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State Child Care Information Network indicates 
when the slot availability information about the 
provider was most recently updated; and 
‘‘(D) the State has submitted to the Sec-
retary a plan that includes an estimate of the 
total capacity of licensed, regulated, and reg-
istered provider slots, and a description of the 
eligible expenditures the State will make in the 
quarter, which may be submitted with other 
plans required by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) FUNDING STATE CHILD CARE INFORMATION 
NETWORKS.— 
‘‘(1) START-UP FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) GRANTS.—For each fiscal year speci-
fied in subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall 
make grants to lead agencies to conduct activi-
ties related to the planning and implementation 
of State Child Care Information Networks, 
which may include scaling systems such as non- 
profit 
community-based 
referral 
registries, 
staffed Family Child Care Networks, and child 
care resource and referral systems. 
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall 
distribute the grant funds to the States that are 
not territories in accordance with the formula 
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referred to in section 418(a)(2)(B), and to the 
territories according to relative need. 
‘‘(C) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
there 
are 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 
2023 for grants under this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
pay to each State that meets the requirements 
of subsection (a)(4) with respect to a calendar 
quarter in any of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026 an amount equal to 75 percent of the eli-
gible expenditures of the State in the quarter, 
subject to subsection (d)(3). 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
EXPENDITURES.—In this 
section, the term ‘eligible expenditures’ means 
all of the following, but only to the extent 
supplementing, and not supplanting, funds 
made available under other law: 
‘‘(i) STATE CHILD CARE INFORMATION 
NETWORK.—Expenditures to carry out 
subsection (a)(4). 
‘‘(ii) EASE OF APPLICATION FOR SUB-
SIDIZED CHILD CARE CERTIFICATE.—Ex-
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penditures to establish an option, as indi-
cated by the State in a plan describing 
planned eligible expenditures (which may 
be submitted with other plans required by 
the Secretary)— 
‘‘(I) for a family to file an appli-
cation for a subsidized child care cer-
tificate with a child care provider, for 
the provider to submit the application 
to the State for processing, or for the 
lead agency, a local child care re-
source and referral agency, or other 
entity under grant or contract to re-
spond to the family; 
‘‘(II) to establish a statewide 
common application for child care, 
which— 
‘‘(aa) allows an application 
with respect to a child to be sub-
mitted simultaneously to multiple 
child care providers; 
‘‘(bb) allows the application 
to be for a particular site and 
schedule; 
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‘‘(cc) is considered an appli-
cation directly to each such pro-
vider involved for purposes of any 
decision of the provider regarding 
a wait list or an open slot based 
on the application date; 
‘‘(dd) safeguards confiden-
tial information; and 
‘‘(ee) allows for such a pro-
vider to seek and collect informa-
tion not on the common applica-
tion so that the provider may de-
termine the priority to be given 
to the applicant on any waiting 
list or for other specialized ad-
mission criteria such as disability 
services; or 
‘‘(III) to enable child care pro-
viders to respond to families through 
other application methods. 
‘‘(iii) 
EXPENDITURES
FOR
TECH-
NOLOGY NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 
STATE
CHILD
CARE
INFORMATION
NET-
WORK.—Expenditures for child care pro-
viders, lead agencies, and contractors to 
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support system-building and system-imple-
mentation activities associated with the 
State Child Care Information Network, in-
cluding data interoperability and the in-
stallation and maintenance of equipment 
and software needed to develop, implement, 
maintain, and provide electronic access to 
the State Child Care Information Network. 
‘‘(iv) PARTICIPATION
INCENTIVES.— 
Expenditures to provide financial incen-
tives and support to child care providers 
for whom participating in the State Child 
Care Information Network would be costly 
or time consuming. In providing the incen-
tives, a lead agency— 
‘‘(I) shall take into account the 
differential burden on varying types of 
providers to ensure that the incentives 
are sufficient to encourage all types of 
providers, including family-based pro-
viders, to participate in the State 
Child Care Information Network; 
‘‘(II) may coordinate with staffed 
Family Child Care Networks, child 
care resource and referral organiza-
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tions, labor unions, labor-management 
partnerships, or other community- 
based organizations, to ensure that 
home-based providers are able to par-
ticipate in the State Child Care Infor-
mation Network; and 
‘‘(III) may reimburse coordi-
nating partners and other entities for 
expenses associated with helping pro-
viders participate in the Child Care 
Information Network and provide in-
formation required under subsection 
(a)(4)(A). 
