| US | HJR209 | Intro
25% | Supporting the designation of November 9 of each year as "Gold Star Father's Day".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-08-03
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee |
| US | SJR199 | Intro
25% | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-30
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 215. |
| US | HB9994 | Intro
25% | To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security to ensure that child protective services systems do not permit the separation of children from parents solely on the basis of poverty, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-30
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | HB9993 | Intro
25% | To increase child care supply availability and affordability and invest in home based child care, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-30
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | SB5096 | Intro
25% | A bill to amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to improve supports for expectant and parenting youth who have experienced foster care by strengthening coordination with the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB5065 | Intro
25% | A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for better protections for children raised in kinship families outside of the foster care system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB9878 | Intro
25% | To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for better protections for children raised in kinship families outside of the foster care system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-22
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | HB9796 | Intro
25% | To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to reestablish the National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-21
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | SB5060 | Intro
25% | A bill to comprehensively combat child marriage in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB9758 | Intro
25% | To comprehensively combat child marriage in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-16
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | SB4959 | Intro
25% | A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require that States pay child care providers on the basis of attendance, to allow States to pay the providers through reimbursement, and to establish requirements relating to e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-14
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB9485 | Intro
25% | To support modernization of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to better meet the needs of older youth who experienced foster care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-25
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | SB4854 | Intro
25% | A bill to amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to improve coordination with Federal housing assistance programs for youth who have experienced foster care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SR773 | Intro
25% | A resolution recognizing Father's Day and the role a father plays in the lives of children and adults.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB4788 | Intro
25% | A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to withhold funds from noncompliant States under such Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-16
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB4797 | Intro
25% | A bill to require States to consider legal issues affecting youth as part of case planning and to provide States with the option to use funds from the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for successful Transition to Adulthood to support access to lega...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB162 | Engross
50% | A bill to amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-15
Held at the desk. |
| US | HB9287 | Intro
25% | To establish an independent Children's Commission and position of Commissioner, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-11
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | SB4763 | Intro
25% | A bill to establish an independent Children's Commission and position of Commissioner, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HJR195 | Intro
25% | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-10
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | HB9224 | Intro
25% | To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to reauthorize and update the Act, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | HB7726 | Engross
50% | To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to withhold funds from noncompliant States under suchAct.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB9145 | Intro
25% | To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for free annual passes to licensed foster families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-04
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| US | HR1338 | Intro
25% | Supporting the designation of June as Family Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-03
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | SB4634 | Intro
25% | A bill to amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to update the purposes of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to reflect research and the input of youth with lived experience regarding the importance o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB8997 | Intro
25% | To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, to require States to guarantee legal representation to children and parents involved in child protection proceedings, under the program of Federal payments for foster care, prevention, and perma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-21
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | HB7432 | Engross
50% | To amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to improve coordination with Federal housing assistance programs for youth who have experienced foster care.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB4556 | Intro
25% | A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to modify case plan requirements for children in foster care, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SR737 | Intro
25% | A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system and to encourage Congress to implement policies to improve the lives of children in the foster care sy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2313; text: CR S2312-2313) |
| US | HB8757 | Intro
25% | To amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to address child welfare involvement caused by reasonable childhood independence activities, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to promote childhood independence, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | HB7529 | Intro
25% | To require States to consider legal issues affecting youth as part of case planning and to provide States with the option to use funds from the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to support access to legal servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-11
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 557. |
| US | HB7655 | Intro
25% | To amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to improve supports for expectant and parenting youth who have experienced foster care by strengthening coordination with the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and for other p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-11
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 558. |
| US | HB7995 | Intro
25% | To update the purposes of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to reflect research and the input of youth with lived experience about the importance of long-term relationships to future success.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-11
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 559. |
| US | HR1273 | Intro
25% | Honoring mothers, and recognizing the significance of motherhood and the impact mothers have on raising the next generation, on the occasion of Mother's Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-11
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | HB7463 | Intro
25% | To amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to increase the maximum education and training voucher amount and provide greater support for foster youth pursuing postsecondary education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-07
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 555. |
| US | HB8634 | Intro
25% | To prohibit marriages between individuals who are closely related by blood.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| US | HR1233 | Intro
25% | Expressing support for the recognition of April as National Foster Sibling Connections Month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-29
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | HB8566 | Intro
25% | To encourage the development of specialized foster care programs designed specifically for large sibling groups, sibling groups with a wide age range, and sibling groups with complex needs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-29
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | HB8590 | Intro
25% | To clarify the eligibility of certain student populations for child care assistance under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-29
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | HB6903 | Engross
50% | To require the Secretary of State to revoke any United States passport issued to an individual, on receipt of a certification by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that the individual has a child support arrearage exceeding $2,500.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SR692 | Intro
25% | A resolution designating the week of April 20 through April 24, 2026, as "National Home Visiting Week".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2076-2077; text: CR S2083) |
| US | HB8498 | Intro
25% | To provide an incentive for States to extend child welfare support and services for youth through 21 years of age, and to allow youth to re-enter foster care after attaining 18 years of age, both without regard to the AFDC eligibility of their parent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-27
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | HB8453 | Intro
25% | To establish a low-interest loan program to support the renovation, retrofit, expansion, and adaptation of structures to increase the availability of child care in rural communities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-22
To House Agriculture Committee |
| US | HB8456 | Intro
25% | To support infrastructure investment in small and rural child care facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-22
To House Education and Workforce Committee |
| US | SB4314 | Intro
25% | A bill to amend the John H. Chaffee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to increase the maximum education and training voucher amount, provide greater support for foster youth pursuing postsecondary education, and expand educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB8245 | Intro
25% | To support State efforts to record all child welfare interviews.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | HB7677 | Intro
25% | To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study regarding fraud prevention measures in certain Federal early childhood education, child care, and child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-06
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 513. |
| US | HB7722 | Intro
25% | To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require triennial comprehensive reviews of State performance under such Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-06
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 508. |
| US | HB7721 | Intro
25% | To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-06
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507. |
| US | HB7723 | Intro
25% | To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to debar child care providers that committed fraud from receiving financial assistance under the Act, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-06
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509. |
