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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3072 

To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small 

Business Administration to publish or update a resource guide for small 

business concerns operating as child care providers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2021 

Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. STAUBER, and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 

Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to publish 

or update a resource guide for small business concerns 

operating as child care providers, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Convening Operations 

5 Assistance for Childcare Heroes Act’’ or the ‘‘COACH 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHILD CARE RESOURCE GUIDE. 

2 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating section 49 as section 50; 

5 and 

6 (2) by inserting after section 48 the following 

7 new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 49. CHILD CARE RESOURCE GUIDE. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

10 date of the enactment of this section and not less fre11 quently than every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator 

12 shall publish or update a resource guide, applicable to var13 ious business models as determined by the Administrator, 

14 for small business concerns operating as child care pro15 viders. 

16 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE ON SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN

17 MATTERS.—The resource guide required under subsection 

18 (a) shall include guidance for such small business concerns 

19 related to— 

20 ‘‘(1) operations (including marketing and man21 agement planning); 

22 ‘‘(2) finances (including financial planning, fi23 nancing, payroll, and insurance); 

24 ‘‘(3) compliance with relevant laws (including 

25 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and this Act); 


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1 ‘‘(4) training and safety (including equipment 

2 and materials); 

3 ‘‘(5) quality (including eligibility for funding 

4 under the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

5 Act of 1990 as an eligible child care provider); and 

6 ‘‘(6) any other matters the Administrator deter7 mines appropriate. 

8 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—Before publication 

9 or update of the resource guide required under subsection 

10 (a), the Administrator shall consult with the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv12 ices. 

13 ‘‘(2) Representatives from lead agencies des14 ignated under section 658D of the Child Care and 

15 Development Block Grant Act of 1990. 

16 ‘‘(3) Representatives from local or regional 

17 child care resource and referral organizations de18 scribed in section 658E(c)(3)(B)(iii)(I) of the Child 

19 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. 

20 ‘‘(4) Any other relevant entities as determined 

21 by the Administrator. 

22 ‘‘(d) PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION RE23 QUIRED.— 

24 ‘‘(1) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator shall 

25 publish the resource guide required under subsection 


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1 (a) in English and in the 10 most commonly spoken 

2 languages, other than English, in the United States, 

3 which shall include Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, 

4 and Korean. The Administrator shall make each 

5 translation of the resource guide available on a pub6 licly accessible website of the Administration. 

7 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis9 trator shall distribute the resource guide re10 quired under subsection (a) to offices within the 

11 Administration, including district offices, and to 

12 the persons consulted under subsection (c). 

13 ‘‘(B) OTHER ENTITIES.—Women’s busi14 ness centers (as described under section 29), 

15 small business development centers, chapters of 

16 the Service Corps of Retired Executives (estab17 lished under section 8(b)(1)(B)), and Veteran 

18 Business Outreach Centers (as described under 

19 section 32) shall distribute to small business 

20 concerns operating as child care providers, sole 

21 proprietors operating as child care providers, 

22 and child care providers that have limited ad23 ministrative capacity, as determined by the Ad24 ministrator— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the resource guide required under 

2 subsection (a); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) other resources available that the 

4 Administrator determines to be relevant.’’. 

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