House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Less Bureaucracy, Better Family Engagement Act
Official title: To ensure the Department of Health and Human Services will manage family engagement programs for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2026
- Committee actionJul 15, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 15.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9608.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4380):Necessary and Proper Clause Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9608, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9608
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 23, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mary Miller.
- H.R. 7726 (119th) Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026
- H.R. 9360 (119th) Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act
- H.R. 7661 (119th) Stop the Sexualization of Children Act
- H.R. 4986 (119th) Parents Opt-in Protection Act
- H.R. 2870 (119th) Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025
- H.Res. 702 (119th) Condemning in the strongest possible terms the September 10, 2025, assassination of Charlie Kirk.
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.