U.S. House · 119th Congress · H.R. 5790
Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025
To require the reimbursement of State governments, local governments, and school districts by the Government for funds used by them to maintain participation in Head Start and Early Head Start during a Government shutdown.
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- Sponsor
- Maxine WatersD-CA-43
- Introduced
- October 17, 2025, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Education (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (55)
55 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Gabe AmoD-RI-1
- Yassamin AnsariD-AZ-3
- Joyce BeattyD-OH-3
- Wesley BellD-MO-1
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.D-GA-2
- Nikki BudzinskiD-IL-13
- André CarsonD-IN-7
- Emanuel CleaverD-MO-5
- Angie CraigD-MN-2
- Jasmine CrockettD-TX-30
- Danny K. DavisD-IL-7
- Debbie DingellD-MI-6
- Dwight EvansD-PA-3
- Cleo FieldsD-LA-6
- Shomari FiguresD-AL-2
- John GaramendiD-CA-8
- Sylvia R. GarciaD-TX-29
- Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-IL-4
- Daniel S. GoldmanD-NY-10
- Vicente GonzalezD-TX-34
- Steven HorsfordD-NV-4
- Glenn IveyD-MD-4
- Jonathan L. JacksonD-IL-1
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.D-GA-4
- Greg LandsmanD-OH-1
- Summer L. LeeD-PA-12
- April McClain DelaneyD-MD-6
- LaMonica McIverD-NJ-10
- Seth MoultonD-MA-6
- Kevin MullinD-CA-15
- Joe NeguseD-CO-2
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DC-AL
- Jimmy PanettaD-CA-19
- Emily RandallD-WA-6
- Janice D. SchakowskyD-IL-9
- Terri A. SewellD-AL-7
- Bennie G. ThompsonD-MS-2
- Dina TitusD-NV-1
- Rashida TlaibD-MI-12
- Ritchie TorresD-NY-15
- Juan VargasD-CA-52
- Nydia M. VelázquezD-NY-7
- Frederica S. WilsonD-FL-24
Signed on later
- Salud O. CarbajalD-CA-24October 24, 2025
- Steve CohenD-TN-9October 24, 2025
- Josh GottheimerD-NJ-5October 24, 2025
- Teresa Leger FernandezD-NM-3October 24, 2025
- Mark PocanD-WI-2October 24, 2025
- Pablo José HernándezD-PR-ALOctober 28, 2025
- Pramila JayapalD-WA-7October 28, 2025
- Janelle S. BynumD-OR-5November 7, 2025
- Chellie PingreeD-ME-1November 7, 2025
- Lori TrahanD-MA-3November 7, 2025
- Judy ChuD-CA-28November 12, 2025
- Jared HuffmanD-CA-2February 24, 2026