[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4868 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4868

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for certain 
  crimes relating to day care providers in or affecting interstate or 
                           foreign commerce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 20, 1998

Mr. Lazio of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for certain 
  crimes relating to day care providers in or affecting interstate or 
                           foreign commerce.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Quality Day Care Protection Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. DAY CARE PROVIDER CRIMES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 89 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1822. Day care providers
    ``(a) Whoever, being a child day care provider in or affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce, or an employee thereof, knowingly makes 
any false representation regarding that care, that provider, or that 
employee to--
            ``(1) a parent or guardian considering the placement of a 
        child in the care of that provider; or
            ``(2) a law enforcement officer;
and thereby places a child's safety or health at substantial risk shall 
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or 
both.
    ``(b) Whoever, being a child day care provider in or affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce recklessly causes serious bodily injury 
(as defined in section 1365) shall be fined under this title or 
imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
    ``(c) As used in this section, the term `child day care provider' 
means any person or entity that provides child day care in a place 
other than the home of the child or children for whom the care is 
provided.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 89 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``1822. Day care providers.''.
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