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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2221 
To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to 
make projects that directly or indirectly increase the accessibility of 
child care eligible for certain grants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2021 
Mrs. HINSON (for herself and Mr. TRONE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 to make projects that directly or indirectly 
increase the accessibility of child care eligible for certain 
grants, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Affordable Child Care 
for Economic Strategies and Success Act’’ or the ‘‘AC-
CESS Act’’. 
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retary of Health and Human Services, shall issue 
such regulations as are necessary to establish cri-
teria for whether, for purposes of section 201 of the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141), a project directly or indi-
rectly increases the accessibility of child care. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The criteria referred to 
in paragraph (1) shall take into consideration the 
following: 
(A) The availability, validity, and accessi-
bility of timely data. 
(B) The extent to which a project contrib-
utes to the financial security of a family. 
(C) The extent to which a project address-
es child care needs in areas recognized as expe-
riencing a child care shortage. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR PLANNING AND GRANTS FOR ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
Section 203(b) of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3143(b)) is amended 
by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) formulating and implementing an economic 
development program that includes systematic ef-
forts— 
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‘‘(A) to reduce unemployment and increase 
incomes; or 
‘‘(B) to increase the accessibility of child 
care.’’. 
SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 207(a)(2) of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3147(a)(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as sub-
paragraph (J); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) the planning, development, or creation 
of a project or facility that will directly or indi-
rectly increase the accessibility of child care; 
and’’. 
SEC. 
5. 
COMPREHENSIVE 
ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
STRATEGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(a)(3)(A) of the Pub-
lic Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3162(a)(3)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing by directly or indirectly increasing the accessibility of 
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child care)’’ after ‘‘promotes economic development and 
opportunity’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—In carrying out the amendment 
made by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, shall issue guidance on how to include the acces-
sibility of child care in a comprehensive economic develop-
ment strategy developed under section 302 of the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3162). 
Æ 
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