House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025
Official title: To require the reimbursement of State governments, local governments, and school districts by the Government for funds used by them to maintain participation in Head Start and Early Head Start during a Government shutdown.
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5790.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 172, October 17, 2025, Page H4542):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5790, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5790
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 25, 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 February 25, 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
55 cosponsors — 55 Democrats
0 of 55 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
- H.R. 3422 (119th) Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
- H.R. 1764 (119th) Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act
- H.R. 4544 (119th) American Access to Banking Act
- H.Res. 259 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to…
- H.R. 10325 (119th) To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1106 (119th) Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
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.