H.R. 3728: EMPOWER Act of 2018
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H.R. 3728: EMPOWER Act of 2018
115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-11 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
EMPOWER Act of 2018
Plain summary
Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness Act of 2017 or the EMPOWER Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize several Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs that provide education and training for health-related professions. The bill also reauthorizes and modifies several HHS grant programs for geriatrics education and training.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
EMPOWER Act of 2018
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] · 3 cosponsors
Cosponsors on this site
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3728.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr3728 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115