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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5598 

To establish a program under which employing offices of the House of 

Representatives may agree to reimburse employees for child care expenses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2008 

Mr. CLAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on House Administration 

A BILL 

To establish a program under which employing offices of 

the House of Representatives may agree to reimburse 

employees for child care expenses, 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. PROGRAM TO REIMBURSE HOUSE EMPLOYEES 

4 FOR CHILD CARE EXPENSES. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Chief Ad6 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall 

7 establish a program under which an employing office of 

8 the House of Representatives may agree to have payments 


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1 made from the applicable accounts of the House of Rep2 resentatives to reimburse employees of the office for child 

3 care expenses incurred while the employees are carrying 

4 out official duties. For purposes of this section, a Member 

5 of the House of Representatives shall not be considered 

6 to be an employee of the House of Representatives. 

7 (b) PROVIDERS OF SERVICES.—The child care ex8 penses for which reimbursement may be made under the 

9 program established under this section are expenses in10 curred at the House of Representatives Child Care Center 

11 operated under section 312 of the Legislative Branch Ap12 propriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062) or at any other 

13 provider of child care services which is licensed or regu14 lated by the Federal government or a State or local gov15 ernment. 

16 (c) LIMIT ON ANNUAL AGGREGATE PAYMENTS FOR

17 EMPLOYING OFFICE.—The aggregate amount of the pay18 ments made under the program under this Act with re19 spect to an employing office during a year may not exceed 

20 an amount equal to— 

21 (1) 2% of the amount made available for sala22 ries and expenses of the employing office for the 

23 year (or, in the case of an employing office that is 

24 the office of a Member of the House of Representa25 tives, 2% of the average Members’ Representational 


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1 Allowance for all Member offices for the year); re2 duced by 

3 (2) the amount expended during the year with 

4 respect to the employing office under the student 

5 loan repayment program established under section 

6 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

7 2003 (2 U.S.C. 60c–6). 

8 (d) MEMBER DEFINED.—In this Act, the term 

9 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ includes a Del10 egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

11 SEC. 2. REGULATIONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee on 

14 House Administration of the House of Representatives 

15 shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to 

16 carry out the program under this Act. 

17 (b) USE OF CENTRAL ACCOUNT FOR PAYMENTS.— 

18 Under the regulations promulgated by the Committee on 

19 House Administration under subsection (a), the Chief Ad20 ministrative Officer shall establish and administer a cen21 tral account from the applicable accounts of the House 

22 of Representatives for making payments under the pro23 gram, and the payments will not be made from the budg24 ets of employing offices. 


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1 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated from the ap3 plicable accounts of the House of Representatives such 

4 sums as may be necessary to carry out the program under 

5 this Act during fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal 

6 year. 

7 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

8 The program established under this Act shall be in 

9 effect during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and 

10 each succeeding Congress. 

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