HR 4046 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

CARE Act of 2023

Introduced Jun 12, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Raul Ruiz D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 12, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 12, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 45

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2023 to Nov 28, 2023; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-CARo KhannaOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-NMTeresa Leger FernandezOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJun 12, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerJun 13, 2023
D-MDJamie RaskinJun 13, 2023
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaJun 14, 2023
D-CTJahana HayesJun 15, 2023
D-ORAndrea SalinasJun 22, 2023
D-CALinda T. SánchezJun 22, 2023
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaJun 22, 2023
D-NJRobert MenendezJun 27, 2023
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettJun 27, 2023
D-MIRashida TlaibJul 10, 2023
D-FLMaxwell FrostJul 11, 2023
D-CABrad ShermanJul 13, 2023
D-CAMark DeSaulnierJul 19, 2023
D-CAJimmy GomezJul 24, 2023
D-WAAdam SmithSep 19, 2023
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneNov 28, 2023

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 12, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 12, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 12, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

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
HouseDebate and remarks H3114Raul Ruiz D-CAJun 23, 2023

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill revises labor provisions for protecting child workers, including those employed in agriculture, and increases the civil penalties for violations of such provisions and imposes new criminal penalties for violations resulting in the death or serious injury or illness of a child worker.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 102, June 12, 2023, page H2811.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 5662CARE Act of 2026Cross-Congress related billSep 30, 2026

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
CARE Act of 2023
Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 12, 2023Introduced in House

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