II 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 525 

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 

reauthorize the Act, to improve early learning opportunities and promote 

school preparedness, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 3, 2005 

Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. DODD, Mr. ENZI, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

HATCH, and Mr. ROBERTS) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions 

A BILL

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

Act of 1990 to reauthorize the Act, to improve early 

learning opportunities and promote school preparedness, 

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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Caring for Children Act of 2005’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows:
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACT 

OF 1990 

Sec. 101. Short title and goals. 

Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 103. Lead agency. 

Sec. 104. State plan. 

Sec. 105. Activities to improve the quality of child care. 

Sec. 106. Optional priority use of additional funds. 

Sec. 107. Reporting requirements. 

Sec. 108. National activities. 

Sec. 109. Allocation of funds for Indian tribes, quality improvement, and a hotline. 

Sec. 110. Definitions. 

Sec. 111. Rules of construction. 

TITLE II—ENHANCING SECURITY AT CHILD CARE CENTERS IN 

FEDERAL FACILITIES 

Sec. 201. Definitions. 

Sec. 202. Enhancing security. 

TITLE III—REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO INCREASING THE SUPPLY 

OF QUALITY CHILD CARE 

Sec. 301. Small business child care grant program.

1 TITLE I—CHILD CARE AND DE2 VELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 

3 ACT OF 1990 

4 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE AND GOALS. 

5 (a) HEADING.—Section 658A of the Child Care and 

6 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 

7 note) is amended by striking the section heading and in8 serting the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 658A. SHORT TITLE AND GOALS.’’. 

10 (b) GOALS.—Section 658A(b) of the Child Care and 

11 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 

12 note) is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘encourage’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘assist’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘parents’’ and 

4 all that follows and inserting ‘‘low-income working 

5 parents;’’; 

6 (3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para7 graph (8); and 

8 (4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(5) to assist States in improving the quality of 

11 child care available to families; 

12 ‘‘(6) to promote school preparedness by encour13 aging children, families, and caregivers to engage in 

14 developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate ac15 tivities in child care settings that will— 

16 ‘‘(A) improve the children’s social, emo17 tional, and behavioral skills; and 

18 ‘‘(B) foster their early cognitive, pre-read19 ing, and language development, and 

20 prenumeracy and mathematics skills; 

21 ‘‘(7) to promote parental and family involve22 ment in the education of young children in child care 

23 settings; and’’. 
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1 SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 Section 658B of the Child Care and Development 

3 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended 

4 by striking ‘‘subchapter’’ and all that follows and inserting 

5 ‘‘subchapter $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, 

6 $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $2,700,000,000 for 

7 fiscal year 2008, $2,900,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and 

8 $3,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.’’. 

9 SEC. 103. LEAD AGENCY. 

10 Section 658D(a) of the Child Care and Development 

11 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b(a)) is amend12 ed by striking ‘‘designate’’ and all that follows and insert13 ing ‘‘designate an agency (which may be an appropriate 

14 collaborative agency), or establish a joint interagency of15 fice, that complies with the requirements of subsection (b) 

16 to serve as the lead agency for the State under this sub17 chapter.’’. 

18 SEC. 104. STATE PLAN. 

19 (a) LEAD AGENCY.—Section 658E(c)(1) of the Child 

20 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

21 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘designated’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘designated or established’’. 

23 (b) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Section 

24 658E(c)(2) of the Child Care and Development Block 

25 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 658P(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658T(2)’’; 

3 (2) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(D) CONSUMER AND CHILD CARE PRO6 VIDER EDUCATION INFORMATION.—Certify that 

7 the State will— 

8 ‘‘(i) collect and disseminate, through 

9 resource and referral services and other 

10 means as determined by the State, to par11 ents of eligible children, child care pro12 viders, and the general public, information 

13 regarding— 

14 ‘‘(I) the promotion of informed 

15 child care choices, including informa16 tion about the quality and availability 

17 of child care services; 

18 ‘‘(II) research and best practices 

19 concerning children’s development, in20 cluding early cognitive development; 

21 ‘‘(III) the availability of assist22 ance to obtain child care services; and 

23 ‘‘(IV) other programs for which 

24 families that receive child care serv25 ices for which financial assistance is 
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1 provided under this subchapter may 

2 be eligible, including the food stamp 

3 program established under the Food 

4 Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

5 seq.), the special supplemental nutri6 tion program for women, infants, and 

7 children established by section 17 of 

8 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1786), the child and adult care 

10 food program established under sec11 tion 17 of the Richard B. Russell Na12 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 1766), and the medicaid and State 

14 children’s health insurance programs 

15 under titles XIX and XXI of the So16 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 

17 seq. and 1397aa et seq.); and 

18 ‘‘(ii) report to the Secretary the man19 ner in which the consumer education infor20 mation described in clause (i) was provided 

21 to parents and the number of parents to 

22 whom such consumer education informa23 tion was provided, during the period of the 

24 previous State plan.’’; 
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1 (3) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(E) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND TRIB4 AL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Certify that the 

6 State (or the Indian tribe or tribal organi7 zation) involved has in effect licensing re8 quirements applicable to child care services 

9 provided within the State (or area served 

10 by the tribe or organization), and provide 

11 a detailed description of such requirements 

12 and of how such requirements are effec13 tively enforced. 

14 ‘‘(ii) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

15 clause (i) shall be construed to require that 

16 licensing requirements be applied to spe17 cific types of providers of child care serv18 ices.’’; 

19 (4) in subparagraph (F)— 

20 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘with21 in the State, under State or local law,’’ and in22 serting ‘‘within the State (or area served by the 

23 Indian tribe or tribal organization), under State 

24 or local law (or tribal law),’’; and 
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1 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘State or local law’’ and inserting ‘‘State or 

3 local law (or tribal law)’’; and 

4 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(I) PROTECTION FOR WORKING PAR6 ENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) REDETERMINATION PROCESS.—

8 Describe the procedures and policies that 

9 are in place to ensure that working parents 

10 (especially parents in families receiving as11 sistance under a State program funded 

12 under part A of title IV of the Social Secu13 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)) are not 

14 required to unduly disrupt their employ15 ment in order to comply with the State’s 

16 requirements for redetermination of eligi17 bility for assistance under this subchapter. 

18 ‘‘(ii) MINIMUM PERIOD.—Dem19 onstrate that each child that receives as20 sistance under this subchapter in the State 

21 will receive such assistance for not less 

22 than 6 months before the State redeter23 mines the eligibility of the child under this 

24 subchapter, except as provided in clause 

25 (iii). 
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1 ‘‘(iii) PERIOD BEFORE TERMI2 NATION.—At the option of the State, dem3 onstrate that the State will not terminate 

4 assistance under this subchapter based on 

5 a parent’s loss of work or cessation of at6 tendance at a job training or educational 

7 program for which the family was receiving 

8 the assistance, without continuing the as9 sistance for a reasonable period of time, of 

10 not less than 1 month, after such loss or 

11 cessation in order for the parent to engage 

12 in a job search and resume work, or re13 sume attendance of a job training or edu14 cational program, as soon as possible. 

15 ‘‘(J) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PRO16 GRAMS.—Describe how the State, in order to 

17 expand accessibility and continuity of quality 

18 early care and early education, will coordinate 

19 the early childhood education activities assisted 

20 under this subchapter with— 

21 ‘‘(i) programs carried out under the 

22 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), 

23 including the Early Head Start programs 

24 carried out under section 645A of that Act 

25 (42 U.S.C. 9840a); 
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1 ‘‘(ii)(I) Early Reading First and Even 

2 Start programs carried out under subparts 

3 2 and 3 of part B of title I of the Elemen4 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 6371 et seq., 6381 et seq.); 

6 ‘‘(II) other preschool programs carried 

7 out under title I of that Act (20 U.S.C. 

8 6301 et seq.); and 

9 ‘‘(III) the Ready-to-Learn Television 

10 program carried out under subpart 3 of 

11 part D of title II of the Elementary and 

12 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

13 U.S.C. 6775 et seq.); 

14 ‘‘(iii) programs carried out under sec15 tion 619 and part C of the Individuals 

16 with Disabilities Education Act; 

17 ‘‘(iv) State prekindergarten programs; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(v) other early childhood education 

20 programs. 

21 ‘‘(K) TRAINING IN EARLY LEARNING AND

22 CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.—Describe any 

23 training requirements that are in effect within 

24 the State that are designed to enable child care 

25 providers to promote the social, emotional, 
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1 physical, and cognitive development of children 

2 and that are applicable to child care providers 

3 that provide services for which assistance is 

4 made available under this subchapter in the 

5 State. 

6 ‘‘(L) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—

7 Demonstrate how the State is encouraging 

8 partnerships among State agencies, other public 

9 agencies, and private entities, to leverage exist10 ing service delivery systems (as of the date of 

11 submission of the State plan) for early child12 hood education and to increase the supply and 

13 quality of child care services for children who 

14 are less than 13 years of age. 

15 ‘‘(M) ACCESS TO CARE FOR CERTAIN POP16 ULATIONS.—Demonstrate how the State is ad17 dressing the child care needs of parents eligible 

18 for child care services for which assistance is 

19 provided under this subchapter, who have chil20 dren with special needs, work nontraditional 

21 hours, or require child care services for infants 

22 and toddlers. 

23 ‘‘(N) COORDINATION WITH TITLE IV OF

24 THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Describe how the 

25 State will inform parents receiving assistance 
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1 under a State program funded under part A of 

2 title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 601 et seq.) and low-income parents about eligi4 bility for assistance under this subchapter.’’. 

5 (c) USE OF BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.—Section 

6 658E(c)(3) the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

7 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as re9 quired under’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with’’; 

10 and 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘The State’’ and inserting 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State’’; 

15 (B) in clause (i) (as designated in subpara16 graph (A)), by striking ‘‘appropriate to realize 

17 any of the goals specified in paragraphs (2) 

18 through (5) of section 658A(b)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘appropriate (which may include an activity de20 scribed in clause (ii)) to realize any of the goals 

21 specified in paragraphs (2) through (8) of sec22 tion 658A(b)’’; and 

23 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(ii) CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND RE25 FERRAL SYSTEM.—A State may use 
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1 amounts described in clause (i) to establish 

2 or support a system of local child care re3 source and referral organizations coordi4 nated, to the extent determined appro5 priate by the State, by a statewide private, 

6 nonprofit, community-based lead child care 

7 resource and referral organization. The 

8 local child care resource and referral orga9 nizations shall— 

10 ‘‘(I) provide parents in the State 

11 with information, and consumer edu12 cation, concerning the full range of 

13 child care options, including child care 

14 provided during nontraditional hours 

15 and through emergency child care 

16 centers, in their communities; 

17 ‘‘(II) collect and analyze data on 

18 the supply of and demand for child 

19 care in political subdivisions within 

20 the State; 

21 ‘‘(III) submit reports to the State 

22 containing data and analysis described 

23 in clause (II); and 

24 ‘‘(IV) work to establish partner25 ships with public agencies and private 
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1 entities to increase the supply and 

2 quality of child care services.’’. 

