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: Feb 14, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 736.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WELCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H549):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power 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.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 736, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/736
- 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. 736, 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Keith Ellison (D-MN), William Enyart (D-IL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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.