House joint resolution · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Commemorating October 2025 as Head Start Awareness Month and recognizing its positive impact on more than 40,000,000 children and their families.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 132.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 182, October 31, 2025, Page H4567):Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 132, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/132
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
57d899fdf98e556c7afb42084584717c77c3388a7e414ebe9cea256a6ae7fbf6
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
39 cosponsors — 39 Democrats
0 of 39 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), John Mannion (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. André Carson.
- H.R. 485 (119th) Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 2411 (119th) UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 484 (119th) Food Deserts Act
- H.R. 3906 (119th) Medical Research for Our Troops Act
- H.R. 486 (119th) Young Americans Financial Literacy Act
- H.R. 4487 (119th) Gun Safety Incentive Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.