House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Field EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 809.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 809, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/809
- 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.
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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
33 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 33 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), John Duncan (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), David Loebsack (D-IA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Ben Luján (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Candice Miller (R-MI), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Nick Rahall (D-WV), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Steve Stivers (R-OH) and 3 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.