House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
CARES Hotline Act
Official title: To amend the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to establish a hotline for caregivers of individuals with developmental disabilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Menendez D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8620.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENENDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 76, April 30, 2026, Page H3332):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8620, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8620
- 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
J. Correa (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Menendez.
- H.R. 1717 (119th) Communications Security Act
- H.R. 5967 (119th) Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act
- H.R. 7294 (119th) AI for Secure Networks Act
- H.R. 2511 (119th) Sarah Katz Caffeine Safety Act
- H.R. 6984 (119th) Data Center Transparency Act
- H.R. 5440 (119th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for small businesses to provide diaper changing stations in restrooms.
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.