House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for Children Act
Official title: To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to address or assist in resolving the shortage of appropriate foster homes for children, to develop resources to keep sibling groups together, and to provide for a system of checks and balances to ensure a child's ongoing safety and well-being, by providing for the placement of a foster child in cottage family homes and making a child so placed eligible for foster care maintenance payments.
Sponsor: Rep. W. Steube R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4972.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 138, August 15, 2025, Page H3699):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4972, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4972
- 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
25 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 25 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Aaron Bean (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Michael Guest (R-MS), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Trent Kelly (R-MS), David Kustoff (R-TN), Cory Mills (R-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), August Pfluger (R-TX), John Rutherford (R-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Steube.
- H.R. 5366 (119th) Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
- H.R. 6495 (119th) Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act
- H.R. 9498 (119th) Taxpayer Advocate Participation Act
- H.R. 28 (119th) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
- H.R. 1028 (119th) Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 2026
- H.R. 539 (119th) Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
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.