H.R. 5790: Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-10-17 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025

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Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse a state, local government, or school district that uses its funds to maintain participation in the Head Start program or the Early Head Start program during a government shutdown in which there is a lapse in federal appropriations for the programs. The Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood education and development services to low-income children. The programs seek to promote school readiness through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services.

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Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] · 55 cosponsors

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Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Emily Randall (D-WA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Pablo José Hernández (D-PR), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5790.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr5790 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills