House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 913.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 24, February 12, 2015, Page H1036):Clause 3, of Section 8, of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 913, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/913
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72f549f36274a086c1b0525a9298fdb183982aac340a4997aa91685a998fab51
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 5, 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
53 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 52 Democrats
1 of 53 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio.
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- H.R. 4954 (114th) Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016
- H.R. 1945 (114th) Targeted Use of Sanctions for Killing Elephants and Rhinoceros Act of 2015
- H.Res. 887 (114th) Supporting efforts to increase competition and accountability in the health insurance marketplace, and to extend accessible, quality…
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.