House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Child CARE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4524.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CROWLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 24, February 10, 2016, Page H710):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4524, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4524
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brad Ashford (D-NE), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Crowley.
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- H.R. 2124 (114th) Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015
- H.R. 1457 (114th) AMP Act
- H.Res. 43 (114th) Expressing the sense of the sense of the House recognizing and honoring the Fire Department of New York.
- H.R. 2527 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7802 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, New York, as the "Jeanne…
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.