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Union Calendar No. 189 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5547 
[Report No. 117–259, Part I] 
To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to 
require eligible recipients of certain grants to develop a comprehensive 
economic development strategy that directly or indirectly increases the 
accessibility of affordable, quality care-based services, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2021 
Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the fol-
lowing 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 concerned 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 8, 2021] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 to require eligible recipients of certain 
grants to develop a comprehensive economic development 
strategy that directly or indirectly increases the accessi-
bility of affordable, quality care-based services, and for 
other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Care is an Economic 
Development Strategy Act’’ or the ‘‘CEDS Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
COMPREHENSIVE 
ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
STRATEGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(a)(3)(A) of the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3162(a)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘balances re-
sources’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and directly or indirectly in-
creases the accessibility of affordable, quality care- 
based services, including child care, early childhood 
education, disability and long-term care, and elder 
care’’ after ‘‘sound management of development’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall issue guidance on implementing the 
amendments made by subsection (a), to include how 
to increase access to the affordable, quality care-based 
services described in section 302(a)(3)(A) of the Pub-
lic Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 
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U.S.C. 3162(a)(3)(A)) in a comprehensive economic 
development strategy developed under section 302 of 
such Act. 
(2) EXISTING
COMPREHENSIVE
ECONOMIC
DE-
VELOPMENT
STRATEGIES.—In issuing the guidance 
under paragraph (1), with respect to a grant recipi-
ent whose comprehensive economic development strat-
egy has been approved under section 302 of the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3162) before the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall ensure that such grant recipient is 
only required to update such comprehensive economic 
development strategy to comply with the amendments 
made by this Act when a regularly scheduled update 
to such comprehensive economic development strategy 
is required. 
SEC. 3. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION CARES 
ACT FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the inspector general of the 
Department of Commerce shall submit to Congress a report 
on the activities and outcomes of economic adjustment as-
sistance funding provided by the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136). 
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(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include— 
(1) each recipient that received economic adjust-
ment assistance funding from such Act; and 
(2) the corresponding project that received eco-
nomic adjustment assistance funding from the 
CARES Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 189 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5547 
[Report No. 117–259, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Works and Economic Devel-
opment Act of 1965 to require eligible recipients 
of certain grants to develop a comprehensive eco-
nomic development strategy that directly or indi-
rectly increases the accessibility of affordable, 
quality care-based services, and for other pur-
poses. 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure with an amendment 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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