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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3884 

To establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the 

minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift 

work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 6, 2024 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To establish a grant pilot program to provide child care 

services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work 

hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and 

retention of such officers. 

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 ‘‘Providing Child Care 

5 for Police Officers Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT LAW 

2 ENFORCEMENT. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 

4 Human Services shall establish a program to award grants 

5 to States, on a competitive basis, to assist States in pro6 viding funds to encourage the establishment and operation 

7 of child care programs to provide child care services for 

8 the minor children of law enforcement officers during the 

9 shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers. 

10 (b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

11 under this section, a State shall prepare and submit to 

12 the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 

13 and containing such information as the Secretary may re14 quire, including an assurance that the funds required 

15 under subsection (f) will be provided. 

16 (c) PERIOD OF GRANT.—The Secretary shall award 

17 the grant for a period of 3 years. 

18 (d) SET-ASIDE.—Of the amount appropriated to 

19 carry out this Act for a fiscal year, not less than 20 per20 cent shall be used to award grants under subsection (a) 

21 to States to provide funds to— 

22 (1) a law enforcement agency that employs 

23 fewer than 200 full-time law enforcement officers; or 

24 (2) a consortium comprised of law enforcement 

25 agencies, one of which employs fewer than 200 such 

26 officers. 


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1 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall use a grant 

3 awarded under this section to provide funds to cov4 ered entities located in the State to enable the cov5 ered entities to establish and operate child care pro6 grams (directly or by contract with child care pro7 viders). Such funds may be used by the covered enti8 ty or (through such a contract) child care provider 

9 to provide assistance that may include— 

10 (A) technical assistance in the establish11 ment of a child care program; 

12 (B) assistance for the startup costs related 

13 to a child care program; 

14 (C) assistance for the training of child care 

15 providers; 

16 (D) assistance for law enforcement agen17 cies to provide scholarships for families; 

18 (E) assistance for the provision of services 

19 to care for sick children or to provide care to 

20 school-age children; 

21 (F) assistance through contracts entered 

22 into by law enforcement agencies with local 

23 child care resource and referral organizations or 

24 local health departments; 


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1 (G) assistance for care for children with 

2 disabilities; 

3 (H) assistance to maintain nonstandard 

4 hours for expanded hours of child care; 

5 (I) assistance for payment of expenses for 

6 construction, renovation, or operation of a child 

7 care facility; or 

8 (J) assistance for any other relevant activ9 ity determined appropriate by the State. 

10 (2) APPLICATION.—In order for a covered enti11 ty to be eligible to receive funds from a State under 

12 this section, the covered entity or, if the entity is a 

13 consortium including a unit of local government, the 

14 unit of local government involved shall prepare and 

15 submit to the State an application at such time, in 

16 such manner, and containing such information as 

17 the State may require. 

18 (3) LIMITATIONS.—With respect to grant funds 

19 received under this section, a State may not provide 

20 in excess of $3,000,000 from such funds to any sin21 gle applicant. 

22 (f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to re23 ceive a grant under this section, a State shall provide as24 surances to the Secretary that, with respect to the costs 

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1 rying out activities under this section, the covered entity 

2 will make available (directly or through donations from 

3 public or private entities) non-Federal contributions for 

4 such costs in an amount equal to— 

5 (1) for the first fiscal year for which the cov6 ered entity receives such funds, not less than 10 per7 cent of such costs; 

8 (2) for the second fiscal year for which the cov9 ered entity receives such funds, not less than 25 per10 cent of such costs; and 

11 (3) for the third fiscal year for which the covered entity receives such funds, not less than 332 12 ⁄3

13 percent of such costs. 

14 (g) REQUIREMENTS OF PROVIDERS.—To be eligible 

15 to receive assistance under a grant awarded under this 

16 section, a child care provider— 

17 (1) who receives assistance through a State 

18 shall provide an assurance that the provider will 

19 comply with all applicable State and local licensing 

20 and regulatory requirements and all applicable 

21 health and safety standards in effect in the State; 

22 (2) who receives assistance through an Indian 

23 Tribe or Tribal organization shall provide an assur24 ance that the provider will comply with all applicable 

25 regulatory standards; and 


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1 (3) shall establish and present a safety plan for 

2 the child care facility involved. 

3 (h) ADMINISTRATION.— 

4 (1) STATE RESPONSIBILITY.—A State shall 

5 have responsibility for administering a grant award6 ed for the State under this section and for moni7 toring covered entities, and child care providers, that 

8 receive funds under such grant. 

