House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of the South China Sea dispute.
Sponsor: Rep. Eni Faleomavaega D-ASWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 772.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H598):Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 772, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/772
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
12 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 7 Democrats
5 of 12 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Howard Coble (R-NC), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eni Faleomavaega.
- H.Res. 714 (113th) To reaffirm the strong support of the United States Government for the peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and…
- H.R. 338 (113th) Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2013
- H.R. 1679 (113th) To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that Act to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.
- H.R. 1278 (113th) Non-Disparagement of Native American Persons or Peoples in Trademark Registration Act of 2013
- H.R. 1279 (113th) United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Fairness Act of 2013
- H.R. 4311 (113th) To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include American Samoa in the employment services provided under that Act, and for other purposes.
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.