IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1617 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is the duty 
of the Federal Government to dramatically expand and strengthen the 
care economy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2024 
Mr. BOWMAN (for himself, Ms. BUSH, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Ms. MENG, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. WIL-
LIAMS of Georgia, Mr. CARSON, Ms. CHU, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
OMAR, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. TLAIB, and 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to 
the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infra-
structure, Financial Services, Agriculture, the Judiciary, and Oversight 
and Accountability, 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 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
it is the duty of the Federal Government to dramatically 
expand and strengthen the care economy. 
Whereas the preamble of the Constitution of the United 
States cites the duty to ‘‘promote the general Welfare’’, 
establishing care for the people of the United States as 
one of the pillars of our system of government; 
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•HRES 1617 IH 
Whereas, even before the novel coronavirus disease 2019 
(COVID–19) pandemic and the recession it triggered— 
(1) the United States was experiencing profound cri-
ses of care and well-being; and 
(2) critical public services and programs in the 
United States were under-resourced or nonexistent; 
Whereas we are interdependent and, at various stages of life, 
everyone will give or receive care; 
Whereas care work makes all other work possible, and the 
economy of the United States cannot thrive without a 
healthy and robust foundation of care for all people; 
Whereas over 3,500,000 children are born every year in the 
United States, and about 11,000 people in the United 
States reach retirement age each day; 
Whereas, in 2019, the number of adults over 60 requiring 
long-term care was around 8,000,000 and that number 
was expected to triple by 2050; 
Whereas, in 2019, more than 1 out of 5 adults in the United 
States had been an unpaid caregiver for an adult family 
member or friend, or for a child with disabilities, in the 
preceding 12 months; 
Whereas 60 percent of unpaid caregivers worked for pay out-
side the home, and most were women; 
Whereas over 3,600,000 children and young people in the 
United States had also been caregivers for adults; 
Whereas, in 2023, women in the United States performed 
nearly 296 hours per year of unpaid care work on aver-
age, amounting to nearly two-thirds of all unpaid care 
work performed and about 102 annual hours of care 
more than men on average, and Asian women and 
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