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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5433 

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

providers. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 

Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for herself, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. 

SHERRILL, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BALINT, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. 

BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. BUSH, Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. 

CUELLAR, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Ms. 

ESCOBAR, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KIM of New 

Jersey, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. MANNING, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. 

MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. 

MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

NEAL, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. 

PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. 

ROSS, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 

TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. WILD, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. CASTRO

of Texas, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. RUIZ, 

Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. 

SYKES, Mr. KEATING, and Ms. STANSBURY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CHILD CARE STABILIZATION GRANTS. 

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

8 make child care services more accessible for families and 

9 to support the stability and quality of child care providers 

10 by— 

11 (1) promoting the stability of the child care sec12 tor by providing a source of stable funding to eligible 

13 child care providers to help offset their operating ex14 penses; 

15 (2) supporting sustained and increased wages 

16 for early childhood educators or other staff of eligi17 ble child care providers, in order to stabilize and 

18 grow the child care workforce without increasing 

19 costs for families; 

20 (3) expanding the supply and capacity of eligi21 ble child care providers to ensure working families 

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


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

2 unique needs; and 

3 (4) supporting access to child care services for 

4 communities facing a particular shortage of child 

5 care options, including child care services for infants 

6 and toddlers, child care services during nontradi7 tional or extended hours, child care services in rural 

8 communities, and inclusive child care services for 

9 children with disabilities. 

10 (b) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other11 wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 

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

13 Treasury not otherwise appropriated to carry out the child 

14 care stabilization program established in section 2202 

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

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

17 $16,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 

18 each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

19 (c) ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNICAL ASSIST20 ANCE.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services 

21 may reserve not more than 1 percent of the funding appro22 priated under subsection (b) for the costs of providing 

23 technical assistance, and for the administrative costs, to 

24 carry out that section 2202. 

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