‘‘(C) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
there are appropriated to the Secretary for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 such sums as 
are necessary for grants under this paragraph. 
‘‘(c) HHS PARTICIPATING CHILD CARE PROVIDER 
CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) maintain current information on child 
care providers who are qualified to receive the 
HHS Participating Child Care Provider Certifi-
cation for a calendar quarter, and historical in-
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‘‘(A)(i) is licensed with a State as a pro-
vider of child care services, or is in a license- 
exempt category of providers that meets all 
health and safety standards and has zero unre-
solved violations; 
‘‘(ii) is providing child care services that 
may be funded under section 418; 
‘‘(iii) has submitted to the State Child 
Care Information Network, on a weekly basis, 
the information on all available child care slots 
with the provider required under subsection 
(a)(4)(A)(v), and the waiting list information 
required under subsection (a)(4)(A)(vi); 
‘‘(iv) makes child care slots available to the 
general public, when available, subject to any 
clearly explained priority system; and 
‘‘(v) is in compliance with other require-
ments set by the State regarding applications 
for or inquiries about available child care slots; 
or 
‘‘(B) was so qualified for the entire 3- 
month period preceding the most recent update 
made under paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) ACCURACY CHECKS.—The Secretary shall 
periodically conduct accuracy checks of randomly 
sampled child care providers participating in any 
State Child Care Information Network to determine 
whether the providers are updating their slot avail-
ability on a weekly basis, and if not, estimate the 
statewide rate at which the providers are doing so. 
‘‘(2) PRIVACY; SECURITY.—The Secretary shall 
issue guidance regarding data interoperability (in ac-
cordance with the data exchange standards for inter-
operability) and the privacy and security of person-
ally identifiable information in any State Child Care 
Information Network. 
‘‘(3) PENALTY
FOR
EXCESSIVE
ERRORS
IN 
STATE CHILD CARE INFORMATION NETWORK.—The 
percentage specified in subsection (b)(2)(A) with re-
spect to a State shall be 70 percent if— 
‘‘(A) a check conducted under paragraph 
(1) of this subsection reveals that the number 
of child care providers erroneously included or 
erroneously not included in the State Child 
Care Information Network is at least 10 per-
cent of the number of providers included in the 
network; and 
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‘‘(B) the State has not submitted to the 
Secretary a report demonstrating that action 
has been taken to reduce that error rate to less 
than 10 percent. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary 
shall issue guidance to States which specifies the ex-
penditures that will be considered eligible expendi-
tures for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(5) PUBLICATION OF AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE 
EXPENDITURES
OF
EACH
STATE.—Before issuing 
grant awards for fiscal year 2023 or a succeeding 
fiscal year, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
States, shall annually publish the amount of eligible 
expenditures of each State in the preceding fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(e) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro-
priated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026 for administrative expenses in carrying out sub-
sections (c) and (d).’’. 
SEC. 132002. INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS TO IMPROVE 
CHILD CARE SAFETY. 
Part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 601–619) is further amended by inserting after 
section 418A the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 418B. INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS TO IMPROVE CHILD 
CARE SAFETY. 
‘‘(a) CHILD CARE FACILITIES GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS TO STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
award grants to States for the purpose of help-
ing child care providers acquire, construct, ren-
ovate, or improve child care facilities, including 
adapting, reconfiguring, or expanding facilities. 
‘‘(B) DURATION
OF
GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary shall award grants under this paragraph 
within 12 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, for a period of not more 
than 5 years. 
‘‘(C) PLAN APPROVAL REQUIRED BEFORE 
USING GRANT.—A State to which a grant is 
made under this paragraph shall not obligate or 
expend the grant funds unless the State has 
submitted to the Secretary, and the Secretary 
has approved, a plan that— 
‘‘(i) includes an analysis or assess-
ment, in such form and manner as the 
Secretary may require, of the need of the 
State for child care infrastructure; 
‘‘(ii) is submitted at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such other 
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information as the Secretary may require, 
which information shall— 
‘‘(I) be disaggregated as the Sec-
retary may require; and 
‘‘(II) include a plan to use a por-
tion of the grant funds to report to 
the Secretary on the effects of using 
the grant funds to improve child care 
facilities, including center-based and 
home-based child care facilities; and 
‘‘(iii) complies with paragraph (3), if 
applicable. 
