House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3488.
- 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. 167, No. 91, May 25, 2021, Page H2667):Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3488, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3488
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54c76f06886b08e4f042a2c1358c3d967341df7b8c8eb215a6f2580fad9091aa
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
223 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 222 Democrats
1 of 223 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and 193 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.R. 8876 (117th) Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.R. 5661 (117th) Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act
- H.R. 4449 (117th) Pathways to Health Careers Act
- H.R. 3031 (117th) Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2021
- H.R. 8957 (117th) Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022
- H.R. 3339 (117th) National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2021
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.