House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Food for Palestinian Children and Families in Gaza Act of 2026
Official title: To ensure sufficient food assistance for the civilian population of Gaza.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7565.
- 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. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2221):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7565, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7565
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 October 23, 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
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- H.R. 4544 (119th) American Access to Banking Act
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- 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 Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.