House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 7, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 980.
- 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 H1320):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 980, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
17caf00babfac24df0c622b62a0f07b81d33d3b5d6c7ff8d9477363410ce7514
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 December 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 980, last updated December 9, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Brady (D-PA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), William Enyart (D-IL), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), George Miller (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), John Tierney (D-MA), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nick Rahall.
- H.R. 949 (113th) Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013
- H.R. 2841 (113th) Guard and Reserve Equal Access to Health Act
- H.R. 2428 (113th) SAFE Bridges Act of 2013
- H.Con.Res. 57 (113th) Expressing the opposition of the Congress to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule establishing new source performance…
- H.J.Res. 42 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify that the Constitution neither prohibits voluntary prayer nor…
- H.R. 1066 (113th) To amend the Indian Arts and Crafts Act to clarify the definition of Indian and Indian organization for the purposes of that 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.