House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
PESTT Act
Open in Bill Explorer →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 Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 730.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULVANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H549):Article I, Section 8, Clause 14. ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' This bill provides rules for the Government, specifically, for the Wildlife Services program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. This law is necessary and proper for carrying out the power to make rules for the proper operation of a division of the government of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 681 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 730, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/730
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 730, 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
33 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 33 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), John Campbell (R-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Chris Collins (R-NY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tom Graves (R-GA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve King (R-IA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Billy Long (R-MO), William Owens (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Austin Scott (R-GA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Steve Southerland (R-FL) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mick Mulvaney.
- H.R. 4554 (113th) Restricted Securities Relief Act of 2014
- H.R. 4804 (113th) Bureau Examination Fairness Act
- H.R. 203 (113th) Pool SAFE Act
- H.R. 5360 (113th) American Renaissance in Manufacturing Act
- H.R. 1567 (113th) New Fair Deal CEO's Act of 2013
- H.J.Res. 108 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
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.