House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Child Care for Working Families Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2976.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2088):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: child care.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 117 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2976, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2976
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
101 cosponsors — 101 Democrats
0 of 101 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Cori Bush (D-MO), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA) and 71 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 20 (118th) Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023
- H.R. 2725 (118th) Do No Harm Act
- H.R. 4889 (118th) Raise the Wage Act of 2023
- H.R. 5049 (118th) Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023
- H.R. 2851 (118th) National Apprenticeship Act of 2023
- H.R. 3444 (118th) Strength in Diversity 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.