House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Child Care for Economic Recovery Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2020
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 29, 2020 · 250–161
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7327.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7327, Child Care for Economic Recovery Act” on July 17, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on June 25, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56479
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7327, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7327
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 Mrs. LOWEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 117, June 25, 2020, Page H2516):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2020 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 801 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7327, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7327
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
02d2e664a50260b75946d08253a37913aff8f53f866096dda4ae97030423b179
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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
33 cosponsors — 33 Democrats
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), James Cooper (D-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), John Larson (D-CT), Mike Levin (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey.
- H.R. 6201 (116th) Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- H.J.Res. 107 (116th) Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.J.Res. 110 (116th) Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.J.Res. 28 (116th) Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 2157 (116th) Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019
- H.R. 3401 (116th) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 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.