Authorize federal funding for the Summer for All Act, including $4 billion over four years and $1 billion annually thereafter, to create HHS grant programs that expand access to free summer camps and summer enrichment programs for children, especially low-income, underserved, rural, and at-risk students.

Murphy, Kim Reintroduce Bill to Provide Free Summer Camp for All Kids... The Summer for All Act would authorize $4 billion over four years and $1 billion each fiscal year after to fund two new competitive grant programs managed by the Department of Health and Human Services to expand access to high-quality summer enrichment opportunities.

Murphy reintroduced the Summer for All Act, committing to federal funding and new HHS grant programs to expand free summer camp and enrichment opportunities for children who otherwise lack access.

[2026-06-22] Murphy, Kim Reintroduce Bill to Provide Free Summer Camp...
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The Atlantic reported that Sen. Chris Murphy introduced the Summer for All Act, which would authorize $4 billion over four years and $1 billion annually afterward for two grant programs expanding summer care access.

This documents a concrete Murphy effort matching the promise, but the article also describes the bill as an authorization proposal that would still need congressional funding action; it does not show enactment.

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How to Solve the Summer-Child-Care Nightmare
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Congress.gov states that enacted bills and joint resolutions appear on the public-law list after NARA assigns public-law numbers. The 118th Congress list runs through PL 118-274 and does not include the Summer for All Act.

The 118th Congress ended without the Summer for All Act becoming a public law, so the 2024 legislative effort did not deliver the promised authorization in that Congress.

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Public Laws | Congress.gov | Library of Congress - 118th Congress
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Congress.gov lists public laws for the 119th Congress and says enacted bills and joint resolutions appear after NARA assigns public-law numbers. Listed 119th public laws include appropriations and other acts, but no Summer for All Act.

As of the reviewed 119th Congress public-law list, the promised Summer for All Act authorization has not been enacted during Murphy's current Senate term.

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Public Laws | Congress.gov | Library of Congress - 119th Congress
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The enacted FY2026 appropriations text provides $8,831,387,000 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant and $14,923,390,000 for children and families services programs; searches of the text found no Summer for All, summer enrichment, summer programs, or summer learning provision.

The major FY2026 HHS-related appropriations vehicle funded existing child-care and children/family programs, but it did not create or fund the specific Summer for All Act grant programs described in the commitment.

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Text - H.R.7148 - 119th Congress: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
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