House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Helping More Families Save Act
Official title: To establish a pilot program to improve the family self-sufficiency program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ritchie Torres D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4385.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 120, July 14, 2025, Page H3245):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4385, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Congress.gov noteThe text of H.R.4385 is contained in the text of H.R.6644, which became Public Law 119-101.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 18, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4385, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1997313981dafe4a61ec83d4dd11c87993844e3d28eb6431e3895207daa7ecc
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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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), William Timmons (R-SC), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ritchie Torres.
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- H.R. 8562 (119th) To designate a building of the Chancery of the United States in Pristina, Kosovo, as the "Eliot L. Engel Building".
- H.R. 6677 (119th) Professional Degree Access Restoration Act
- H.R. 7004 (119th) Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026
- H.R. 6603 (119th) Our Parks Act
Related bills
- S. 970 (119th) Helping More Families Save ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 6644 (119th) 21st Century ROAD to Housing ActRelated bill
- S. 2651 (119th) ROAD to Housing Act of 2025Related bill
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.