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Bill — H. R. 6156, Child Care Small Business Insight and Improvement Act of 2023 (118th Congress)

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H. R. 6156, a bill of the 118th Congress, 1st Session, introduced in the House of Representatives on November 1, 2023, by Mr. Landsman (for himself and Ms. Letlow) and referred to the Committee on Small Business. The bill may be cited as the Child Care Small Business Insight and Improvement Act of 2023. Section 2 requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to submit to Congress, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment, a study and report on for-profit child care providers. It also requires the Administrator to designate a full-time employee as a point of contact for for-profit child care providers. A final subsection states that no additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Act.

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405864 2024 01 31 House Committee On Small Business Unanimously Repo Att2
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2024-01-31
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405864 2024 01 31 House Committee On Small Business Unanimously Repo Att2

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“Bill — H. R. 6156, Child Care Small Business Insight and Improvement Act of 2023 (118th Congress).” Dated 2024-01-31. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2024-01-31-405864-2024-01-31-house-committee-on-small-business-unanimously-repo-att2/, SHA-256 8c84457e12a6c6e5459d75d868a5b4ec1a97e44345d0bf02e94d969e4a4c04e5.

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                                                                        118TH CONGRESS
                                                                           1ST SESSION
                                                                                                             H. R. 6156
                                                                        To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to des-
                                                                            ignate a point of contact for for-profit child care providers, submit
                                                                            a report to Congress, and for other purposes.




                                                                                      IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                   NOVEMBER 1, 2023
                                                                          Mr. LANDSMAN (for himself and Ms. LETLOW) introduced the following bill;
                                                                                  which was referred to the Committee on Small Business




                                                                                                                  A BILL
                                                                        To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
                                                                            tration to designate a point of contact for for-profit
                                                                            child care providers, submit a report to Congress, and
                                                                            for other purposes.

                                                                          1              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
                                                                          2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
                                                                          3     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                          4              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Care Small Busi-
                                                                          5 ness Insight and Improvement Act of 2023’’.
                                                                          6     SEC. 2. REPORT ON FOR-PROFIT CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.




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                                                                          7              (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the
                                                                          8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of



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                                                                          1 the Small Business Administration shall submit to Con-
                                                                          2 gress a study and report on for-profit child care providers
                                                                          3 that includes—
                                                                          4                       (1) an assessment of the challenges and needs
                                                                          5              of such providers;
                                                                          6                       (2) a description of the resources and support
                                                                          7              that the Small Business Administration provides to
                                                                          8              such providers;
                                                                          9                       (3) any deficiencies in the resources and sup-
                                                                        10               port described under paragraph (2); and
                                                                        11                        (4) any recommendations for legislative actions
                                                                        12               necessary to address any challenges or needs faced
                                                                        13               by such providers that are identified by the report
                                                                        14               required in this subsection.
                                                                        15               (b) DESIGNATED EMPLOYEE DUTIES.—The Admin-
                                                                        16 istrator of the Small Business Administration shall des-
                                                                        17 ignate a full-time employee within the Administration as
                                                                        18 a point of contact for for-profit child care providers. Such
                                                                        19 employee shall—
                                                                        20                        (1) carry out the study required under sub-
                                                                        21               section (a); and
                                                                        22                        (2) provide recommendations to the Adminis-
                                                                        23               trator on how to better deliver existing resources




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                                                                        24               and support to for-profit child care providers.




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                                                                          1              (c) FOR-PROFIT CHILD CARE PROVIDER DE-
                                                                          2     FINED.—The term ‘‘for-profit child care provider’’ has the

                                                                          3 meaning given the term ‘‘eligible child care provider’’ in
                                                                          4 section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block
                                                                          5 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) and is a provider
                                                                          6 that operates—
                                                                          7                       (1) on a for-profit basis; and
                                                                          8                       (2) in one or more of the several States or the
                                                                          9              District of Columbia.
                                                                        10               (d) COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.—No additional
                                                                        11 amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
                                                                        12 this Act. This Act shall be carried out using amounts oth-
                                                                        13 erwise appropriated to the Administrator of the Small
                                                                        14 Business Administration.
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