House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Family First Transition Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 5, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Nov 5, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4980.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 176, November 5, 2019, Page H8729):Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 200 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4980, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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.
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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
47 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 33 Democrats, 1 independent
14 of 47 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.R. 3250 (116th) Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020
- H.R. 2940 (116th) To extend the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and related programs through September 30, 2019.
- H.R. 3398 (116th) Pathways to Health Careers Act
- H.R. 3298 (116th) Child Care Quality and Access Act of 2019
- H.R. 7947 (116th) Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act
- H.R. 2168 (116th) REAL 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.