House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Sequestration Flexibility 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: Feb 25, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 816.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RIBBLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H628):Article I, Section, 9, Clsuse 7.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 816, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/816
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). 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
19 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 19 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Chris Collins (R-NY), K. Conaway (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Bill Flores (R-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David McKinley (R-WV), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Tom Petri (R-WI), Ted Poe (R-TX), Tom Rice (R-SC), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Reid Ribble.
- H.R. 1228 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 South 9th Street in De Pere, Wisconsin, as the "Corporal…
- H.R. 1869 (113th) Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014
- H.R. 5071 (113th) Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014
- H.R. 1242 (113th) To prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United States.
- H.Con.Res. 52 (113th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks should not be increased.
- H.R. 2894 (113th) No Health Care for Life for Congress Act of 2013
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.