H.R. 3615, Child Care Funds Accountability Act
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H.R. 3615, the Child Care Funds Accountability Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives May 28, 2021, by Mrs. Miller-Meeks and Mr. Buchanan, and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. It would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to monitor compliance with the requirements of the American Rescue Plan relating to the uses of funds for child care. Section 2 adds subsection (d) to section 2201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, directing the Secretary to dedicate a portion of the Federal administrative cost amounts to monitoring, including that there is no duplication with Paycheck Protection Program loans received by child care providers. A report summarizing compliance reviews is due not later than January 1, 2026.
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3615
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to monitor compli-
ance with the requirements of the American Rescue Plan relating to
the uses of funds for child care.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 28, 2021
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself and Mr. BUCHANAN) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services
to monitor compliance with the requirements of the
American Rescue Plan relating to the uses of funds
for child care.
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 Funds Ac-
5 countability Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRE-
2 MENTS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
3 RELATING TO THE USES OF FUNDS FOR
4 CHILD CARE STABILIZATION GRANTS AND
5 THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
6 GRANT PROGRAM.
7 Section 2201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
8 2021 (Public Law 117–2; March 11, 2021) is amended
9 by adding at the end the following:
10 ‘‘(d) MONITORING COMPLIANCE.—
11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall dedi-
12 cate such portion of the amounts made available by
13 subsection (b) for Federal administrative costs in
14 carrying out this section as the Secretary determines
15 necessary to monitor compliance with the require-
16 ments relating to all uses of funds made available
17 under section 2202 for stabilization grants and
18 under this section for the child care and develop-
19 ment block grant program to ensure the integrity of
20 the program, including—
21 ‘‘(A) compliance with the requirements
22 under subsection (c) and under section 2202(f),
23 and
24 ‘‘(B) to ensure that there is no duplication
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25 with loans under the Paycheck Protection Pro-
26 gram received by child care providers.
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1 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than
2 January 1, 2026, the Secretary shall make publicly
3 available and provide to the Committee on Finance
4 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
5 and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on
6 Education and Labor and the Committee on Ways
7 and Means of the House of Representatives a report
8 summarizing the findings of compliance reviews
9 under this section.’’.
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