‘‘(D) REQUIREMENT.—In allocating grants 
awards under this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall require approved plans to include elements 
that— 
‘‘(i) provide for improving center- 
based and home-based child care programs 
to meet or surpass State health and safety 
standards, or include a project designed so 
that a facility is expected to meet or sur-
pass State health and safety standards on 
completion of the project; 
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‘‘(ii) aim to meet specific needs across 
urban, suburban, or rural areas as deter-
mined by the State; 
‘‘(iii) show evidence of collaboration 
with— 
‘‘(I) local government officials; 
‘‘(II) other State agencies; 
‘‘(III) nongovernmental organiza-
tions, such as— 
‘‘(aa) certified community 
development financial institutions 
as defined in section 103 of the 
Community Development Bank-
ing and Financial Institutions 
Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702) 
that have been certified by the 
Community Development Finan-
cial Institutions Fund (12 U.S.C. 
4703); and 
‘‘(bb) 
organizations 
that 
have 
demonstrated 
experience 
in— 
‘‘(AA) providing tech-
nical or financial assistance 
for the acquisition, construc-
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tion, renovation, or improve-
ment of child care facilities; 
‘‘(BB) providing tech-
nical, financial, or manage-
rial assistance to child care 
providers; and 
‘‘(CC) securing private 
sources of capital financing 
for child care facilities or 
other community develop-
ment projects eligible for as-
sistance from a child care 
assistance program; and 
‘‘(IV) local community organiza-
tions, such as— 
‘‘(aa) child care providers; 
‘‘(bb) community care agen-
cies; 
‘‘(cc) resource and referral 
agencies; and 
‘‘(dd) labor unions and other 
employers 
of 
infrastructure 
trades that pay the prevailing 
wage; and 
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‘‘(iv) provide for improving the facili-
ties of child care providers who qualify for 
the HHS Participating Child Care Pro-
vider Certification for at least 1 fiscal 
quarter before the date of application for 
the grant. 
‘‘(E) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of 
the receipt of a grant under this para-
graph, a State shall agree to make avail-
able, directly or through donations from 
public or private entities, contributions 
with respect to the costs to be covered by 
the grant, which may be provided in cash 
or in kind, in an amount equal to 10 per-
cent of the funds provided through the 
grant. 
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT 
CONTRIBUTED.—Such a matching con-
tribution may include philanthropic or pri-
vate-sector funds. 
‘‘(F) AMOUNT LIMIT.—The annual amount 
of a grant under this paragraph may not exceed 
$250,000,000. 
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‘‘(G) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may 
not, as a condition of making a grant under 
this paragraph or section 418D, retain an inter-
est in any property, including any project in-
volving a privately-owned family child care 
home or tribal land. 
‘‘(H) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 
after the last day of the grant period, a State 
to which a grant is made under this paragraph 
shall submit to the Secretary the report re-
ferred to in subparagraph (C)(ii)(II)— 
‘‘(i) to determine the effects of the 
grant in constructing, renovating, or im-
proving child care facilities, including any 
changes in response to public health guide-
lines or efforts associated with natural dis-
aster emergency preparedness and re-
sponse and any effects on access to child 
care; and 
‘‘(ii) to provide such other information 
as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(I) RETURN OF GRANT IF PLAN NOT AP-
PROVED WITHIN 2 YEARS.—A State to which a 
grant is made under this paragraph shall remit 
the grant to the Secretary if the Secretary has 
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not provided the approval required by subpara-
graph (C) within 2 years after the date the 
grant is made. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS
TO
INTERMEDIARY
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
award grants to intermediary organizations, 
such as certified community development finan-
cial institutions or other organizations with 
demonstrated experience in child care facilities 
financing, for the purpose of providing technical 
assistance, 
capacity-building, 
and 
financial 
products to develop or finance child care facili-
ties. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—A grant under this 
paragraph may be made only to an inter-
mediary organization that submits to the Sec-
retary an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require, that complies with para-
graph (3) if applicable. 
‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—In selecting inter-
mediary organizations for grants under this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall conduct con-
sultations with organizations that— 
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‘‘(i) demonstrate experience in child 
care facility financing or related commu-
nity facility financing; 
‘‘(ii) demonstrate the capacity to as-
sist States and local governments in devel-
oping child care facilities and programs; 
‘‘(iii) demonstrate the ability to lever-
age grant funding to support financing 
tools to build the capacity of child care 
providers, such as through credit enhance-
ments; 
‘‘(iv) propose to focus on child care 
facilities that operate under nontraditional 
hours; 
‘‘(v) propose to meet a diversity of 
needs across urban, suburban, and rural 
areas at varying types of center-based, 
home-based, and other child care settings, 
including early care programs located in 
buildings in which the care center is the 
sole occupant or in mixed-use properties; 
and 
‘‘(vi) propose to focus on child care 
facilities primarily serving low-income pop-
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ulations and children who have not at-
tained 13 years of age. 
‘‘(D) AMOUNT LIMIT.—The amount of a 
grant under this paragraph may not exceed 
$15,000,000. 
‘‘(E) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—As a 
condition of receiving funds under this para-
graph, the recipient shall submit annual reports 
to the lead agency of the jurisdiction in which 
the recipient is located documenting how the re-
cipient has expended the funds and updating 
the planned future expenditures described in 
the application submitted by the recipient for 
the funds. 
‘‘(3) LABOR STANDARDS.—In the case of an 
application for a grant under this subsection for a 
project to construct, renovate, or improve a child 
care facility, including a project to adapt, recon-
figure, or expand such a facility, the application 
shall include a written assurance that all laborers 
and mechanics employed by contractors or sub-
contractors in the performance of construction, al-
teration, or repair, as part of the project, shall be 
paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 
similar work in the locality as determined by the 
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Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter 
IV of chapter of part A of subtitle II of title 40, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
‘Davis-Bacon Act’), and with respect to the labor 
standards specified in such subchapter, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall have the authority and func-
tions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 
of 1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 3176; 5 U.S.C. App.). 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A recipient of 
funds under this subsection may use the 
funds only to acquire, construct, renovate, 
or otherwise physically improve the infra-
structure of a building primarily used for 
the provision of child care services by a 
child care provider, subject to clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) PROHIBITION.—A recipient of 
funds under this subsection may not use 
the funds for modernization, renovation, or 
repair of facilities— 
‘‘(I) that are primarily used for 
sectarian instruction or religious wor-
ship; or 
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‘‘(II) in which a substantial por-
tion of the functions of the facilities 
are subsumed in a religious mission. 
‘‘(B) RULES APPLICABLE TO LEAD AGEN-
CIES.—A lead agency that is a recipient of 
funds under this subsection may use not more 
than 5 percent of the funds for administrative 
purposes which may be in addition to evaluation 
and reporting activities, and shall use the bal-
ance of the funds to enter into grants or con-
tracts, on a competitive basis, with entities to 
carry out projects to acquire, construct, ren-
ovate, or complete other physical improvements 
to buildings in which child care services are 
provided or will be provided on completion of 
the project. 
‘‘(b) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro-
priated $15,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to carry out 
this section, which shall remain available through fiscal 
year 2026. 
‘‘(c) RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) TERRITORIES.—The Secretary shall re-
serve $100,000,000 of the amount made available to 
carry out this section, for grants to territories. 
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‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may re-
serve not more than $200,000,000 of the amount 
made available to carry out this section, for adminis-
trative costs. 
‘‘(3) 
ASSESSMENTS
AND
DEVELOPMENT 
PLANS.—The Secretary shall reserve for each lead 
agency not more than $100,000 to conduct assess-
ments and develop plans for obligating and expend-
ing funds provided under this section, which may be 
expended by a lead agency immediately on receipt. 
‘‘(4) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR INTER-
OPERABILITY.—The Secretary may reserve not more 
than $200,000 of the amount made available to 
carry out this section to implement data exchange 
standards for interoperability. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
GRANTS FOR INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS.—Not more 
than $2,250,000,000 of the total amount made available 
to carry out this section may be used to carry out sub-
section (a)(2).’’. 
SEC. 132003. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 601–619) is further amended by inserting after 
section 418B the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 418C. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) CHILD CARE INFORMATION NETWORK.— 
The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to 
lead agencies to support the development and imple-
mentation of, and ongoing full participation in, State 
Child Care Information Networks provided for in 
section 418A(a)(4). 
