House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Helping Kids Cope Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 6, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 9, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4944.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 141, August 6, 2021, Page H4320):Article 1, Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 6, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4944, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4944
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
66 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 61 Democrats
5 of 66 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and 36 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.
- H.R. 3894 (117th) CARING for Social Determinants Act of 2021
- H.R. 1215 (117th) Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
- H.R. 2864 (117th) Clean Slate Act of 2021
- H.R. 3293 (117th) Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2021
- H.R. 3085 (117th) ENACT Act of 2021
- H.R. 2126 (117th) Housing Supply and Affordability 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.