3 (d) DIRECT SERVICES.—Section 658E(c)(3) of the 

4 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

5 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘(E)’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(E) DIRECT SERVICES.—From amounts 

10 provided to a State for a fiscal year to carry 

11 out this subchapter, the State shall— 

12 ‘‘(i) reserve the minimum amount re13 quired to be reserved under section 658G, 

14 and the funds for costs described in sub15 paragraph (C); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) from the remainder, use not less 

17 than 70 percent to fund direct services (as 

18 defined by the State).’’. 

19 (e) PAYMENT RATES.—Section 658E(c)(4) of the 

20 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

21 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(4)) is amended— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The 

23 State plan’’ and all that follows and inserting the 

24 following: 

25 ‘‘(i) SURVEY.—The State plan shall— 
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1 ‘‘(I) demonstrate that the State 

2 has, after consulting with local area 

3 child care program administrators, de4 veloped and conducted a statistically 

5 valid and reliable survey of the market 

6 rates for child care services in the 

7 State (that reflects variations in the 

8 cost of child care services by geo9 graphic area, type of provider, and 

10 age of child) within the 2 years pre11 ceding the date of the submission of 

12 the application containing the State 

13 plan; 

14 ‘‘(II) detail the results of the 

15 State market rates survey conducted 

16 pursuant to subclause (I); 

17 ‘‘(III) describe how the State will 

18 provide for timely payment for child 

19 care services, and set payment rates 

20 for child care services, for which as21 sistance is provided under this sub22 chapter in accordance with the results 

23 of the market rates survey conducted 

24 pursuant to subclause (I) without re25 ducing the number of families in the 
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1 State receiving such assistance under 

2 this subchapter, relative to the num3 ber of such families on the date of in4 troduction of the Caring for Children 

5 Act of 2005; and 

6 ‘‘(IV) describe how the State will, 

7 not later than 30 days after the com8 pletion of the survey described in sub9 clause (I), make the results of the 

10 survey widely available through public 

11 means, including posting the results 

12 on the Internet. 

13 ‘‘(ii) EQUAL ACCESS.—The State plan 

14 shall include a certification that the pay15 ment rates are sufficient to ensure equal 

16 access for eligible children to child care 

17 services comparable to child care services 

18 in the State or substate area that are pro19 vided to children whose parents are not eli20 gible to receive child care assistance under 

21 any Federal or State program.’’; and 

22 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting 

24 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(i) NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—

2 Nothing’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(ii) NO PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN

5 DIFFERENT RATES.—Nothing in this sub6 chapter shall be construed to prevent a 

7 State from differentiating the payment 

8 rates described in subparagraph (A) on the 

9 basis of— 

10 ‘‘(I) geographic location of child 

11 care providers (such as location in an 

12 urban or rural area); 

13 ‘‘(II) the age or particular needs 

14 of children (such as children with spe15 cial needs and children served by child 

16 protective services); 

17 ‘‘(III) whether the providers pro18 vide child care during weekend and 

19 other nontraditional hours; and 

20 ‘‘(IV) the State’s determination 

21 that such differentiated payment rates 

22 are needed to enable a parent to 

23 choose child care that the parent be24 lieves to be of high quality.’’. 
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1 SEC. 105. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CHILD 

2 CARE. 

3 Section 658G of the Child Care and Development 

4 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e) is amended 

5 to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 658G. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF 

7 CHILD CARE. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—Each State that receives 

10 funds to carry out this subchapter for a fiscal year 

11 shall reserve and use not less than 6 percent of the 

12 funds for activities provided directly, or through 

13 grants or contracts with resource and referral orga14 nizations or other appropriate entities, that are de15 signed to improve the quality of child care services. 

16 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The funds reserved under 

17 paragraph (1) may only be used to— 

18 ‘‘(A) develop and implement voluntary 

19 guidelines on pre-reading and language skills 

20 and activities, and prenumeracy and mathe21 matics skills and activities, for child care pro22 grams in the State, that are aligned with State 

23 standards for kindergarten through grade 12 or 

24 the State’s general goals for school prepared25 ness; 
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1 ‘‘(B) support activities and provide tech2 nical assistance in Federal, State, and local 

3 child care settings to enhance early learning for 

4 preschool and school-aged children, to promote 

5 literacy, to foster school preparedness, and to 

6 support later school success; 

7 ‘‘(C) offer training, professional develop8 ment, and educational opportunities for child 

9 care providers that relate to the use of develop10 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate cur11 ricula, and early childhood teaching strategies, 

12 that are scientifically based and aligned with 

13 the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive de14 velopment of children, including— 

15 ‘‘(i) developing and operating distance 

16 learning child care training infrastructures; 

17 ‘‘(ii) developing model technology18 based training courses; 

19 ‘‘(iii) offering training for caregivers 

20 in informal child care settings; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) offering training for child care 

22 providers who care for infants and toddlers 

23 and children with special needs. 