‘‘(2) CHILD CARE INFRASTRUCTURE.—The Sec-
retary shall provide technical assistance— 
‘‘(A) to child care small business owners, 
entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and 
child care infrastructure grant recipients, for 
the purpose of starting new licensed child care 
businesses, or re-opening a closed child care fa-
cility, in areas in which there is a child care 
shortage or that are at risk of having such a 
shortage; 
‘‘(B) to State and local governments to 
incentivize public-private partnerships to iden-
tify excess buildings and land and conduct fea-
sibility studies, for new or expanded child care 
options that could be available to child care en-
trepreneurs and infrastructure grantees, or 
used for publicly-run child care facilities; and 
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‘‘(C) to support child care business tech-
nical assistance, which may include strategies to 
support management training and shared serv-
ices initiatives including provider networks such 
as child care center alliances and family child 
care home provider networks, as well as funda-
mental business support needs such as budg-
eting and fiscal management skills, business 
planning, understanding the cost of quality, and 
core best business practices such as record-
keeping and payment reconciliation. 
‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENTING
NATIONAL
TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE EFFORTS.—The Secretary may provide 
technical assistance to States (and submit to the 
Congress reports on technical assistance activities) 
to increase child care availability and affordability, 
including by— 
‘‘(A) providing technical assistance on best 
practices for conducting market rate surveys 
and establishing State reimbursement rates and 
price-per-child rates for child care for children 
who have not attained 13 years of age; 
‘‘(B) increasing child care availability in 
tribal communities for families with children 
who have not attained 13 years of age; 
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‘‘(C) improving the effectiveness and af-
fordability of child care assistance programs in 
meeting the needs of low-income parents; or 
‘‘(D) collecting, managing, analyzing, and 
reporting child care administrative data, and 
use the data to support documentation of 
changes in child care availability and afford-
ability. 
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION.—The Secretary 
may carry out this section through means including the 
use of grants or cooperative agreements. 
‘‘(c) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro-
priated $17,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
2026 to carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 132004. TRIBAL CHILD CARE ACCESS AND GROWTH. 
Part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 601–619) is further amended by inserting after 
section 418C the following: 
‘‘SEC. 418D. TRIBAL CHILD CARE ACCESS AND GROWTH. 
‘‘(a) HHS CONSULTATIONS WITH INDIAN TRIBES.— 
Of the amount appropriated under subsection (e) for each 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall use not more than 
$1,000,000 to— 
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‘‘(1) conduct such consultations with Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations as are necessary to 
determine how to better conduct consumer outreach 
and education and provide timely availability for 
child care slots, improve child care infrastructure, 
and otherwise inform best practices and guidelines 
for carrying out the activities described in subsection 
(b); and 
‘‘(2) provide technical assistance to the lead 
agencies of Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
with respect to carrying out the activities. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The activities de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
‘‘(1) Planning, start-up, implementation, and 
maintenance costs associated with establishing and 
funding a Child Care Information Network designed 
to help parents determine which child care providers 
can meet their child care needs and to give parents 
ease of access in enrolling their children in child 
care. 
‘‘(2) Coordinating with the Secretary regarding 
the HHS Participating Child Care Provider Certifi-
cation provided for in section 418A(c). 
‘‘(3) Conducting infrastructure projects to im-
prove the safety of child care facilities. 
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‘‘(c) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (e) for each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall use not less than $199,000,000 to 
make grants to the lead agencies of Indian tribes 
and tribal organizations for activities described in 
subsection (b), which are to be carried out in accord-
ance with such rules as the Secretary may prescribe, 
taking into account the results of the consultations 
conducted under subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary may make 
grants under this subsection according to relative 
need. 
‘‘(d) NONSUPPLANTATION.—An entity to which an 
amount is provided under this section shall use the 
amount to supplement, but not supplant, other funds pro-
vided for any purpose or activity for which the amount 
is used. 
‘‘(e) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro-
priated to the Secretary $200,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026 to carry out this section.’’. 
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SEC. 132005. RAISING THE FLOOR FOR CHILD CARE PRO-
VIDER WAGES. 
