[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3502 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3502

To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to prevent the child care 
  cliff and increase parental choice for low-income families, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2021

   Mr. Hern introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to prevent the child care 
  cliff and increase parental choice for low-income families, 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 ``Increasing Parent Choice and 
Preventing the Child Care Cliff Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTING THE CHILD CARE CLIFF.

    Section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618) is amended 
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and inserting after 
subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Grant Condition.--As a condition of receiving a grant under 
this subsection, a State shall have policies and procedures in place to 
provide a graduated phase-out of child care assistance for parents--
            ``(1) who are working or attending a job training or 
        educational program; and
            ``(2) whose family income exceeds the income limit 
        established by the State for initial qualification for child 
        care assistance and does not exceed 85 percent of the State 
        median income for a family of the same size.''.

SEC. 3. INCREASING PARENT CHOICE FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.

    With respect to each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the percentage 
set forth in section 418(b)(2) of the Social Security Act is deemed to 
be 100 percent.
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