House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Building Child Care for a Better Future Act
Official title: To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide funding to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access to child care, and the child care workforce, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Danny Davis D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 2, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2595.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 59, April 2, 2025, Page H1413):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the powers enumerated under section 8 and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2595, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 1, 2026). 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Julie Johnson (D-TX), John Larson (D-CT), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.R. 7529 (119th) Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act
- H.R. 6181 (119th) John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- H.R. 5356 (119th) National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025
- H.R. 2540 (119th) SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act
- H.R. 2994 (119th) Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1432 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents…
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.