House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
NOW Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2023
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 26, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4936.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4032):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Repealing restrictions on offshore wind leasing.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 112 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4936, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4936
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8854922b3c508e1df4f5c8e09fdc363482c59f72b9537f90993447bc64f65270
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 September 25, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4936, last updated September 25, 2024. 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
47 cosponsors — 47 Democrats
0 of 47 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James McGovern (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
- H.R. 7422 (118th) Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2024
- H.Res. 319 (118th) Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.
- H.R. 7782 (118th) Green New Deal for Public Housing Act
- H.R. 5572 (118th) Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act
- H.R. 9662 (118th) Homes Act of 2024
- H.R. 5154 (118th) CHARGE Act of 2023
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.