Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2025
Latest action · Jul 25, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2025 to Jul 22, 2026; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Original | Jul 25, 2025 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 10, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | May 14, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jul 22, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2025Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 128, July 25, 2025, page H3656.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children and youth with experience in foster care.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
