Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Helping More Families Save Act
Official title: A bill to establish a pilot program to improve the family self-sufficiency program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. John Reed D-RIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1666-1667)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 970.
- Congress.gov noteThe text of S.970 is contained in the text of H.R.6644, which became Public Law 119-101.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 970, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Katie Britt (R-AL), Mike Crapo (R-ID), James Risch (R-ID), Tina Smith (D-MN), Mark Warner (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Reed.
- S. 1467 (119th) Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
- S.Res. 694 (119th) A resolution designating April 2026 as "Financial Literacy Month".
- S.Res. 193 (119th) A resolution designating April 2025 as "Financial Literacy Month".
- S.Res. 394 (119th) A resolution designating September 2025 as "National Literacy Month".
- S.Res. 926 (119th) A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Literacy Month".
- S.Res. 361 (119th) A resolution designating August 16, 2025, "National Airborne Day".
Related bills
- H.R. 4385 (119th) Helping More Families Save ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 6644 (119th) 21st Century ROAD to Housing ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.