 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
20 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 20 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Howard Coble (R-NC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Sam Graves (R-MO), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Robert Latta (R-OH), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Lee Terry (R-NE), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kristi Noem.
- H.R. 291 (113th) Black Hills Cemetery Act
- H.R. 5135 (113th) Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2014
- H.R. 1226 (113th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013
- H.R. 2801 (113th) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act
- H.R. 3663 (113th) Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act
- H.R. 2296 (113th) Local Taxpayer Relief 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.