House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 831.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARPER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H660):``clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution''.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 831, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 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 March 23, 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
97 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 73 Democrats
73 of 97 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Steve Daines (R-MT), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN) and 67 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregg Harper.
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- H.Con.Res. 82 (113th) Providing a correction in the enrollment of S. 540.
- H.R. 1994 (113th) Election Assistance Commission Termination Act
- H.R. 3306 (113th) Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2013
- H.R. 654 (113th) Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
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.