House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Child Care Access and Affordability Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Government Accountability Office to carry out a study relating to barriers in accessing the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 due to inflation and State eligibility standards.
Sponsor: Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6656.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McDONALD RIVET, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 209, December 11, 2025, Page H5810):U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Sec.8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6656, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 8, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet.
- H.R. 10448 (119th) Reverse Big Ugly Tax Breaks for Data Centers Act
- H.R. 8056 (119th) Military Financial Literacy Act of 2026
- H.R. 4954 (119th) Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025
- H.R. 7437 (119th) BASICS Act
- H.R. 4192 (119th) the Military PFAS Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 9474 (119th) Local Foods for Healthy Schools Act of 2026
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.