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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1889 
To require that States that receive a grant under the Child Care and Develop-
ment Block Grant Act of 1990, will not prohibit licensed child care 
providers from performing simple food preparation of fruits and vegeta-
bles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2025 
Ms. PEREZ (for herself, Ms. FOXX, Mrs. KIM, and Mr. GRAY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To require that States that receive a grant under the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, will 
not prohibit licensed child care providers from per-
forming simple food preparation of fruits and vegetables. 
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 ‘‘Cutting Red Tape on 
Child Care Providers Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Access to minimally processed fruits, vege-
tables, nuts and seeds is crucial for the development 
and well-being of children. 
(2) Licensed child care providers often face re-
strictions on food preparation that limit their ability 
to serve fresh fruits and vegetables. 
(3) Home and family based child care options, 
(estimated to serve about 1⁄4 of families), have seen 
steady declines over the past decade. While this de-
creases child care choices for all families, it dis-
proportionately impacts low-income and rural fami-
lies and those requiring daycare at non-traditional 
times because of shift work. 
(4) Complicated and burdensome regulations 
are more challenging for home-based providers and 
are likely a part of the reason these centers are de-
clining. 
(5) Current regulations can make it easier to 
open a pre-packaged, often ultra-processed, snack 
than it is to, for example, peel a banana. This un-
dermines the ability of child care providers to pro-
vide basic nutrition to our kids. 
(6) Simplifying regulations to encourage simple 
food preparation of minimally processed agricultural 
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products can improve nutritional outcomes for chil-
dren. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act and the amendment made 
by this Act, the term ‘‘simple food preparation’’ means 
the basic preparation of fruits and vegetables, including 
washing, peeling, cutting, and serving raw or minimally 
processed produce. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF BARRIERS UNDER THE CHILD 
CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
ACT OF 1990. 
Section 658E(c)(2)(F) of the Child Care and Devel-
opment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(2)(F)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION
OF
BARRIERS.— 
The State shall not create any barriers on 
the simple preparation of fresh fruits and 
vegetables for facilities, licensed or licensed 
exempt.’’. 
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