House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
End Child Poverty Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2540.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TLAIB, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 60, April 6, 2023, Page H1712):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Eliminating child poverty in the U.S.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 101 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2540, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 21, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 21, 2024). 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jesús García (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
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- H.Res. 702 (118th) Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to protect the rights of restaurant workers.
- H.R. 697 (118th) Justice for All Act of 2023
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- H.R. 5892 (118th) To designate the Federal building located at 985 Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the "Rosa Parks Federal Building", and for other…
- H.R. 2730 (118th) Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.