24 ‘‘(D) engage in programs designed to in25 crease the retention and improve the com-
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1 petencies of child care providers, including wage 

2 incentive programs and initiatives that establish 

3 tiered payment rates for providers that meet or 

4 exceed child care services guidelines, as defined 

5 by the State; 

6 ‘‘(E) evaluate and assess the quality and 

7 effectiveness of child care programs and serv8 ices offered in the State to young children on 

9 improving overall school preparedness; and 

10 ‘‘(F) carry out other activities determined 

11 by the State to improve the quality of child care 

12 services provided in the State and for which 

13 measurement of outcomes relating to improved 

14 child safety, child well-being, or school pre15 paredness is possible. 

16 ‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—Beginning with fiscal year 

17 2006, the State shall annually submit to the Secretary a 

18 certification in which the State certifies that the State was 

19 in compliance with subsection (a) during the preceding fis20 cal year and describes how the State used funds made 

21 available to carry out this subchapter to comply with sub22 section (a) during that preceding fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(c) STRATEGY.—The State shall annually submit to 

24 the Secretary— 
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1 ‘‘(1) beginning with fiscal year 2006, an outline 

2 of the strategy the State will implement during that 

3 fiscal year to address the quality of child care serv4 ices for which financial assistance is made available 

5 under this subchapter, including— 

6 ‘‘(A) a statement specifying how the State 

7 will address the activities carried out under sub8 section (a); 

9 ‘‘(B) a description of quantifiable, objective 

10 measures that the State will use to evaluate the 

11 State’s progress in improving the quality of the 

12 child care services (including measures regard13 ing the impact, if any, of State efforts to im14 prove the quality by increasing payment rates, 

15 as defined in section 658H(c)), evaluating sepa16 rately the impact of the activities listed in each 

17 of such subparagraphs on the quality of the 

18 child care services; and 

19 ‘‘(C) a list of State-developed child care 

20 services quality targets quantified for such fis21 cal year for such measures; and 

22 ‘‘(2) beginning with fiscal year 2007, a report 

23 on the State’s progress in achieving such targets for 

24 the preceding fiscal year. 
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1 ‘‘(d) IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—If the Secretary deter2 mines that a State failed to make progress as described 

3 in subsection (c)(2) for a fiscal year— 

4 ‘‘(1) the State shall submit an improvement 

5 plan that describes the measures the State will take 

6 to make that progress; and 

7 ‘‘(2) the State shall comply with the improve8 ment plan by a date specified by the Secretary but 

9 not later than 1 year after the date of the deter10 mination. 

11 ‘‘(e) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subchapter 

12 shall be construed to require that the State apply meas13 ures for evaluating quality of child care services to specific 

14 types of child care providers.’’. 

15 SEC. 106. OPTIONAL PRIORITY USE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 

16 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

17 of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 658G (42 

18 U.S.C. 9858e) the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 658H. OPTIONAL PRIORITY USE OF ADDITIONAL 

20 FUNDS. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a State receives funds to carry 

22 out this subchapter for a fiscal year, and the amount of 

23 the funds exceeds the amount of funds the State received 

24 to carry out this subchapter for fiscal year 2005, the State 

25 shall consider using a portion of the excess— 
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1 ‘‘(1) to support payment rate increases in ac2 cordance with the market rate survey conducted pur3 suant to section 658E(c)(4); 

4 ‘‘(2) to support the establishment of tiered pay5 ment rates as described in section 658G(a)(2)(D); 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(3) to support payment rate increases for care 

8 for children in communities served by local edu9 cational agencies that have been identified for im10 provement under section 1116(c)(3) of the Elemen11 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

12 U.S.C. 6316(c)(3)). 

13 ‘‘(b) NO REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE CHILD CARE

14 SERVICES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to 

15 require a State to take an action that the State determines 

16 would result in a reduction of child care services to fami17 lies of eligible children. 

18 ‘‘(c) PAYMENT RATE.—In this section, the term ‘pay19 ment rate’ means the rate of State payment or reimburse20 ment to providers for subsidized child care.’’. 

21 SEC. 107. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

22 (a) HEADING.—Section 658K of the Child Care and 

23 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i) 

24 is amended by striking the section heading and inserting 

25 the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 658K. REPORTS AND AUDITS.’’. 

2 (b) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—Section 658K(a) of 

3 the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 

4 (42 U.S.C. 9858i(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(a) REPORTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds 

7 to carry out this subchapter shall collect the infor8 mation described in paragraph (2) on a monthly 

9 basis. 

10 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—The informa11 tion required under this paragraph shall include, 

12 with respect to a family unit receiving assistance 

13 under this subchapter, information concerning— 

14 ‘‘(A) family income; 

15 ‘‘(B) county of residence; 

16 ‘‘(C) the gender, race, and age of children 

17 receiving such assistance; 

18 ‘‘(D) whether the head of the family unit 

19 is a single parent; 

20 ‘‘(E) the sources of family income, includ21 ing— 

22 ‘‘(i) employment, including self-em23 ployment; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) assistance under a State pro25 gram funded under part A of title IV of 

26 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
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1 seq.) and a State program for which State 

2 spending is counted toward the mainte3 nance of effort requirement under section 

4 409(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)); 

6 ‘‘(F) the type of child care in which the 

7 child was enrolled (such as family child care, 

8 home care, center-based child care, or other 

9 types of child care described in section 

10 658T(5)); 

11 ‘‘(G) whether the child care provider in12 volved was a relative; 

13 ‘‘(H) the cost of child care for such family, 

14 separately stating the amount of the subsidy 

15 payment of the State and the amount of the co16 payment of the family toward such cost; 

17 ‘‘(I) the average hours per month of such 

18 care; 

19 ‘‘(J) household size; 

20 ‘‘(K) whether the parent involved reports 

21 that the child has an individualized education 

22 program or an individualized family service 

23 plan, as such terms are defined in section 602 

24 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

25 Act; and 
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1 ‘‘(L) the reason for any termination of 

2 benefits under this subchapter, including wheth3 er the termination was due to— 

4 ‘‘(i) the child’s age exceeding the al5 lowable limit; 

6 ‘‘(ii) the family income exceeding the 

7 State eligibility limit; 

8 ‘‘(iii) the State recertification or ad9 ministrative requirements not being met; 

10 ‘‘(iv) parent work, training, or edu11 cation status no longer meeting State re12 quirements; 

13 ‘‘(v) a nonincome related change in 

14 status; or 

15 ‘‘(vi) other reasons; 

16 during the period for which such information is re17 quired to be submitted. 

18 ‘‘(3) SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY.—A State de19 scribed in paragraph (1) shall, on a quarterly basis, 

20 submit to the Secretary the information required to 

21 be collected under paragraph (2) and the number of 

22 children and families receiving assistance under this 

23 subchapter (stated on a monthly basis). Information 

24 on the number of families receiving the assistance 

25 shall also be posted on the website of such State. In 
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1 the fourth quarterly report of each year, a State de2 scribed in paragraph (1) shall also submit to the 

3 Secretary information on the annual number and 

4 type of child care providers (as described in section 

5 658T(5)) that received funding under this sub6 chapter and the annual number of payments made 

7 by the State through vouchers, under contracts, or 

8 by payment to parents reported by type of child care 

9 provider. 

10 ‘‘(4) USE OF SAMPLES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—A State may comply 

12 with the requirement to collect the information 

13 described in paragraph (2) through the use of 

14 disaggregated case record information on a 

15 sample of families selected through the use of 

16 scientifically acceptable sampling methods ap17 proved by the Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(B) SAMPLING AND OTHER METHODS.—

19 The Secretary shall provide the States with 

20 such case sampling plans and data collection 

21 procedures as the Secretary determines nec22 essary to produce statistically valid samples of 

23 the information described in paragraph (2). The 

24 Secretary may develop and implement proce-
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1 dures for verifying the quality of data sub2 mitted by the States.’’. 

3 (c) PERIOD OF COMPLIANCE AND WAIVERS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—States shall have 2 years 

5 from the date of enactment of this Act to comply 

6 with the changes to data collection and reporting re7 quired by the amendments made by this section. 

8 (2) WAIVERS.—The Secretary of Health and 

9 Human Services may grant a waiver from paragraph 

10 (1) to States with plans to procure data systems. 

11 SEC. 108. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

12 Section 658L of the Child Care and Development 

13 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended 

14 to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 658L. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

16 ‘‘(a) REPORT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, not 

18 later than April 30, 2006, and annually thereafter, 

19 prepare and submit to the Committee on Education 

20 and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 

21 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

22 and Pensions of the Senate, and, not later than 30 

23 days after the date of such submission, post on the 

24 Department of Health and Human Services website, 

25 a report that contains the following: 
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1 ‘‘(A) A summary and analysis of the data 

2 and information provided to the Secretary in 

3 the State reports submitted under sections 

4 658E, 658G(c), and 658K. 

5 ‘‘(B) Aggregated statistics on and an anal6 ysis of the supply of, demand for, and quality 

7 of child care, early education, and nonschool8 hour programs. 

9 ‘‘(C) An assessment and, where appro10 priate, recommendations for Congress con11 cerning efforts that should be undertaken to 

12 improve the access of the public to quality and 

13 affordable child care in the United States. 

14 ‘‘(D) A progress report describing the 

15 progress of the States in streamlining data re16 porting, the Secretary’s plans and activities to 

17 provide technical assistance to States, and an 

18 explanation of any barriers to getting data in 

19 an accurate and timely manner. 

20 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec21 retary may make arrangements with resource and 

22 referral organizations, to utilize the child care data 

23 system of the resource and referral organizations at 

24 the national, State, and local levels, to collect the in25 formation required by paragraph (1)(B). 
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1 ‘‘(b) GRANTS TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND ACCESS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

3 grants to States, from allotments made under para4 graph (2), to improve the quality of and access to 

5 child care for infants and toddlers, subject to the 

6 availability of appropriations for this purpose. 

