House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Worker Childcare Protection Act of 2025
Official title: To provide reimbursement to certain Federal employees for childcare expenses during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about October 1, 2025.
Sponsor: Rep. Ilhan Omar D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5720.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. OMAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 166, October 8, 2025, Page H4528):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5720, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 29, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
71c356b7e03629b95be7019d0aaddff78395a26d3f5d43e5e16de5710195bffe
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 29, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5720, last updated October 29, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
33 cosponsors — 33 Democrats
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Summer Lee (D-PA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Luz Rivas (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
- H.R. 8798 (119th) Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026
- H.R. 630 (119th) Neighbors Not Enemies Act
- H.R. 1111 (119th) Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2025
- H.R. 5655 (119th) No Shame at School Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 51 (119th) To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have not been authorized by Congress.
- H.R. 4714 (119th) End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.