I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2097 
To establish a program to provide child care through public-private 
partnerships. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2005 
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To establish a program to provide child care through public- 
private partnerships. 
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 ‘‘Child Care Public-Pri-
vate Partnership Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS INCENTIVE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
establish a program to make grants to— 
(1) businesses and consortia—
(A) to pay start-up costs incurred to pro-
vide child care services; or 
(B) to provide additional child care serv-
ices needed by the employees of such busi-
nesses; and 
(2) nonprofit business organizations to provide 
technical information and assistance to enable busi-
nesses to provide child care services. 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS. 
To be eligible to receive a grant under section 2, a 
business, nonprofit business organization, or consortium 
shall submit to the Secretary an application in accordance 
with section 4. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATION. 
The application required by section 3 shall be sub-
mitted by a business, nonprofit business organization, or 
consortium at such time, in such form, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require by rule, 
except that such application shall contain— 
(1) an assurance that the applicant shall ex-
pend, for the purpose for which such grant is made, 
an amount not less than 200 percent of the amount 
of such grant;
(2) an assurance that such applicant will ex-
pend such grant for the use specified in paragraph 
(1) or (2) of section 2, as the case may be; 
(3) an assurance that such applicant will em-
ploy strategies to ensure that child care services pro-
vided by such applicant, or provided with the tech-
nical information and assistance made available by 
such applicant, are provided at affordable rates, and 
on an equitable basis, to low- and moderate-income 
employees; 
(4) an assurance that such applicant— 
(A) in the case of a business or consor-
tium, will comply with all State and local licens-
ing requirements applicable to such business or 
consortium concerning the provision of child 
care services; or 
(B) in the case of a nonprofit business or-
ganization, will employ procedures to ensure 
that technical information and assistance pro-
vided under this Act by such business organiza-
tion will be provided only to businesses that 
provide child care services in compliance with 
all State and local licensing requirements appli-
cable to child care providers in such State; and
(5) in the case of a business or consortium, an 
assurance that if the employees of such applicant do 
not require all the child care services for which such 
grant and the funds required by paragraph (1) are 
to be expended by such applicant, the excess of such 
child care services shall be made available to families 
in the community in which such applicant is located. 
SEC. 5. SELECTION OF GRANTEES. 
For purposes of selecting applicants to receive grants 
under this Act, the Secretary shall give priority to busi-
nesses that have fewer than 100 full-time employees. To 
the extent practicable, the Secretary shall— 
(1) make grants equitably under this Act to ap-
plicants located in all geographical regions of the 
United States; and 
(2) give priority to applicants for grants under 
section 2(1). 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act: 
(1) BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘business’’ means a 
person engaged in commerce whose primary activity 
is not providing child care services. 
(2) CHILD CARE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘child 
care services’’ means care for a child that is—