7 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—From funds reserved 

8 under section 658O(a)(3) for a fiscal year, the Sec9 retary shall allot to each State an amount that bears 

10 the same relationship to such funds as the amount 

11 the State receives for the fiscal year under section 

12 658O bears to the amount all States receive for the 

13 fiscal year under section 658O. 

14 ‘‘(c) TOLL-FREE HOTLINE.—The Secretary shall 

15 award a grant or contract, or enter into a cooperative 

16 agreement for the operation of a national toll-free hotline 

17 to assist families in accessing local information on child 

18 care options and providing consumer education materials, 

19 subject to the availability of appropriations for this pur20 pose. 

21 ‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

22 provide technical assistance to States on developing and 

23 conducting the State market rates survey described in sec24 tion 658E(c)(4)(A)(i).’’. 
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1 SEC. 109. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR INDIAN TRIBES, 

2 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, AND A HOTLINE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658O(a) of the Child Care 

4 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

5 9858m(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘not less than 

7 1 percent, and not more than 2 percent,’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘2 percent’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) GRANTS TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND AC11 CESS.—The Secretary shall reserve an amount not 

12 to exceed $100,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry 

13 out section 658L(b), subject to the availability of ap14 propriations for this purpose. 

15 ‘‘(4) TOLL-FREE HOTLINE.—The Secretary 

16 shall reserve an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to 

17 carry out section 658L(c), subject to the availability 

18 of appropriations for this purpose.’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 658O(c)(1) 

20 of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

21 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m(c)(1)) is amended by inserting 

22 ‘‘(in accordance with the requirements of subparagraphs 

23 (E) and (F) of section 658E(c)(2) for such tribes or orga24 nizations)’’ after ‘‘applications under this section’’. 
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1 SEC. 110. DEFINITIONS. 

2 (a) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—Section 658P(4) of the Child 

3 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

4 U.S.C. 9858n(4)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre6 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘85 percent of the 

7 State median income for a family of the same size’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘an income level determined by the 

9 State involved, with priority based on need as de10 fined by the State’’; and 

11 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

12 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a parent or 

13 parents’’ and inserting ‘‘a parent (including a 

14 legal guardian or foster parent) or parents’’; 

15 and 

16 (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(ii)(I) is receiving, or needs to re19 ceive, protective services (which may in20 clude foster care) or is a child with signifi21 cant cognitive or physical disabilities as de22 fined by the State; and 

23 ‘‘(II) resides with a parent (including 

24 a legal guardian or foster parent) or par25 ents not described in clause (i).’’. 
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1 (b) CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.—Section 658P of 

2 the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 

3 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) is amended by inserting after para4 graph (2) the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.—The term 

6 ‘child with special needs’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) a child with a disability, as defined in 

8 section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities 

9 Education Act; 

10 ‘‘(B) a child who is eligible for early inter11 vention services under part C of the Individuals 

12 with Disabilities Education Act; and 

13 ‘‘(C) a child with special needs, as defined 

14 by the State involved.’’. 

15 (c) LEAD AGENCY.—Section 658P(8) of the Child 

16 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

17 U.S.C. 9858n(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

18 658B(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658D(a)’’. 

19 (d) PARENT.—Section 658P(9) of the Child Care and 

20 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

21 9858n(9)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, foster parent,’’ after 

22 ‘‘guardian’’. 

23 (e) NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION.—Section 

24 658P(14)(B) of the Child Care and Development Block 

25 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n(14)(B)) is amended 
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1 by striking ‘‘Native Hawaiian Organization, as defined in 

2 section 4009(4) of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. 

3 Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement 

4 Amendments of 1988 (20 U.S.C. 4909(4))’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization, as defined in section 7207 

6 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

7 (20 U.S.C. 7517)’’. 

8 (f) REDESIGNATION.—The Child Care and Develop9 ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating section 658P as section 

12 658T; and 

13 (2) by moving that section 658T to the end of 

14 the Act. 

15 SEC. 111. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 

16 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

17 of 1990 (as amended by section 110(f)) is further amend18 ed by inserting after section 658O (42 U.S.C. 9858m) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 658P. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 

21 ‘‘Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to re22 quire a State to impose State child care licensing require23 ments on any type of early childhood provider, including 

24 any such provider who is exempt from State child care 
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1 licensing requirements on the date of enactment of the 

2 Caring for Children Act of 2005.’’. 

3 TITLE II—ENHANCING SECURITY 

4 AT CHILD CARE CENTERS IN 

5 FEDERAL FACILITIES 

6 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this title: 

8 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis9 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv10 ices. 

11 (2) CORRESPONDING CHILD CARE FACILITY.—

12 The term ‘‘corresponding child care facility’’, used 

13 with respect to the Chief Administrative Officer of 

14 the House of Representatives, the Librarian of Con15 gress, or the head of a designated entity in the Sen16 ate, means a child care facility operated by, or under 

17 a contract or licensing agreement with, an office of 

18 the House of Representatives, the Library of Con19 gress, or an office of the Senate, respectively. 

20 (3) ENTITY SPONSORING A CHILD CARE FACIL21 ITY.—The term ‘‘entity sponsoring’’, used with re22 spect to a child care facility, means a Federal agen23 cy that operates, or an entity that enters into a con24 tract or licensing agreement with a Federal agency 
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1 to operate, a child care facility primarily for the use 

2 of Federal employees. 

