House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Women's Option to Raise Kids Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4379.
- 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 H1977):Clause 1, Section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 133 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4379, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4379
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c233ffd10f606f33eff37094bab43dc0c5f4c4174ce31cc490d80d6a399f823
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 March 23, 2026). 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Stark.
- H.R. 1681 (112th) Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- H.R. 1978 (112th) Recovering Missing Children Act
- H.R. 3242 (112th) Save Our Climate Act of 2011
- 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.