HR 5528 — America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-09-19
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors (4)
- Bera, Ami (D, CA-6) — cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R, NY-17) — cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D, WA-7) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
Action timeline (3)
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in House · 2025-09-19 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
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Connected on the graph
4 typed relationships in the influence graph — 4 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (4)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Bera, Ami | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Lawler, Michael | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Jayapal, Pramila | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Thanedar, Shri | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayapal, Pramila (D, house WA-7) | cosponsor | 4 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Lawler, Michael (R, house NY-17) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Bera, Ami (D, house CA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 895 | $611,122 | $611,122 |
| 2 | retired | 0 | $0 | 534 | $583,822 | $583,822 |
| 3 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 193 | $248,075 | $248,075 |
| 4 | self | 0 | $0 | 68 | $79,334 | $79,334 |
| 5 | high opportunity neighborhood partners | 0 | $0 | 8 | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| 6 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 8 | $36,000 | $36,000 |
| 7 | unemployed | 0 | $0 | 15 | $25,563 | $25,563 |
| 8 | none | 0 | $0 | 14 | $22,480 | $22,480 |
| 9 | employer | 0 | $0 | 3 | $21,520 | $21,520 |
| 10 | bgr group | 0 | $0 | 8 | $17,460 | $17,460 |
| 11 | sterling group | 0 | $0 | 5 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 12 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 6 | $14,653 | $14,653 |
| 13 | apollo management | 0 | $0 | 3 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 14 | the commerce company | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 15 | coinbase | 0 | $0 | 4 | $13,500 | $13,500 |
| 16 | homemaker | 0 | $0 | 5 | $13,219 | $13,219 |
| 17 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 4 | $13,000 | $13,000 |
| 18 | paul bluhdorn | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,189 | $12,189 |
| 19 | general atlantic | 0 | $0 | 2 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
| 20 | montgomery capital inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 21 | austin ventures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 22 | arnold ventures | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 23 | arden companies llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 24 | breakthru beverage | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 25 | rockaway care center | 0 | $0 | 1 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
4 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 536 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 3 yes / 0 no / 260 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
4 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Bera, Ami (D · house · CA-6) · cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D · house · WA-7) · cosponsor
- Lawler, Michael (R · house · NY-17) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Lawler, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bera, Ami (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Jayapal, Pramila (cosponsor) · sponsorship