3 (4) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

4 agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

5 105 of title 5, United States Code, except that the 

6 term— 

7 (A) does not include the Department of 

8 Defense and the Coast Guard; and 

9 (B) includes the General Services Adminis10 tration, with respect to the administration of a 

11 facility described in paragraph (5)(B). 

12 (5) EXECUTIVE FACILITY.—The term ‘‘execu13 tive facility’’— 

14 (A) means a facility that is owned or 

15 leased by an Executive agency; and 

16 (B) includes a facility that is owned or 

17 leased by the General Services Administration 

18 on behalf of a judicial office. 

19 (6) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

20 agency’’ means an Executive agency, a legislative of21 fice, or a judicial office. 

22 (7) JUDICIAL FACILITY.—The term ‘‘judicial fa23 cility’’ means a facility that is owned or leased by a 

24 judicial office (other than a facility that is also a fa25 cility described in paragraph (5)(B)). 
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1 (8) JUDICIAL OFFICE.—The term ‘‘judicial of2 fice’’ means an entity of the judicial branch of the 

3 Federal Government. 

4 (9) LEGISLATIVE FACILITY.—The term ‘‘legisla5 tive facility’’ means a facility that is owned or leased 

6 by a legislative office. 

7 (10) LEGISLATIVE OFFICE.—The term ‘‘legisla8 tive office’’ means an entity of the legislative branch 

9 of the Federal Government. 

10 SEC. 202. ENHANCING SECURITY. 

11 (a) COVERAGE.— 

12 (1) EXECUTIVE BRANCH.—The Administrator 

13 shall issue the regulations described in subsection 

14 (b) for child care facilities, and entities sponsoring 

15 child care facilities, in executive facilities. 

16 (2) LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.—The Chief Admin17 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the 

18 Librarian of Congress, and the head of a designated 

19 entity in the Senate shall issue the regulations de20 scribed in subsection (b) for corresponding child care 

21 facilities, and entities sponsoring the corresponding 

22 child care facilities, in legislative facilities. 

23 (3) JUDICIAL BRANCH.—The Director of the 

24 Administrative Office of the United States Courts 

25 shall issue the regulations described in subsection 
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1 (b) for child care facilities, and entities sponsoring 

2 child care facilities, in judicial facilities. 

3 (b) REGULATIONS.—The officers and designated en4 tity described in subsection (a) shall issue regulations that 

5 concern— 

6 (1) matters relating to an occupant emergency 

7 plan and evacuations, such as— 

8 (A) providing for building security com9 mittee membership for each director of a child 

10 care facility described in subsection (a); 

11 (B) establishing a separate section in an 

12 occupant emergency plan for each such facility; 

13 (C) promoting familiarity with procedures 

14 and evacuation routes for different types of 

15 emergencies (such as emergencies caused by 

16 hazardous materials, a fire, a bomb threat, a 

17 power failure, or a natural disaster); 

18 (D) strengthening onsite relationships be19 tween security personnel and the personnel of 

20 such a facility, such as by ensuring that the 

21 post orders of guards reflect responsibility for 

22 the facility; 

23 (E) providing specific, clear, and concise 

24 evacuation instructions for a facility, including 
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1 instructions specifying who authorizes an evacu2 ation; 

3 (F) providing for good evacuation equip4 ment, especially cribs; and 

5 (G) promoting the ability to evacuate with6 out outside assistance; and 

7 (2) matters relating to relocation sites, such 

8 as— 

9 (A) promoting an informed parent body 

10 that is knowledgeable about evacuation proce11 dures and relocation sites; 

12 (B) providing regularly updated parent 

13 contact information (regarding matters such as 

14 names, locations, electronic mail addresses, and 

15 cell phone and other telephone numbers); 

16 (C) establishing remote telephone contact 

17 for parents, to and from areas that are not less 

18 than 10 miles from such a facility; and 

19 (D) providing for an alternate site (in ad20 dition to regular sites) in the event of a catas21 trophe, which site may include— 

22 (i) a site that would be an unreason23 able distance from the facility under nor24 mal circumstances; and 
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1 (ii) a facility with 24-hour operations, 

2 such as a hotel or law school library. 

3 TITLE III—REMOVAL OF BAR4 RIERS TO INCREASING THE 

5 SUPPLY OF QUALITY CHILD 

6 CARE 

7 SEC. 301. SMALL BUSINESS CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

9 Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec10 retary’’) shall establish a program to award grants to 

11 States, on a competitive basis, to assist States in providing 

12 funds to encourage the establishment and operation of em13 ployer-operated child care programs. 

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

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

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

17 and containing such information as the Secretary may re18 quire, including an assurance that the funds required 

19 under subsection (e) will be provided. 

20 (c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The Secretary shall deter21 mine the amount of a grant to a State under this section 

22 based on the population of the State as compared to the 

23 population of all States receiving grants under this sec24 tion. 

