House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2886.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JONES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 73, April 28, 2021, Page H2128):Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2886, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2886, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
63 cosponsors — 63 Democrats
0 of 63 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI) and 33 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.