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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4675 

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 

provide grants to States to establish positions to minimize administrative 

burden on families seeking child care assistance. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

Act of 1990 to provide grants to States to establish 

positions to minimize administrative burden on families 

seeking child care assistance. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Early Child5 hood Data Systems Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENT. 

2 Section 658L of the Child Care and Development 

3 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENT ACTIVI6 TIES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) GRANTS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

9 make grants to covered lead agencies— 

10 ‘‘(i) to establish, or expand and im11 prove, activities to obtain existing or future 

12 data collected by— 

13 ‘‘(I) the covered lead agency in14 volved or a contractor of the agency, 

15 such as a child care resource and re16 ferral agency; or 

17 ‘‘(II) the agency administering a 

18 related program referred to in para19 graph (4)(B), relating to the data sys20 tem for the program; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) to use the data to inform and 

22 improve administration of child care and 

23 related programs, for the State, territory, 

24 or Indian tribe involved. 


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1 ‘‘(B) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The Sec2 retary may make grants to not more than 10 

3 covered lead agencies under this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(C) DURATION AND AMOUNTS.—The Sec5 retary may make the grants for periods of 5 

6 years, in amounts of not less than $50,000, and 

7 not more than $500,000, for each year in the 

8 grant period involved. 

9 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

10 grant under this subsection, a covered lead agency 

11 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 

12 time, in such manner, and containing such informa13 tion as the Secretary may require, including— 

14 ‘‘(A) how the grant funds will be used to 

15 improve data usage and processing; 

16 ‘‘(B) how the grant funds will improve uti17 lization of child care assistance, by minimizing 

18 the administrative burden on families seeking 

19 child care assistance under this subchapter; and 

20 ‘‘(C) if the covered lead agency intends to 

21 work with other entities to carry out the activi22 ties described in this subsection, how the cov23 ered lead agency intends to work with such en24 tities. 


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1 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In determining which covered 

2 lead agencies receive grants under this subsection, 

3 the Secretary shall give priority to the 1 covered 

4 lead agency that demonstrates, in the agency’s appli5 cation submitted under paragraph (2), the most 

6 need for activities that are described in paragraph 

7 (4)(B) and are determined by the Secretary, in the 

8 discretion of the Secretary, to be appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered lead agency 

11 that receives a grant under this section shall 

12 use the grant funds to analyze the existing or 

13 future data described in paragraph (1)(A)(i) to 

14 determine how the State, territory, or Indian 

15 tribe will improve, and to use the data to im16 prove, one or more of the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) Minimizing the administrative 

18 burden on families seeking child care as19 sistance under this subchapter. 

20 ‘‘(ii) Reducing barriers to access to 

21 the child care assistance. 

22 ‘‘(iii) Improving equity and reducing 

23 disparities in distribution of that assist24 ance. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) Improving related customer serv2 ices. 

3 ‘‘(v) Decreasing processing time in 

4 providing those services. 

5 ‘‘(vi) Reducing temporary loss of child 

6 care assistance by families of eligible chil7 dren, particularly during renewal periods. 

8 ‘‘(B) DATA SYSTEMS.—The covered lead 

9 agency shall use the grant funds— 

10 ‘‘(i) to integrate, or make interoper11 able, data systems used to administer the 

12 child care program (operated by the cov13 ered lead agency or a contractor of the 

14 agency) with related public assistance pro15 grams; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) to provide for a system upgrade 

17 for the data system of the child care pro18 gram, including by purchasing new com19 puters and equipment. 

20 ‘‘(5) REPORTS.—A covered lead agency that re21 ceives a grant under this subsection shall, not later 

22 than the last day of the grant period, prepare and 

23 submit to the Secretary a report that describes how 

24 the grant funds have enabled the State, territory, or 

25 Indian tribe involved to use data and data systems 


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1 more effectively and to carry out an activity de2 scribed in paragraph (4)(A). 

3 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

4 ‘‘(A) COVERED LEAD AGENCY.—The term 

5 ‘covered lead agency’ means— 

6 ‘‘(i) with respect to a State, the 

7 State’s lead agency; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) with respect to a territory or an 

9 Indian tribe, the analogous agency for the 

10 territory or tribe. 

11 ‘‘(B) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ 

12 means a jurisdiction referred to in section 

13 658O(a)(1).’’. 

14 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

15 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Section 

16 658E(c)(3)(C) of the Child Care and Development Block 

17 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)(C)) is amend18 ed, in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or carrying out 

19 activities under section 658L(c)’’ before the period at the 

20 end. 

21 (b) APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 658O(a) of the Child 

22 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

23 U.S.C. 9858m(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4), by striking 

2 ‘‘this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658B’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘this sub5 chapter’’ the first place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘section 658B’’. 

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