House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars in Child Care Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to debar child care providers that committed fraud from receiving financial assistance under the Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Virginia Foxx R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2026
- Committee actionMar 5, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 6, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7723.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7723, Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars in Child Care Act of 2026” on April 20, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 6, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62363
- CBO publication date
- April 20, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7723, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7723
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-589 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 6, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/589
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7723, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7723
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 38, February 26, 2026, Page H2333):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2026 ↗
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7723, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7723
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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.