(a) PLANNING FOR CHILD CARE WAGE GRANTS FOR 
SMALL BUSINESSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of main-
taining an effective and diverse child care workforce, 
effective upon enactment, through the end of fiscal 
year 2022, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall, regarding the development and imple-
mentation of the Child Care Wage Grant program 
provided for in section 418E of the Social Security 
Act (as added by subsection (b) of this section)— 
(A) issue guidance or technical assistance 
to lead agencies (as defined in such section) 
with respect to— 
(i) consultation with field engagement 
organizations (as defined in such section); 
(ii) wage supplement calculations, 
with the option of providing a bonus that 
may not be more than the equivalent of an 
annual wage; 
(iii) application requirements; 
(iv) reporting requirements; 
(v) 
anti-discrimination 
protection 
measures; and 
(vi) other related activities; 
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(B) engage in hiring, training, developing 
work plans, developing outreach materials, and 
other administrative overhead activities; and 
(C) consult with relevant entities such as 
tribal leaders, governors, county and local gov-
ernment, and community stakeholders. 
(2) FUNDING.—Out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro-
priated to the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices $10,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, to carry out this paragraph. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Part A of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601–619) is further amended 
by inserting after section 418D the following: 
‘‘SEC. 418E. CHILD CARE WAGE GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSI-
NESSES. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS TO LEAD AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make grants to reimburse State, tribal, and ter-
ritorial lead agencies for the amount of child 
care wage grants made to qualifying child care 
providers under lead agency child care wage 
grant programs, and for documented costs of 
administering the programs that are directly re-
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lated to determining provider eligibility, making 
payments, data collection, and verifying pro-
vider compliance with program rules. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION
ON
REIMBURSEMENT 
FOR DOCUMENTED ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
The amount of the reimbursement for the docu-
mented administrative costs shall not exceed 5 
percent of the total amount of the child care 
wage grants. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION
REQUIRED
AS
A
CONDI-
TION OF ELIGIBILITY.—A lead agency shall not be 
eligible for a grant under this section with respect 
to a child care wage grant program unless the lead 
agency has consulted with field engagement organi-
zations in developing and implementing the program, 
including application process, eligibility determina-
tions, community outreach, and such other aspects 
of the program as the Secretary deems appropriate, 
and if, after the consultation, the lead agency in-
tends to operate a child care wage grant program 
for small businesses, the lead agency shall submit to 
the Secretary a certification that the lead agency has 
conducted such a consultation and intends to submit 
a claim for reimbursement with respect to program 
expenditures at the end of the fiscal year. 
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‘‘(b) STATE CHILD CARE WAGE GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A lead agency child care 
wage grant program is a program operated by a lead 
agency under which a child care wage grant is made 
to qualified child care providers for the 1-year period 
covered by the grant, in an amount equal to the ag-
gregate of the eligible child care wage supplements 
provided by the qualified child care provider during 
the year, which year shall not begin before October 
1, 2022. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of a child 
care wage grant from a lead agency shall sub-
mit to the lead agency every fiscal quarter a re-
port that includes documentation of how the 
grant has been expended including the number 
of full or part-time workers providing child care 
and whether each such worker worked for the 
full year, a description of the wage levels and 
demographics of the child care employees of the 
qualified child care provider, and such other in-
formation as the Secretary may require, and 
may allow field engagement organizations to 
support grant recipients in meeting quarterly 
reporting requirements. 
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‘‘(B) AUTHORITY
TO
EXTEND
DEAD-
LINE.—A lead agency may approve a request 
from such a recipient to extend the reporting 
deadline for 90 days, but shall accompany such 
an approval with a notice that failure to submit 
all information required in the report will result 
in future ineligibility for such a grant. 
‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT; ADVANCE ESTIMATED PAY-
MENT.—A lead agency may submit to the Secretary a re-
quest for reimbursement or estimated advance payment of 
the costs of operating the lead agency child care wage 
grant program for the 1-year period covered by the re-
quest, which shall include documentation of the grant 
awards made to qualified child care providers under the 
program, an assurance that not more than 5 percent of 
the costs in the reimbursement request are for administra-
tive costs, an assurance that the State will repay any ad-
vances based on payments to child care providers that 
were in excess of costs allowable under this section (includ-
ing payments for workers who did not work for the full 
year) or based on State administrative costs in excess of 
5 percent, and the following: 
‘‘(1) Qualified child care provider application 
data, including the number of qualified child care 
providers and the proportion of applications that 
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were approved under the program, documentation of 
rejected applications, including the reason for dis-
qualification, and demographic data of applicants. 
