I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3773 
To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and 
the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. POLIS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. 
ADAMS, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MOORE, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, 
Mr. 
WALZ, 
Ms. 
SPEIER, 
Mr. 
CICILLINE, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CLARK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. 
KIHUEN, Ms. LEE, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. BASS, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. 
HANABUSA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mr. WELCH, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. RUSH, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. DELBENE, and 
Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote child 
care and early learning, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Care for Work-
ing Families Act’’. 
TITLE I—CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 
Section 658A(b) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) to ensure that no low- to moderate-income 
family pays more than 7 percent of its household in-
come on child care;’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) to support working parents in making 
their own decisions regarding the child care services 
that best suit their family’s needs;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘high-quality,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive, and’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including before- and 
after-school and summer care for school-age 
children,’’ after ‘‘services’’; 
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(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, and to help child care 
programs meet evidence-based or national standards 
to improve the quality of child care’’; 
(5) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including children with 
disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities’’ before the semicolon; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(6) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘high-quality’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) to support statewide systems to support 
the needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities, 
better coordinate child care and other services, and 
assist States in increasing the number of child care 
providers that provide high-quality and inclusive 
care to families of infants or toddlers with disabil-
ities and families of children with disabilities.’’. 
SEC. 102. APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 658B of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended 
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by striking all that follows the section heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated and there are appropriated to carry out this 
subchapter (other than paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
658O(a)) 
$20,000,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2018, 
$30,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, $40,000,000,000 
for fiscal year 2020, and such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2021 and each subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) TERRITORIES; INDIAN TRIBES.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated and there are appropriated to 
carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 658O(a) such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018 and each 
subsequent fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 
Section 658C of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858a) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 658C. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD CARE PROGRAM. 
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to administer a child 
care program under which families in the State shall be 
provided an opportunity to obtain child care for eligible 
children, subject to the requirements of this subchapter.’’. 
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SEC. 104. LEAD AGENCY. 
Section 658D of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a grant’’ and 
inserting ‘‘payments’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including by certi-
fying the eligibility of children’’. 
SEC. 105. APPLICATION AND PLAN. 
(a) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 658E(c) of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking the matter preceding 
clause (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) SUPPORTING
WORKING
PARENTS.— 
Support working parents by providing assur-
ances that—’’; and 
(ii) by striking clause (i)(II) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(II) to enroll such child with a 
child care provider who has received a 
child care certificate as defined in sec-
tion 658P(2) from such parent or par-
ents;’’; 
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(II) in subclause (IV), by insert-
ing ‘‘the program carried out under 
title II of the Child Care for Working 
Families Act,’’ after ‘‘9831 et seq.),’’; 
and 
(III) in subclause (VII), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) information about the State’s 
wage ladder described in subparagraph 
(G)(iii); and 
‘‘(iv) information on opportunities for 
staff of child care providers to improve 
their skills and credentials, including infor-
mation about training opportunities and 
professional organizations that provide 
such training.’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (G)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and pro-
fessional development requirements’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘, professional development, and 
compensation requirements’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii)(V)— 
(I) by redesignating item (dd) as 
item (ee); 
(II) in item (cc), by striking 
‘‘and’’; and 
(III) by inserting after item (cc) 
the following: 
‘‘(dd) infants and toddlers 
with disabilities; and’’; 
(iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 
(iv) as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; 
and 
(iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) 
COMPENSATION.—The 
plan 
shall provide a description of the State’s 
wage ladder for staff of eligible child care 
providers, and an assurance that wages for 
such staff will, at a minimum, meet the re-
quirements of paragraph (4)(B)(iii)(II). 
‘‘(iv) STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.— 
The plan shall demonstrate how the State 
will facilitate participation of staff of eligi-
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ble child care providers in organizations 
that foster the professional development 
and stakeholder engagement of the child 
care workforce.’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (I)— 
(i) in clause (i)(XI), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) may include a requirement to 
comply with the standards recommended in 
the Department of Health and Human 
Services’ report entitled ‘Caring for Our 
Children Basics: Health and Safety Foun-
dations for Early Care and Education’, 
issued on June 25, 2015.’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (K)(i), in the matter 
preceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘, not later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 2014,’’; 
(F) in subparagraph (M)— 
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(i) by adding ‘‘investment of quality 
child care amounts described in section 
658G(a)(1),’’ after ‘‘parents,’’; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (iv) as 
clause (v); 
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, as 
defined by the State; and’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; and 
(iv) by inserting after clause (iii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iv) infants and toddlers with disabil-
ities; and’’; 
(G) in subparagraph (N)— 
(i) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘, if 
that family income does not exceed 85 per-
cent of the State median income for a fam-
ily of the same size’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(espe-
cially parents in families receiving assist-
ance under the program of block grants to 
States for temporary assistance for needy 
families under part A of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.))’’; and 
(iii) by striking clause (iv); 
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(H) in subparagraph (O)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘with pro-
grams operating’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘with programs, operating at the 
Federal, State, and local levels for chil-
dren, that are— 
‘‘(I) preschool programs, pro-
grams funded under title II of the 
Child Care for Working Families Act, 
programs funded under section 657C 
of the Head Start Act, tribal early 
childhood programs, and other early 
childhood programs, including those 
serving infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities; 
‘‘(II) programs serving homeless 
children and children in foster care; 
and 
‘‘(III) programs funded under 
the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).’’; 
(ii) by striking clause (ii); and 
(iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 
clause (ii); 
(I) in subparagraph (Q)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘LOW-INCOME
POPU-
LATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘CHILDREN
IN 
UNDERSERVED
AREAS, CHILDREN
WITH 
DISABILITIES, AND
INFANTS
AND
TOD-
DLERS WITH DISABILITIES’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘high-quality’’ and in-
serting ‘‘high-quality and inclusive’’; and 
(iii) by inserting before the period the 
following: ‘‘and to children with disabilities 
and infants and toddlers with disabilities’’; 
(J) by striking subparagraph (S) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(S) PROHIBITION ON SUSPENSIONS, EX-
PULSIONS, AND AVERSIVE BEHAVIORAL INTER-
VENTIONS.—The State plan shall provide an as-
surance that the State will provide assistance to 
carry out this subchapter only to eligible child 
care providers that prohibit— 
‘‘(i) the use of suspension and expul-
sion of children; and 
‘‘(ii) the use of aversive behavioral 
interventions.’’; 
(K) in subparagraph (T)— 
(i) in clause (i)— 
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