H.R. 7655 119th Congress House

Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth Act

Official title: To amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to improve supports for expectant and parenting youth who have experienced foster care by strengthening coordin… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to improve supports for expectant and parenting youth who have experienced foster care by strengthening coordination with the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 24, 2026 Introduced by: Rudy Yakym III Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov

Families Adoption and foster careFamily servicesSex and reproductive healthSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsWomen's health

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 11, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 558.

May 11, 2026

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-641.

Apr 29, 2026

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Apr 29, 2026

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.

Feb 24, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Feb 24, 2026

Introduced in House

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What's happening now May 11, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 558.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 1

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

PORTER GROUP, LLC
for WASHOE COUNTY · Nevada · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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Cosponsors 3

Schweikert, David

Arizona · Apr 29, 2026

Buchanan, Vern

Florida · Apr 28, 2026

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Feb 24, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7655: Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7655/

MLA

"H.R. 7655: Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7655/.

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H.R. 7655, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7655/.

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