‘‘(2) Qualified child care provider wage subsidy 
data, including wage levels, the size and type of the 
qualified child care provider, the number of children 
served 
by 
the 
qualified 
child 
care 
provider, 
verification that the child care wage grant provided 
to the qualified child care provider was not used to 
supplant Federal funds, verification that the quali-
fied child care provider performs child care services 
as the primary function of the qualified child care 
provider, verification that qualifying child care pro-
vider applications are approved for 1 year, and docu-
mentation of the number of full-time and part-time 
child care employees (which may include sole propri-
etors) including the portion of the year for which 
each employee was employed with that provider to 
provide child care. 
‘‘(3) Certification that each qualified child care 
provider is not eligible to receive a child care payroll 
tax credit under section 3135 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 with respect to wages paid to any 
child care employee of the qualified child care pro-
vider. 
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‘‘(4) Qualified child care provider demographic 
data, including racial, ethnic, and gender data of the 
qualified child care provider and child care employ-
ees. 
‘‘(5) Documentation of qualified child care pro-
vider wages, and documentation of child care wages 
that, in the absence of a grant made under this sec-
tion, would have been paid at not less than the ap-
plicable minimum rate. 
‘‘(6) Documentation that each qualified child 
care provider is licensed by, registered with, or regu-
lated by the State. 
‘‘(7) Documentation that each qualified child 
care provider was so qualified throughout the year 
with respect to which reimbursement is sought. 
‘‘(8) Documentation that each employee for 
which a grant is sought was employed for the full 
year, or if not, for what portion of the year they 
were employed. 
‘‘(9) Such other relevant items as the Secretary 
may require. 
‘‘(d) PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) MISUSE OF CHILD CARE WAGE GRANT.— 
If the Secretary finds that a qualified child care pro-
vider has used funds provided under this section 
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with respect to a year other than to supplement the 
applicable minimum rate of child care wages for an 
employee engaged in child care work for the reported 
period, the qualified child care provider shall— 
‘‘(A) repay to the lead agency all funds so 
provided to the child care provider for the year; 
and 
‘‘(B) be ineligible for the succeeding 2 
years to receive funds made available under this 
section. 
‘‘(2) DECREASE IN NUMBER OF CHILD CARE 
EMPLOYEES.—If a recipient of a child care wage 
grant for a year reports under subsection (b)(2)(A) 
that the number of child care employees of the re-
cipient has decreased during the year, then— 
‘‘(A) the lead agency shall proportionately 
decrease the amount of the child care wage 
grant (if any) payable to the recipient for the 
next year; or 
‘‘(B) if the recipient is not awarded a child 
care wage grant for the next year, the recipient 
shall remit to the lead agency a portion of the 
grant equal to the proportionate decrease in the 
number of child care employees of the provider. 
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(C) PETITION DESCRIBED.—A petition de-
scribed in this subparagraph is a petition for a 
certification of eligibility filed by a firm or its 
representative under section 251 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 on or after January 1, 2021, and 
before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) CERTIFICATION OF FIRMS THAT DID NOT 
SUBMIT PETITIONS BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2021, AND 
DATE OF ENACTMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com-
merce shall certify a firm described in subpara-
graph (B) as eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under section 251 of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as in effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, if the firm or its representa-
tive files a petition for a certification of eligi-
bility under section 251 of the Trade Act of 
1974 not later than 90 days after such date of 
enactment. 
(B) FIRM DESCRIBED.—A firm described 
in this subparagraph is a firm that the Sec-
retary determines would have been certified as 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance if— 
(i) the firm or its representative had 
filed a petition for a certification of eligi-
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‘‘(i) RULE.—In the case of any energy 
project which does not satisfy the require-
ments of subparagraph (B), the amount of 
the credit determined under this subsection 
(determined after the application of para-
graphs (1) through (7)) shall be 20 per-
cent of such amount (determined without 
regard to this sentence). 
‘‘(ii) ENERGY
PROJECT
DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this subsection the term 
‘energy project’ means a project consisting 
of multiple energy properties that are part 
of a single project. The requirements of 
this paragraph shall be applied to such 
project. 
‘‘(B) INCREASED
CREDIT
FOR
ENERGY 
PROJECTS
MEETING
PROJECT
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any 
energy project which meets the project re-
quirements of this subparagraph, subpara-
graph (A) shall not apply. 
‘‘(ii) PROJECT
REQUIREMENTS.—A 
project meets the requirements of this sub-
paragraph if it is one of the following: 
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