CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACT

Amendments

Enact (S. 1086), S1368 [6MR], S1419 [10MR], S1523, S1524, S1525 [11MR], S1539, S1545, S1554, S1555, S1556, S1559, S1562, S1566, S1568, S1587, S1588, S1589, S1590, S1591, S1593 [12MR], S1608, S1609, S1610, S1613, S1616, S1665 [13MR], S5772, S5836 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of HHS: improve the quality of infant and toddler care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4680), H4684 [20MY]

——— increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H5817 [26JN]

Cloture motions

Enact (S. 1086), S5963 [13NO]

——— House amendment, S5772 [18SE]

——— motion to proceed, S1225 [27FE]

Factsheets

Provisions (S. 1086), S6009 [17NO]

Letters

Provisions: Celia Hartman Sims, Knowledge Universe (organization), H7478 [15SE]

——— Gerald M. Cutts, First Children’s Finance (organization), H7479 [15SE]

——— Grace Reef, Early Learning Policy Group, LLC, H7478 [15SE]

——— Helen Blank and Joan Entmacher, National Women’s Law Center, H7476, H7480 [15SE]

——— Janet Singerman, Child Care Resources Inc., H7479 [15SE]

——— Katy Beh Neas, Easter Seals Inc., H7479 [15SE]

——— Lynette M. Fraga, L. Carol Scott, Michelle Noth McCready, and Nicholas P. Vucic, Child Care Aware of America (organization), H7476, H7481 [15SE]

——— M.-A. Lucas, Early Care and Education Consortium, H7478 [15SE]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H7479 [15SE]

——— Matthew Melmed, Zero to Three—National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, H7477 [15SE]

——— Olivia Golden, Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), H7477 [15SE]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H7475, H7480 [15SE]

——— Rhian Evans Allvin, National Association for the Education of Young Children, H7479 [15SE]

——— Richard Bland, Save the Children Federation, Inc., H7475, H7480 [15SE]

——— Sharon Veatch, Child Care Aware of Virginia (organization), H7476 [15SE]

Motions

Enact (S. 1086), S1169 [26FE], S1187 [27FE], S1257 [4MR], S1371 [10MR], S1487 [11MR], S1531 [12MR], S5772 [18SE], S5964 [13NO]

Press releases

Provisions: Results for America (organization), H7479 [15SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HHS: improve the quality of infant and toddler care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (H.R. 4680), H4482 [20MY]

Enact (S. 1086), H7465–H7481 [15SE], E1431, E1432 [17SE], E1452 [19SE]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: reduce child poverty, S1603 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: allow Native American tribes to temporarily reduce services under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program in order to improve or replace facilities, S1570 [12MR]

——— allow use of Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds to improve child safety and reduce incidence of preventable infant deaths in child care settings, S1560 [12MR]

——— Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funding for Indian tribes and tribal organizations, S1556, S1560 [12MR]

——— clarify Federal definition of homelessness relative to Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility, S6011, S6012 [17NO]

——— clarify that certain parental rights provisions under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program do not favor the use of grants or contracts over child care certificates, S1566 [12MR]

——— clarify that Child Care and Development Block Grant Program reauthorization and improvement maintains existing Federal and State childcare services regulations, S1614 [13MR]

——— clarify that individuals convicted of certain crimes are prohibited from working at childcare facilities funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, S1611 [13MR]

——— conduct review in conjunction with Dept. of Education of Federal early learning and care programs and make recommendations to consolidate and streamline such programs, S1554–S1556 [12MR], S1608 [13MR]

——— ensure that under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program all child care programs on Federal facilities conduct the same background check on child care providers that are required on State land, S1563 [12MR], S2309 [9AP]

——— grant authority to withhold Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds from States failing to comply with a low-income or special needs priority requirement, S1613, S1614 [13MR]

——— prohibit Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility for high-income families, S1608–S1610 [13MR]

——— provide for evidence-based training in efforts to promote early language and literacy development under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, S1611 [13MR]

Enact (S. 1086), S1539–S1563, S1566, S1568–S1572 [12MR], S1601–S1617 [13MR], S2309 [9AP]

——— House amendment, S5772 [18SE], S5895, S5896, S5940–S5944, S5951 [12NO], S5965 [13NO], S6005–S6007 [17NO], S6084 [18NO], S6192 [20NO]

——— motion to proceed, S1169 [26FE], S1187, S1225 [27FE], S1257 [4MR], S1329 [6MR], S1371 [10MR], S1487 [11MR], S1531 [12MR]

——— unanimous-consent agreement, S1305 [5MR], S1377 [10MR], S1556 [12MR], S1609 [13MR]

——— unanimous-consent request, S5940 [12NO]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter, S1570 [12MR]

Federal agencies and departments: evaluate and consolidate duplicative early learning and child care programs, S1607–S1609 [13MR]

Health: provide regulatory clarity over clinical and health software and relieve categories of such low-risk software from the medical device tax, S1557 [12MR]

Taxation: increase and make child and dependent care credit refundable, S1563 [12MR]

——— increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities, S1557 [12MR]

——— provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses, S1557 [12MR]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1086) (S. Rept. 113–138), S1048 [25FE]

Texts of

S. 1086, provisions, S1539–S1545 [12MR], S1617–S1627 [13MR], H7465–H7473 [15SE]