House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Head Start for America’s Children Act
Official title: To amend the Head Start Act to improve the Act.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7637.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TLAIB, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 34, February 20, 2026, Page H2235):Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7637, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
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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
43 cosponsors — 43 Democrats
0 of 43 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), William Keating (D-MA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 2819 (119th) Head Start for America's Children ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.