3.0.0 1867 2025-12-05T08:58:58Z 2025-12-05T08:58:58Z Senate S S 2023-06-07 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1867 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Hearings By (full committee) 2024-04-10T20:51:00Z ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-06-07T21:14:39Z 118 3922 HR 2023-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. Identical bill CRS 2024-04-10 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Committee 2023-06-07 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-06-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS 2023-06-07 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2023-06-07 True B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-06-07 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2023-06-07 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2023-06-13 False L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Luján D NM R. 2023-10-18 False O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2024-05-21 False Agriculture and Food Child care and development 2023-08-17T18:30:25Z Congressional oversight 2023-08-17T18:30:25Z Elementary and secondary education 2023-08-17T18:30:25Z Preschool education 2023-08-17T18:30:25Z Rural conditions and development 2023-08-17T18:30:25Z Agriculture and Food 2023-06-30T13:30:25Z

00 2023-06-07 Introduced in Senate 2024-09-18T18:44:15Z <p><strong>Expanding Childcare in Rural America Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill requires the&nbsp;Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Expanding Childcare in Rural America Initiative to&nbsp;prioritize certain loans and grants that address&nbsp;childcare in agricultural and rural communities. Under the bill, childcare includes eligible programs that provide quality care and early education for young children who are in kindergarten or have not yet entered kindergarten.</p><p>Under the initiative, USDA must give priority to applicants that propose to use certain&nbsp;loans or grants to address the availability, quality, or costs of childcare in an agricultural or&nbsp;rural community.&nbsp;In addition, USDA must&nbsp;prioritize communities in farming-dependent counties and ensure a balanced geographical distribution of the benefits.</p><p>USDA must conduct a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the projects carried out under the initiative and submit a report to Congress.&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

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