House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
BABIES Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3337.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 87, May 19, 2021, Page H2613):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3337, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3337
- 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.
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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
49 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 45 Democrats
4 of 49 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Kathy Manning (D-NC), David McKinley (R-WV) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katherine Clark.
- H.Res. 35 (117th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 3576 (117th) Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2021
- H.R. 3089 (117th) Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act
- H.R. 5994 (117th) BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
- H.R. 7073 (117th) Into the Light for MMH and SUD Act of 2022
- H.R. 1911 (117th) Child Care is Infrastructure Act
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.