[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3788 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3788

 To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from making payments to 
   child care providers that employ individuals charged with certain 
                   offenses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2019

 Mr. Barr (for himself, Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Bilirakis, 
Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Bost, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Banks, Mr. Meuser, 
 Mr. Watkins, and Mr. Steube) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from making payments to 
   child care providers that employ individuals charged with certain 
                   offenses, and for other purposes.

    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 ``VA Child Care Protection Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS RECEIVING PAYMENT FROM 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may not make a payment to any child care center, child 
care agency, or child care provider that employs an individual who has 
been charged with--
            (1) a sex offense;
            (2) an offense involving a child victim;
            (3) a violent crime;
            (4) a drug felony; or
            (5) other offense that the Secretary determines 
        appropriate.
    (b) Exception.--Payment may be made to a child care center, child 
care agency, or child care provider, if such child care center, child 
care agency, or child care provider has suspended the individual 
described in subsection (a) from having any contact with children while 
on the job until the case is resolved.
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