House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Improve Transparency and Stability for Families and Children Act
Official title: To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to establish deadlines for the obligation and expenditure of funds and allow States to establish rainy day funds under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Carey R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2359.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAREY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 55, March 26, 2025, Page H1302):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2359, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2359
- 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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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Carey.
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- H.R. 1453 (119th) Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 8872 (119th) Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act
- H.R. 2036 (119th) Credit for Caring Act of 2025
- H.R. 2410 (119th) Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act
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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.