HR 5547 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

CEDS Act

Latest action · Jun 13, 2022 Star Print ordered on on the bill.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedOct 8, 2021
  2. Passed HouseMar 30, 2022
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Care is an Economic Development Strategy Act or the CEDS Act

This bill requires grant applicants for certain public works and economic development projects to describe in their comprehensive economic development strategy how they will increase the accessibility of affordable, quality, care-based services (e.g., child care, early childhood education, disability and long-term care, and elder care).

The bill also requires the Department of Commerce to report on the activities and outcomes of economic adjustment assistance funding provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 94Passed304–122Mar 30, 2022

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 8, 2021.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AKDon YoungOriginalOct 8, 2021

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Oct 8, 2021Markup Oct 27, 2021Reported Mar 8, 2022
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Referred Oct 12, 2021Discharged Oct 27, 2021
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Oct 8, 2021Discharged Mar 8, 2022
SenateEnvironment and Public Works Committee
Referred Mar 31, 2022

Actions 18

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2022Star Print ordered on on the bill.
  2. Mar 31, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  3. Mar 30, 2022Ms. Williams (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  4. Mar 30, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3990-3992)
  5. Mar 30, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5547.
  6. Mar 30, 2022At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  7. Mar 30, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3998-3999)
  8. Mar 30, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 304 - 122 (Roll no. 94). (text: CR H3990-3991)
  9. Mar 30, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Mar 8, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-259, Part I.
  11. Mar 8, 2022Committee on Financial Services discharged.
  12. Mar 8, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 189.
  13. Oct 27, 2021Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
  14. Oct 27, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  15. Oct 27, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 60 - 4.
  16. Oct 12, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  17. Oct 8, 2021Introduced in House
  18. Oct 8, 2021Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E327Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXMar 31, 2022
HouseDebate and remarks H3990–H3992Text printed H3990Recorded votes H3999enactLists H3999Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5547, Care Is an Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) ActDaniel Webster R-FL, Nikema Williams D-GAMar 30, 2022

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Feb 7, 2022H.R. 5547, CEDS ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 27, 2021

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5825CEDS ActReintroduced BillSep 29, 2023

Titles 9

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to require eligible recipients of certain grants to develop a comprehensive economic development strategy that directly or indirectly increases the accessibility of affordable, quality care-based services, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Care is an Economic Development Strategy Act
CEDS Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
CEDS Act
Care is an Economic Development Strategy Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House
CEDS Act
Care is an Economic Development Strategy Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Care is an Economic Development Strategy Act
CEDS Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 31, 2022Referred in Senate
  2. Mar 30, 2022Engrossed in House
  3. Mar 8, 2022Reported in House
  4. Oct 8, 2021Introduced in House

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