House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Mamas and Babies in Underserved Communities Act of 2025
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to expand and improve maternal health care services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1966.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1040):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1966, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1966
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
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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
40 cosponsors — 40 Democrats
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Delia Ramirez (D-IL) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
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- H.R. 1764 (119th) Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act
- H.R. 4544 (119th) American Access to Banking Act
- H.Res. 259 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to…
- H.R. 10325 (119th) To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1106 (119th) Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.