H. R. 6181
Introduced in House · January 13, 2026November 20, 2025
Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Craig, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Chu, Mr. Amo, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Carson, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Costa, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Norton, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Peters, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Simon, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Garcia of California, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act”.