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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1196

To establish a program to provide child care through public-private

partnerships.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 3, 1993

Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. FORD of Michigan, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. SNOWE, Mr.

HILLIARD, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MARTINEZ, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. MEYERS

of Kansas, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. FROST, Ms. NORTON, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs.

MINK, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To establish a program to provide child care through publicprivate partnerships.

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 Public5 Private Partnership Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS INCENTIVE GRANT

2 PROGRAM.

3 The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall

4 establish a program to make grants to—

5 (1) businesses and consortia—

6 (A) to pay start-up costs incurred to pro7 vide child care services; or

8 (B) to provide additional child care serv9 ices;

10 needed by the employees of such businesses; and

11 (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide

12 technical information and assistance to enable busi13 nesses to provide child care services.

14 SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS.

15 To be eligible to receive a grant under section 2, a

16 business, nonprofit business organization, or consortium

17 shall submit to the Secretary an application in accordance

18 with section 4.

19 SEC. 4. APPLICATION.

20 The application required by section 3 shall be submit21 ted by a business, nonprofit business organization, or con22 sortium at such time, in such form, and containing such

23 information as the Secretary may require by rule, except

24 that such application shall contain—

25 (1) an assurance that the applicant shall ex26 pend, for the purpose for which such grant is made,
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1 an amount not less than 200 percent of the amount

2 of such grant;

3 (2) an assurance that such applicant will ex4 pend such grant for the use specified in paragraph

5 (1) or (2) of section 2, as the case may be;

6 (3) an assurance that such applicant will em7 ploy strategies to ensure that child care services pro8 vided by such applicant, or provided with the tech9 nical information and assistance made available by

10 such applicant, are provided at affordable rates, and

11 on an equitable basis, to low- and moderate-income

12 employees;

13 (4) an assurance that such applicant—

14 (A) in the case of a business or consor15 tium, will comply with all State and local licens16 ing requirements applicable to such business or

17 consortium concerning the provision of child

18 care services; or

19 (B) in the case of a nonprofit business or20 ganization, will employ procedures to ensure

21 that technical information and assistance pro22 vided under this Act by such business organiza23 tion will be provided only to businesses that

24 provide child care services in compliance with
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1 all State and local licensing requirements appli2 cable to child care providers in such State; and

3 (5) in the case of a business or consortium, an

4 assurance that if the employees of such applicant do

5 not require all the child care services for which such

6 grant and the funds required by paragraph (1) are

7 to be expended by such applicant, the excess of such

8 child care services shall be made available to families

9 in the community in which such applicant is located.

10 SEC. 5. SELECTION OF GRANTEES.

11 For purposes of selecting applicants to receive grants

12 under this Act, the Secretary shall give priority to busi13 nesses that have fewer than 100 full-time employees. To

14 the extent practicable, the Secretary shall—

15 (1) make grants equitably under this Act to ap16 plicants located in all geographical regions of the

17 United States; and

18 (2) give priority to applicants for grants under

19 section 2(1).

20 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

21 As used in the Act:

22 (1) BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘business’’ means a

23 person engaged in commerce whose primary activity

24 is not providing child care services.
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1 (2) CHILD CARE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘child

2 care services’’ means care for a child that is—

3 (A) provided on the site at which a parent

4 of such child is employed or at a site nearby in

5 the community; and

6 (B) subsidized at least in part by the busi7 ness that employs such parent.

8 (3) CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘consortium’’

9 means 2 or more businesses acting jointly. A consor10 tium may also include a nonprofit private organiza11 tion.

12 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means

13 the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

14 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

15 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out

16 this Act $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994,

17 1995, 1996, and 1997.

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