House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Tenant Empowerment Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8904.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 109, June 28, 2024, Page H4445):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would empower tenants to live in safe housing conditions.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 177 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8904, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8904
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 2, 2024
- 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 November 2, 2024). 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Danny Davis (D-IL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
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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.