[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 25260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10351]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

45 CFR Part 98

[Docket No. ACF-2013-0001-0001]
RIN 0970-AC53


Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Program

AGENCY: Office of Child Care (OCC), Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Care (OCC) in the Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF) within the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) is withdrawing a previously published notice of proposed 
rulemaking that solicited public comment on reforms to the Child Care 
and Development Fund (CCDF) program.

DATES: The notice of proposed rulemaking published at 78 FR 29442, May 
20, 2013, is withdrawn, effective immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Williams, Director, Office of 
Child Care Policy Division, Administration for Children and Families, 
370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447; 202-401-4795 (this is 
not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 20, 2013, HHS published a notice of 
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to the regulations at 45 CFR part 98 for the 
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program at 78 FR 29442. 
Subsequently, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, which 
governs the CCDF program, was reauthorized in November 2014 (Public Law 
113-186). In light of this statutory change, HHS is hereby withdrawing 
the May 2013 NPRM, and will begin a new regulatory process with a 
proposed rule based on the new law.

     Dated: April 9, 2015.
Mark H. Greenberg,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.
     Approved: April 27, 2015.
Sylvia Matthews Burwell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-10351 Filed 5-1-15; 8:45 am]
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