HR 7637 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Head Start for America’s Children Act

Latest action · Feb 20, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and 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. IntroducedFeb 20, 2026
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 20, 2026 to Sep 15, 2026; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-AZAdelita S. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-PADwight EvansOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.OriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-VAJennifer L. McClellanOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-NJLaMonica McIverOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-CALateefah SimonOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-WIMark PocanOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-FLMaxwell FrostOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-KYMorgan McGarveyOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-MDSarah ElfrethOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-PASummer L. LeeOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-CATed LieuOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-ORVal T. HoyleOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalFeb 20, 2026
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingJun 18, 2026
D-AZYassamin AnsariJul 22, 2026
D-NYAdriano EspaillatAug 17, 2026
D-VTBecca BalintAug 17, 2026
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonAug 17, 2026
D-TXGreg CasarAug 17, 2026
D-TXVeronica EscobarAug 17, 2026
D-ORMaxine DexterAug 31, 2026
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánAug 31, 2026
D-CAJudy ChuSep 3, 2026
D-WAEmily RandallSep 15, 2026

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 Feb 20, 2026

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 20, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Feb 20, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Education and 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 H3677Rashida Tlaib D-MIMay 21, 2026

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 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 34, February 20, 2026, page H2235.

Printed hearings 1

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 119-37BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM: EXAMINING AFFORDABILITY, CHOICE, AND SECURITY IN APPLIANCE AND BUILDINGS POLICIES220 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeSep 9, 2025

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2819Head Start for America's Children ActIdentical billSep 16, 2025

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Head Start Act to improve the Act.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Head Start for America’s Children Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 20, 2026Introduced in House

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