HR8245-119

In Committee

GRACIE Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Apr 9, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, GRACIE Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers. The main policy domain is Social Welfare, Criminal Justice, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA88F493EA4DA4D4695B006C1383C5DA3: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Generate Recordings of All Child protective Interviews Everywhere Act or the GRACIE Act of 2026.
  • Section HD8756E517D404E70B81D50B230005977: 2. Child protective service interview recording grants The Associate Commissioner may award grants to States for the purpose of assisting State agencies...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, GRACIE Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Social Welfare, Criminal Justice, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, GRACIE Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers.

Policy Domains

Social Welfare Criminal Justice Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers
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families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
families, benefit recipients, nonprofits, and service providers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 9, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Apr 9, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 9, 2026

Mrs. Wagner (for herself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moore …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Social Welfare Criminal Justice Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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