EMPOWER Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1521.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRANKEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 39, March 5, 2019, Page H2369):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1521, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1521

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a51d1a58654afa852fecbaf1eebe9f4d7b89ee6df4aaf696ea5899d1620aeaf1

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1521, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.