HR 3852 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for Children Act

Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.

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. IntroducedJun 6, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 6, 2023 to Oct 1, 2024; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAaron BeanOriginalJun 6, 2023
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalJun 6, 2023
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJun 6, 2023
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalJun 6, 2023
D-FLJared MoskowitzOriginalJun 6, 2023
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordOriginalJun 6, 2023
R-FLKat CammackOriginalJun 6, 2023
R-FLMichael WaltzOriginalJun 6, 2023
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalJun 6, 2023
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalJun 6, 2023
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalJun 6, 2023
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezJul 26, 2023
R-MSMike EzellAug 8, 2023
R-MSMichael GuestSep 5, 2023
R-TXJohn R. CarterSep 19, 2023
R-MSTrent KellyJan 18, 2024
R-FLCory MillsFeb 28, 2024
R-NCChuck EdwardsOct 1, 2024

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jun 6, 2023
Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Referred Dec 17, 2024

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
  2. Jun 6, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 6, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

Constitutional authority

By Mr. DUNN of Florida: H.R. 3852 Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To allow for cottage family homes to be eligible for federal funds.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 98, June 6, 2023, page H2764.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
—HEARING ON MODERNIZING CHILD WELFARE TO PROTECT VULNERABLE CHILDREN270 pagesWays and Means CommitteeSep 28, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to address or assist in resolving the shortage of appropriate foster homes for children, to develop resources to keep sibling groups together, and to provide for a system of checks and balances to ensure a child's ongoing safety and well-being, by providing for the placement of a foster child in cottage family homes and making a child so placed eligible for foster care maintenance payments.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for Children Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 6, 2023Introduced in House

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