House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Expanding Head Start Eligibility Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Head Start Act to include TANF, SSI, SNAP, WIC, and federal housing assistance as eligible public assistance.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 728.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 15, January 24, 2025, Page H395):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 728, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Sylvester Turner (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.