House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Every Child Deserves a Family Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 3, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 3, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1681.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STARK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2999):Clause 1, Section 8 of article I of the Constitution Section 5 of Amendment XIV to the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 99 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1681, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 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
114 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 113 Democrats
1 of 114 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Karen Bass (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and 84 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Stark.
- H.R. 1978 (112th) Recovering Missing Children Act
- H.R. 3242 (112th) Save Our Climate Act of 2011
- H.R. 4379 (112th) Women's Option to Raise Kids Act
- H.R. 413 (112th) Defense and Deficit Reduction Act
- H.R. 2981 (112th) Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act
- H.R. 1985 (112th) Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2011
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.