House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Lynn Jenkins R-KSWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 19, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 721.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JENKINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H549):Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 283 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 721, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 721, 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
251 cosponsors — 143 Republicans, 107 Democrats, 1 independent
108 of 251 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), John Barrow (D-GA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) and 221 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.