House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 949.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RAHALL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H982):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 949, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/949
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f9dc51238188bba56a24f3f657337d352dcbe91b5d171d59e3f7294cde61f84
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 949, last updated August 12, 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
62 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 61 Democrats
1 of 62 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), William Enyart (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), John Garamendi (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and 32 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.