II 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2777 

To increase child care options for working families and support child care 

providers. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 

Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. KAINE, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. FETTERMAN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. REED, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. CARDIN, 

Mr. CASEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. KING, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. 

LUJA ́N, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. BROWN, 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. WARNOCK, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To increase child care options for working families and 

support child care providers. 

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 ‘‘Child Care Stabiliza5 tion Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHILD CARE STABILIZATION GRANTS. 

2 (a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are to 

3 make child care services more accessible for families and 

4 to support the stability and quality of child care providers 

5 by— 

6 (1) promoting the stability of the child care sec7 tor by providing a source of stable funding to eligible 

8 child care providers to help offset their operating ex9 penses; 

10 (2) supporting sustained and increased wages 

11 for early childhood educators or other staff of eligi12 ble child care providers, in order to stabilize and 

13 grow the child care workforce without increasing 

14 costs for families; 

15 (3) expanding the supply and capacity of eligi16 ble child care providers to ensure working families 

17 have a range of high-quality, affordable child care 

18 options, in a variety of settings, that meet their 

19 unique needs; and 

20 (4) supporting access to child care services for 

21 communities facing a particular shortage of child 

22 care options, including child care services for infants 

23 and toddlers, child care services during nontradi24 tional or extended hours, child care services in rural 

25 communities, and inclusive child care services for 

26 children with disabilities. 


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1 (b) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other2 wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 

3 Health and Human Services, out of any money in the 

4 Treasury not otherwise appropriated to carry out the child 

5 care stabilization program established in section 2202 

6 (other than subsection (d)(2)(E) of that section) of the 

7 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (42 U.S.C. 9858 note) 

8 $16,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 

9 each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

10 (c) ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNICAL ASSIST11 ANCE.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services 

12 may reserve not more than 1 percent of the funding appro13 priated under subsection (b) for the costs of providing 

14 technical assistance, and for the administrative costs, to 

15 carry out that section 2202. 

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