House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
EMPOWER Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4878.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LESKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Page H3952):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Physical and occupational therapy services covered by Medicare.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 127 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4878, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4878
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4878, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
28 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 28 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Troy Carter (D-LA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Harder (D-CA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), James Himes (D-CT), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mike Quigley (D-IL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), W. Steube (R-FL), David Trone (D-MD), David Valadao (R-CA), Susan Wild (D-PA), Brandon Williams (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Lesko.
- H.R. 1640 (118th) Save Our Gas Stoves Act
- H.R. 6192 (118th) Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act
- H.R. 801 (118th) Securing the Border for Public Health Act of 2023
- H.Con.Res. 14 (118th) Expressing disapproval of the revocation by President Biden of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
- H.R. 1089 (118th) VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act
- H.Res. 1031 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the situation at the southern border is an invasion.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.