House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Lymphedema Treatment Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1948.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 54, March 28, 2019, Page H2917):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1948, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74adec43c8f2709c168e55a43b2a889a265a7691a750c846a901a0e00d36e442
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
386 cosponsors — 159 Republicans, 226 Democrats, 1 independent
159 of 386 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Mo Brooks (R-AL) and 356 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky.
- H.R. 2211 (116th) STURDY Act
- H.R. 2781 (116th) EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019
- H.R. 8134 (116th) Consumer Product Safety Inspection Enhancement Act
- H.R. 3170 (116th) Safe Cribs Act of 2019
- H.R. 2296 (116th) More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act
- H.R. 961 (116th) Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.