House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
College Athlete Economic Freedom Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4948.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TRAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4033):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: College AthleticsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 92 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4948, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lori Trahan.
- H.R. 4758 (118th) Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act
- H.R. 4310 (118th) Youth Poisoning Protection Act
- H.Res. 1419 (118th) Supporting the goals of Overdose Awareness Day and strengthening efforts to combat the opioid crisis in the United States.
- H.R. 4815 (118th) Bridging the SNAP Gap Act of 2023
- H.R. 7397 (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute.
- H.R. 1224 (118th) INFO for Reproductive Care 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.