House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025
Official title: To reauthorize the Global Child Thrive Act of 2020, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2025
- Committee actionDec 3, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 6.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6347.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6347, Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025” on March 13, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 3, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62216
- CBO publication date
- March 13, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6347, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6347
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 201, December 2, 2025, Page H4994):Congressman Joaquin Castro Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 2, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 450 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6347, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6347
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32abe9f64e65543e08303dff7bb22e9bbcb3dd5af115f3a45b5e46a607fbdc66
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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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.
- H.R. 4490 (119th) PARTNER Act
- H.R. 7675 (119th) Securing Partner Supply Chains Act
- H.Res. 1559 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
- H.R. 4318 (119th) Head Start for Our Future Act
- H.R. 10642 (119th) Stop the Settlements Act
- H.Res. 969 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 8, 2025, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
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.