House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Foster Care Stabilization Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration grant program to provide emergency relief to foster youth and improve pre-placement services offered by foster care stabilization agencies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Don Bacon R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7419.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 27, February 9, 2026, Page H2096):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7419, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7419
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 27, 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 February 27, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Gwen Moore (D-WI), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon.
- H.R. 2243 (119th) LEOSA Reform Act
- H.R. 217 (119th) CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2025
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- H.R. 4583 (119th) Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 3946 (119th) FIGHT Act of 2025
- H.R. 1046 (119th) Marc Fischer Memorial Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.