25 (d) USE OF FUNDS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall use amounts 

2 provided under a grant awarded under this section 

3 to provide assistance to small businesses (or con4 sortia formed in accordance with paragraph (3)) lo5 cated in the State to enable the small businesses (or 

6 consortia) to establish and operate child care pro7 grams. Such assistance may include— 

8 (A) technical assistance in the establish9 ment of a child care program; 

10 (B) assistance for the startup costs related 

11 to a child care program; 

12 (C) assistance for the training of child care 

13 providers; 

14 (D) scholarships for low-income wage earn15 ers; 

16 (E) the provision of services to care for 

17 sick children or to provide care to school-aged 

18 children; 

19 (F) the entering into of contracts with 

20 local resource and referral or local health de21 partments; 

22 (G) assistance for care for children with 

23 disabilities; 

24 (H) payment of expenses for renovation or 

25 operation of a child care facility; or 
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1 (I) assistance for any other activity deter2 mined appropriate by the State. 

3 (2) APPLICATION.—In order for a small busi4 ness or consortium to be eligible to receive assistance 

5 from a State under this section, the small business 

6 involved shall prepare and submit to the State an 

7 application at such time, in such manner, and con8 taining such information as the State may require. 

9 (3) PREFERENCE.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—In providing assistance 

11 under this section, a State shall give priority to 

12 an applicant that desires to form a consortium 

13 to provide child care in a geographic area with14 in the State where such care is not generally 

15 available or accessible. 

16 (B) CONSORTIUM.—For purposes of sub17 paragraph (A), a consortium shall be made up 

18 of 2 or more entities that shall include small 

19 businesses and that may include large busi20 nesses, nonprofit agencies or organizations, 

21 local governments, or other appropriate entities. 

22 (4) LIMITATION.—With respect to grant funds 

23 received under this section, a State may not provide 

24 in excess of $500,000 in assistance from such funds 

25 to any single applicant. 
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1 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to re2 ceive a grant under this section, a State shall provide as3 surances to the Secretary that, with respect to the costs 

4 to be incurred by a covered entity receiving assistance in 

5 carrying out activities under this section, the covered enti6 ty will make available (directly or through donations from 

7 public or private entities) non-Federal contributions to 

8 such costs in an amount equal to— 

9 (1) for the first fiscal year in which the covered 

10 entity receives such assistance, not less than 50 per11 cent of such costs ($1 for each $1 of assistance pro12 vided to the covered entity under the grant); 

13 (2) for the second fiscal year in which the cov14 ered entity receives such assistance, not less than 

662 15 ⁄3 percent of such costs ($2 for each $1 of assist16 ance provided to the covered entity under the grant; 

17 and 

18 (3) for the third fiscal year in which the covered 

19 entity receives such assistance, not less than 75 per20 cent of such costs ($3 for each $1 of assistance pro21 vided to the covered entity under the grant. 

22 (f) REQUIREMENTS OF PROVIDERS.—To be eligible 

23 to receive assistance under a grant awarded under this 

24 section, a child care provider shall comply with all applica25 ble State and local licensing and regulatory requirements 
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1 and all applicable health and safety standards in effect 

2 in the State. 

3 (g) STATE-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.—A State may not re4 tain more than 3 percent of the amount described in sub5 section (c) for State administration and other State-level 

6 activities. 

7 (h) ADMINISTRATION.— 

8 (1) STATE RESPONSIBILITY.—A State shall 

9 have responsibility for administering a grant award10 ed for the State under this section and for moni11 toring covered entities that receive assistance under 

12 such grant. 

13 (2) AUDITS.—A State shall require each cov14 ered entity receiving assistance under the grant 

15 awarded under this section to conduct an annual 

16 audit with respect to the activities of the covered en17 tity. Such audits shall be submitted to the State. 

18 (3) MISUSE OF FUNDS.— 

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

20 through an audit or otherwise, that a covered 

21 entity receiving assistance under a grant award22 ed under this section has misused the assist23 ance, the State shall notify the Secretary of the 

24 misuse. The Secretary, upon such a notifica25 tion, may seek from such a covered entity the 
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1 repayment of an amount equal to the amount 

2 of any such misused assistance 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 (i) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

8 (1) 2-YEAR STUDY.— 

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

10 after the date on which the Secretary first 

11 awards grants under this section, the Secretary 

12 shall conduct a study to determine— 

13 (i) the capacity of covered entities to 

14 meet the child care needs of communities 

15 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 (2) 4-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 the number 

10 of child care facilities that are funded through 

11 covered entities that received assistance through 

12 a grant awarded under this section and that re13 main in operation, and the extent to which such 

14 facilities are meeting the child care needs of the 

15 individuals served by such facilities. 

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

17 after the date on which the Secretary first 

18 awards grants under this section, the Secretary 

19 shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 

20 committees of Congress a report on the results 

21 of the study conducted in accordance with sub22 paragraph (A). 

23 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en2 tity’’ means a small business or a consortium formed 

3 in accordance with subsection (d)(3). 

4 (2) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi5 ness’’ means an employer who employed an average 

6 of at least 2 but not more than 50 employees on 

7 business days during the preceding calendar year. 

8 (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

10 appropriated to carry out this section, $50,000,000 

11 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 

12 (2) EVALUATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION.—

13 With respect to the total amount appropriated for 

14 such period in accordance with this subsection, not 

15 more than $2,500,000 of that amount may be used 

16 for expenditures related to conducting evaluations 

17 required under, and the administration of, this sec18 tion. 

19 (l) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The program es20 tablished under subsection (a) shall terminate on Sep21 tember 30, 2010.

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