3.0.0 3643 2023-01-11T13:38:50Z 2023-01-11T13:38:50Z House HR 2017-08-04 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 133 (Friday, August 4, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CROWLEY:H.R. 3643.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``The Congress shall havePower [. . .] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, andamong the several States . . .''[Page H6589]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-08-04T17:00:32Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-08-04T17:00:27Z 2017-08-04 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2017-08-04 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2017-08-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-08-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 14 N F000462 Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21] Lois Frankel D FL 21 2017-08-04 True V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 7 2017-09-01 False C001066 Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] Kathy Castor D FL 14 2017-09-01 False R000602 Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] Kathleen Rice D NY M. 4 2017-09-06 False Families Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Appropriations Child care and development Child safety and welfare Disability and paralysis Government information and archives Indian social and development programs Poverty and welfare assistance Preschool education State and local government operations U.S. territories and protectorates Families 00 2017-08-04 Introduced in House 2019-06-27T14:05:17Z Children First Act of 2017

This bill provides additional funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to provide child care for infants and toddlers under the age of four. Specifically, HHS must make grants to: (1) expand access to high-quality child care for infants and toddlers who do not receive child care funded through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), (2) increase the quality of child care funded through CCDF, and (3) provide financial incentives to highly-qualified child care providers and their workforce. HHS may make grants to enable the provision of child care during nontraditional and unpredictable hours.

Under current law, an individual is exempted from TANF's mandatory work requirements if the individual is a single custodial parent caring for a child who is under 6 years of age. This bill expands the exemption to include a single custodial parent or other individual with custody caring for a child who is under 13 years of age.

]]> Children First Act of 2017 Display Title Children First Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Children First Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide additional child care funding, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr3643ih/xml/BILLS-115hr3643ih.xml 2017-08-04 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.