House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
POWER Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 19, 2014
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 19, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4916.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHWARTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5558):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4916, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
46c9d498efbb85f673e451467dc52386ad828b618bf553642aa7d17d7e4a0b5e
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.
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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
24 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 14 Democrats
10 of 24 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chris Collins (R-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Steven Horsford (D-NV), David Joyce (R-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Jon Runyan (R-NJ), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Allyson Schwartz.
- H.R. 2056 (113th) Veteran Employment Transition Act
- H.R. 574 (113th) Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2013
- H.R. 3456 (113th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the enrollment of veterans in certain courses of education, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1978 (113th) Support Working Parents Act of 2013
- H.R. 1301 (113th) Inspiring Scientific Research and Innovation Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2013
- H.R. 3336 (113th) Inspiring Scientific Research and Innovation Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014
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.