House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
FAMILY Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1185.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1185, FAMILY Act” on February 13, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on February 13, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56129
- CBO publication date
- February 13, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1185, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1185
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeLAURO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 28, February 13, 2019, Page H1584):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1185, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1185
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1185, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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
219 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 218 Democrats
1 of 219 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 189 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
- H.R. 7 (116th) Paycheck Fairness Act
- H.R. 3942 (116th) Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act
- H.R. 2740 (116th) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020
- H.R. 7027 (116th) Child Care Is Essential Act
- H.R. 7614 (116th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.R. 1560 (116th) American Family Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.