# 117-hr-5547: CEDS Act

117-hr-5547, CEDS Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA); status Star Print ordered on on the bill. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-5547
- Congress: 117
- Title: CEDS Act
- Status: Star Print ordered on on the bill.
- Introduced: 2021-10-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Care is an Economic Development Strategy Act or the CEDS Act This bill requires grant applicants for certain public works and economic development projects to describe in their comprehensive economic development strategy how they will increase the accessibility of affordable, quality, care-based services (e.g., child care, early childhood education, disability and long-term care, and elder care).

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-03-30T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 304 | 122 |

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## Sources
- [117-hr-5547 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5547)

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- [117-hr-1448: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1448)
- [117-hr-3537: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3537)
- [117-hr-1193: Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1193)
- [117-hr-5142: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5142)
- [117-hr-6023: Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act o…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6023)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5547 (as of 2025-11-18).