House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rural Child Care Access Act
Official title: To support infrastructure investment in small and rural child care facilities.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8456.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 71, April 22, 2026, Page H3068):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Office thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 345 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8456, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8456
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 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 — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas.
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- H.R. 4413 (119th) End the Cyprus Embargo Act
- H.R. 8019 (119th) U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act
- H.R. 7802 (119th) DISCLOSE Act of 2026
- H.R. 1732 (119th) GUARD VA Benefits Act
- H.R. 4197 (119th) LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
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.