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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2722 
To establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the 
minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift 
work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruit-
ment and retention of such officers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 19, 2023 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. HARDER of California, and Mr. 
ISSA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a grant pilot program to provide child care 
services for the minor children of law enforcement offi-
cers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work 
hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and 
retention of such officers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Child Care 
for Police Officers Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall establish a program to award grants 
to States, on a competitive basis, to assist States in pro-
viding funds to encourage the establishment and operation 
of child care programs to obtain child care services for 
the minor children of law enforcement officers during the 
shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a State shall prepare and submit to 
the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary may re-
quire, including an assurance that the funds required 
under subsection (e) will be provided. 
(c) PERIOD OF GRANT.—The Secretary shall make 
the grant for a period of 3 years. 
(d) SET-ASIDE.—Of the amount appropriated to 
carry out this Act for a fiscal year, not less than 20 per-
cent shall be used to make grants to eligible units of State 
and local government that employ fewer than 200 full-time 
law enforcement officers. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall use amounts 
provided under a grant awarded under this section 
to provide assistance to law enforcement agencies (or 
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consortia formed in accordance with paragraph (3)) 
located in the State to enable the small businesses 
(or consortia) to establish and operate child care 
programs. Such assistance may include— 
(A) technical assistance in the establish-
ment of a child care program; 
(B) assistance for the startup costs related 
to a child care program; 
(C) assistance for the training of child care 
providers; 
(D) scholarships for families; 
(E) the provision of services to care for 
sick children or to provide care to school-aged 
children; 
(F) the entering into of contracts with 
local resource and referral organizations or local 
health departments; 
(G) assistance for care for children with 
disabilities; 
(H) assistance to maintain nonstandard 
hours for expanded hours of child care; 
(I) payment of expenses for construction, 
renovation or operation of a child care facility, 
notwithstanding 
section 
658F(b) 
of 
the 
CCDBG Act; or 
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(J) assistance for any other relevant activ-
ity determined appropriate by the State. 
(2) APPLICATION.—In order for a law enforce-
ment agency or consortium to be eligible to receive 
assistance from a State under this section, the law 
enforcement agency or unit of local government in-
volved shall prepare and submit to the State an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the State may require. 
(4) LIMITATIONS.—With respect to grant funds 
received under this section, a State may not provide 
in excess of $3,000,000 in assistance from such 
funds to any single applicant. 
(f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, a State shall provide as-
surances to the Secretary that, with respect to the costs 
to be incurred by a covered entity receiving assistance in 
carrying out activities under this section, the covered enti-
ty will make available (directly or through donations from 
public or private entities) non-Federal contributions to 
such costs in an amount equal to— 
(1) for the first fiscal year in which the covered 
entity receives such assistance, not less than 10 per-
cent of such costs; 
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(2) for the second fiscal year in which the cov-
ered entity receives such assistance, not less than 25 
percent of such costs; and 
(3) for the third fiscal year in which the covered 
entity receives such assistance, not less than 332⁄3 
percent of such costs. 
(g) REQUIREMENTS OF PROVIDERS.—To be eligible 
to receive assistance under a grant awarded under this 
section, a child care provider— 
(1) who receives assistance from a State shall 
comply with all applicable State and local licensing 
and regulatory requirements and all applicable 
health and safety standards in effect in the State; 
and 
(2) who receives assistance from an Indian tribe 
or tribal organization shall comply with all applica-
ble regulatory standards. 
(h) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) STATE
RESPONSIBILITY.—A State shall 
have responsibility for administering a grant award-
ed for the State under this section and for moni-
toring covered entities that receive assistance under 
such grant. 
(2) AUDITS.—A State shall require each cov-
ered entity receiving assistance under the grant 
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awarded under this section to conduct an annual 
audit with respect to the activities of the covered en-
tity. Such audits shall be submitted to the State. 
(3) MISUSE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) REPAYMENT.—If the State determines, 
through an audit or otherwise, that a covered 
entity receiving assistance under a grant award-
ed under this section has misused the assist-
ance, the State shall notify the Secretary of the 
misuse. The Secretary, upon such a notifica-
tion, may seek from such a covered entity the 
repayment of an amount equal to the amount 
of any such misused assistance plus interest. 
(B) APPEALS
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall by regulation provide for an appeals proc-
ess with respect to repayments under this para-
graph. 
(i) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) 2-YEAR STUDY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date on which the Secretary first 
awards grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall conduct a study to determine— 
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(i) the capacity of covered entities to 
meet the child care needs of communities 
within States; 
(ii) the kinds of consortia that are 
being formed with respect to child care at 
the local level to carry out programs fund-
ed under this section; and 
(iii) who is using the programs funded 
under this section and the income levels of 
such individuals. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 28 months 
after the date on which the Secretary first 
awards grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the results 
of the study conducted in accordance with sub-
paragraph (A). 
(2) 4-YEAR STUDY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date on which the Secretary first 
awards grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall conduct a study to determine the number 
of child care facilities that are funded through 
covered entities that received assistance through 
a grant awarded under this section and that re-
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main in operation, and the extent to which such 
facilities are meeting the child care needs of the 
individuals served by such facilities. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 52 months 
after the date on which the Secretary first 
awards grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the results 
of the study conducted in accordance with sub-
paragraph (A). 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CAREER
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER.— 
The term ‘‘career law enforcement officer’’ means a 
person employed by a State or local public agency on 
a permanent basis who is authorized by law to en-
gage in or supervise the prevention, detection, or in-
vestigation of violations of criminal laws. 
(2) CONSORTIA.—The term ‘‘consortia’’ means 
a law enforcement agency and may also include a 
unit of local government, a child care provider, or a 
foundation. 
(3) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means a law enforcement agency or a consor-
tium formed in accordance with subsection (d)(3). 
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(4) INDIAN
COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘Indian 
community’’ means a community served by an In-
dian tribe or tribal organization. 
(5) INDIAN
TRIBE; TRIBAL
ORGANIZATION.— 
The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and ‘‘tribal organization’’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 658P 
of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). 
(6) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 2503 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10533). 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 658P of the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858n). 
(k) APPLICATION TO INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL 
ORGANIZATIONS.—In this section: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (f)(1), and in paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
term ‘‘State’’ includes an Indian tribe or tribal orga-
nization. 
(2) GEOGRAPHIC
REFERENCES.—The term 
‘‘State’’ includes an Indian community in sub-
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sections (c) (the second and third place the term ap-
pears), (d)(1) (the second place the term appears), 
(d)(3)(A) (the second place the term appears), and 
(i)(1)(A)(i). 
(3) 
STATE-LEVEL
ACTIVITIES.—The 
term 
‘‘State-level activities’’ includes activities at the trib-
al level. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $24,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2024 to 2028. 
(2) STUDIES AND ADMINISTRATION.—With re-
spect to the total amount appropriated for such pe-
riod in accordance with this subsection, not more 
than $2,500,000 of that amount may be used for ex-
penditures related to conducting studies required 
under, and the administration of, this section. 
(m) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The program es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall terminate on Sep-
tember 30, 2028. 
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