White House Council on Fathers and Sons Act of 2026
Summary
What This Bill Does
The White House Council on Fathers and Sons Act establishes a council in the Executive Office of the President. The Council must promote the roles of fathers and sons, address suicide and overdose deaths, support the mental, physical, spiritual, and economic well-being of boys transitioning to adulthood, and coordinate federal responses to issues affecting men, boys, and men in the federal workforce.
The Council must review federal programs and policies, recommend changes, advise the President about how congressional measures affect fathers and sons, and help develop legislation and policy proposals. Within 150 days, and periodically afterward, it must report to the President on relevant agency programs and future work. It must consult federal agencies, nonprofits and faith institutions, state and local governments, and other selected entities.
Membership includes the White House Intergovernmental Affairs Director as chair, Cabinet secretaries, the Attorney General, senior White House economic and domestic-policy officials, several agency heads, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, the Trade Representative, and designated faith-community representatives. The chair appoints a director who may hire staff. HHS must supply otherwise authorized funds, and every participating department or agency must pay its own participation expenses.
Who Benefits and How
Fathers, boys, sons transitioning to adulthood, and men in the federal workforce benefit from dedicated federal policy review and recommendations focused on family roles, education, economic outcomes, mental health, suicide, and overdose. Nonprofit and faith-based family organizations gain a formal consultation channel. Federal agencies gain a central forum for coordinating programs that currently span many departments.
Who Bears the Burden and How
White House council staff must convene meetings, review legislation and programs, consult outside groups, prepare reports, and develop policy proposals. Cabinet departments and other represented agencies must assign senior officials and pay their own participation costs. HHS program accounts must finance Council operations from previously authorized amounts. The Council director must hire and manage personnel, and agencies must provide program information for the 150-day review.
Key Provisions
- Establishes the Council within the Executive Office of the President.
- Directs it to address fatherhood, male well-being, deaths of despair, and boys' transition to adulthood.
- Requires review of federal programs and recommendations for men, boys, and male federal workers.
- Requires advice on pending congressional measures and development of policy proposals.
- Requires a report to the President within 150 days and periodic reports afterward.
- Requires consultation with agencies, nonprofits, faith institutions, and state or local governments.
- Assigns broad Cabinet, White House, agency, and faith-community membership.
- Uses existing HHS funds while requiring each represented agency to pay its own participation expenses.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Establishes a White House Council on Fathers and Sons to coordinate federal policy, review programs and legislation, promote fatherhood and male well-being, consult outside groups, and report to the President using existing HHS and agency funds.
Key Policy Areas
Family Policy, Men's Health, Mental Health, Federal Workforce, Interagency Coordination, Executive Office
Primary Purpose
Establishes a White House Council on Fathers and Sons to coordinate federal policy, review programs and legislation, promote fatherhood and male well-being, consult outside groups, and report to the President using existing HHS and agency funds.
Policy Domains
Sections 2 and 4 White House Council findings and establishment
Identified Gains
- Fathers receiving federal policy attention
- Boys addressed by Council recommendations
- Men in the federal workforce
- Male suicide-prevention programs
- Faith-based family organizations
- Family-policy nonprofit organizations
Identified Costs
- White House fathers-and-sons council staff
- Participating Cabinet department staff
- HHS Council funding accounts
- Represented federal agency budgets
- Council program-review respondents
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Van Orden) introduced the …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
HHS Council funding accounts, Men in the federal workforce, Participating Cabinet department staff
Positive-direction: Men in the federal workforce
Negative-direction: HHS Council funding accounts, Participating Cabinet department staff, Represented federal agency budgets, White House fathers-and-sons council staff
Boys addressed by Council recommendations, Boys raised without resident fathers, Fathers facing economic pressures
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "council"
- → White House Council on Fathers and Sons
- "director"
- → Director appointed to staff and manage the Council
- "chairperson"
- → Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
- "represented_agency"
- → Federal department or agency represented on the Council
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The White House Council on Fathers and Sons established within the Executive Office of the President.
Named Cabinet, White House, agency, diplomatic, trade, and designated faith-community representatives.
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