House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
'Directly Impacted Child Rehab and Safety Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to account for the age of certain incarcerated juveniles and to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to enhance collaboration between State child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8547.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 74, April 28, 2026, Page H3133):This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1Sec. 8Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 460 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8547, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8547
- 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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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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
- H.R. 5185 (119th) To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.
- H.R. 5021 (119th) American Decade of Sports Act
- H.R. 4332 (119th) YALI Act of 2025
- H.R. 4505 (119th) Export Controls Enforcement Act
- H.R. 7669 (119th) Rejecting the Erasure of Afghan Women and Girls Act
- H.R. 4995 (119th) Enduring Welcome Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 4792 (118th) Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 2908 (117th) Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2021Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.