HR 4972 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for Children Act

Introduced Aug 15, 2025 Originated House Sponsor W. Gregory Steube R-FL

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Latest action · Aug 15, 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.

  1. IntroducedAug 15, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 15, 2025 to May 13, 2026; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-NCChuck EdwardsOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-FLCory MillsOriginalAug 15, 2025
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalAug 15, 2025
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-FLJohn H. RutherfordOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-FLKat CammackOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-MSMichael GuestOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-MSMike EzellOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalAug 15, 2025
R-FLVern BuchananSep 2, 2025
R-FLMike HaridopolosSep 8, 2025
R-FLAaron BeanSep 16, 2025
D-FLJared MoskowitzSep 17, 2025
R-FLByron DonaldsSep 23, 2025
R-FLJimmy PatronisSep 23, 2025
D-VAEugene Simon VindmanOct 8, 2025
R-MSTrent KellyOct 8, 2025
R-TXBeth Van DuyneOct 24, 2025
R-TNDavid KustoffNov 17, 2025
R-TXAugust PflugerApr 13, 2026
R-GAAustin ScottMay 12, 2026
D-NCDonald G. DavisMay 13, 2026

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 Aug 15, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 15, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Aug 15, 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

By Mr. STEUBE: H.R. 4972 Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 138, August 15, 2025, page H3699.

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. Aug 15, 2025Introduced in House

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