House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Child CARE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 12, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3740.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8110):Article I., Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 174 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3740, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3740
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3740, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
49 cosponsors — 48 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 49 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Keith Ellison (D-MN), William Enyart (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donna Edwards.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.