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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10079 

To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small 

Business Administration to publish or update a resource guide for small 

business concerns operating as child care providers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 29, 2024 

Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. STAUBER, and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 

Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to publish 

or update a resource guide for small business concerns 

operating as child care providers, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Convening Operations 

5 Assistance for Childcare Heroes Act’’ or the ‘‘COACH 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHILD CARE RESOURCE GUIDE. 

2 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating section 49 as section 50; 

5 and 

6 (2) by inserting after section 48 the following 

7 new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 49. CHILD CARE RESOURCE GUIDE. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

10 date of the enactment of this section and not less fre11 quently than every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator 

12 shall publish or update a resource guide, applicable to var13 ious business models as determined by the Administrator, 

14 for small business concerns operating as child care pro15 viders. 

16 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE ON SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN

17 MATTERS.—The resource guide required under subsection 

18 (a) shall include guidance for such small business concerns 

19 related to— 

20 ‘‘(1) operations (including marketing and man21 agement planning); 

22 ‘‘(2) finances (including financial planning, fi23 nancing, payroll, and insurance); 

24 ‘‘(3) compliance with relevant laws (including 

25 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and this Act); 


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1 ‘‘(4) training and safety (including equipment 

2 and materials); 

3 ‘‘(5) quality (including eligibility for funding 

4 under the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

5 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) as an eligible 

6 child care provider); and 

7 ‘‘(6) any other matters the Administrator deter8 mines appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—Before publication 

10 or update of the resource guide required under subsection 

11 (a), the Administrator shall consult with the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv13 ices. 

14 ‘‘(2) Representatives from lead agencies des15 ignated under section 658D of the Child Care and 

16 Development Block Grant Act of 1990. 

17 ‘‘(3) Representatives from local or regional 

18 child care resource and referral organizations de19 scribed in section 658E(c)(3)(B)(iii)(I) of the Child 

20 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

21 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)(B)(iii)(I)). 

22 ‘‘(4) Any other relevant entities as determined 

23 by the Administrator. 

24 ‘‘(d) PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION RE25 QUIRED.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator shall 

2 publish the resource guide required under subsection 

3 (a) in English and in the 10 most commonly spoken 

4 languages, other than English, in the United States, 

5 which shall include Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, 

6 and Korean. The Administrator shall make each 

7 translation of the resource guide available on a pub8 licly accessible website of the Administration. 

9 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis11 trator shall distribute the resource guide re12 quired under subsection (a) to offices within the 

13 Administration, including district offices, and to 

14 the persons consulted under subsection (c). 

15 ‘‘(B) OTHER ENTITIES.—Women’s busi16 ness centers (as described under section 29), 

17 small business development centers, chapters of 

18 the Service Corps of Retired Executives (estab19 lished under section 8(b)(1)(B)), and Veteran 

20 Business Outreach Centers (as described under 

21 section 32) shall distribute to small business 

22 concerns operating as child care providers, sole 

23 proprietors operating as child care providers, 

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1 ministrative capacity, as determined by the Ad2 ministrator— 

3 ‘‘(i) the resource guide required under 

4 subsection (a); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) other resources available that the 

6 Administrator determines to be relevant.’’. 

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