9 (2) AUDITS.—A State shall require each cov10 ered entity receiving funds under the grant awarded 

11 under this section, and any child care provider re12 ceiving funds through the covered entity, to conduct 

13 an annual audit with respect to the activities of the 

14 covered entity and the child care provider. Such au15 dits shall be submitted to the State. 

16 (3) MISUSE OF FUNDS.— 

17 (A) REPAYMENT.—If the State determines, 

18 through an audit or otherwise, that a covered 

19 entity or child care provider receiving funds 

20 under a grant awarded under this section has 

21 misused the funds, the State shall notify the 

22 Secretary of the misuse. The Secretary, upon 

23 such a notification, may seek from such a cov24 ered entity or child care provider the repayment 


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1 of an amount equal to the amount of any such 

2 misused funds plus interest. 

3 (B) APPEALS PROCESS.—The Secretary 

4 shall by regulation provide for an appeals proc5 ess with respect to repayments under this para6 graph. 

7 (4) 2-YEAR STUDY.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

9 after the date on which the Secretary first 

10 awards grants under this section, the Secretary 

11 shall conduct a study to determine— 

12 (i) the capacity of covered entities, 

13 and child care providers receiving funds 

14 through such a grant, to meet the child 

15 care needs of communities within States; 

16 (ii) the kinds of consortia that are 

17 being formed with respect to child care at 

18 the local level to carry out programs fund19 ed under this section; and 

20 (iii) who is using the programs funded 

21 under this section and the income levels of 

22 such individuals. 

23 (B) REPORT.—Not later than 28 months 

24 after the date on which the Secretary first 

25 awards grants under this section, the Secretary 


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1 shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 

2 committees of Congress a report on the results 

3 of the study conducted in accordance with sub4 paragraph (A). 

5 (5) FOUR-YEAR STUDY.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 

7 after the date on which the Secretary first 

8 awards grants under this section, the Secretary 

9 shall conduct a study to determine— 

10 (i) the number of child care facilities 

11 that— 

12 (I) receive funds for construction 

13 or renovation through covered entities 

14 that received funds through a grant 

15 awarded under this section; and 

16 (II) remain in operation; and 

17 (ii) the extent to which such facilities 

18 are meeting the child care needs of the in19 dividuals served by such facilities. 

20 (B) REPORT.—Not later than 52 months 

21 after the date on which the Secretary first 

22 awards grants under this section, the Secretary 

23 shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 

24 committees of Congress a report on the results 


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1 of the study conducted in accordance with sub2 paragraph (A). 

3 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘consortium’’ 

5 means a partnership that includes one or more law 

6 enforcement agencies and may also include a unit of 

7 local government, a child care provider, or a founda8 tion. 

9 (2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en10 tity’’ means a law enforcement agency or a consor11 tium. 

12 (3) INDIAN COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘Indian 

13 community’’ means a community served by an In14 dian Tribe or Tribal organization. 

15 (4) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 

16 The terms ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ and ‘‘Tribal organiza17 tion’’ have the meanings given the terms ‘‘Indian 

18 tribe’’ and ‘‘tribal organization’’ respectively, in sec19 tion 658P of the Child Care and Development Block 

20 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). 

21 (5) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 

22 ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given 

23 such term in section 2503 of the Omnibus Crime 

24 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

25 10533). 


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1 (6) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

2 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a government 

3 agency with criminal or civil law enforcement pow4 ers. 

5 (7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean6 ing given the term in section 658P of the Child Care 

7 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

8 U.S.C. 9858n). 

9 (j) APPLICATION TO INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL

10 ORGANIZATIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub12 section (g)(1), and in paragraphs (2) and (3), the 

13 term ‘‘State’’ includes an Indian Tribe or Tribal or14 ganization. 

15 (2) GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCES.—The term 

16 ‘‘State’’ includes an Indian community in sub17 sections (e)(1) (the second place the term appears), 

18 (g)(1) (the third place the term appears), and 

19 (h)(4)(A)(i). 

20 (3) STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.—The term 

21 ‘‘State-level activities’’ includes activities at the 

22 Tribal level. 

23 (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

2 appropriated to carry out this section, $24,000,000 

3 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. 

4 (2) STUDIES AND ADMINISTRATION.—With re5 spect to the total amount appropriated for the pe6 riod of fiscal years 2025 through 2029 in accordance 

7 with this subsection, not more than $2,500,000 of 

8 that amount may be used for expenditures related to 

9 conducting studies required under, and the adminis10 tration of, this section. 

11 (l) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The program es12 tablished under subsection (a) shall terminate on Sep13 tember 30, 2029. 

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