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‘‘(v) propose to meet a diversity of 
needs across States and across urban, sub-
urban, and rural areas at varying types of 
center-based, home-based, and other child 
care settings, including early care pro-
grams located in freestanding buildings or 
in mixed-use properties; and 
‘‘(vi) propose to focus on child care 
facilities primarily serving low-income pop-
ulations and children who have not at-
tained the age of 5 years. 
‘‘(D) AMOUNT LIMIT.—The amount of a 
grant under this paragraph may not exceed 
$10,000,000. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than the end of fiscal 
year 2027, the Secretary shall submit to the Con-
gress a report on the effects of the grants provided 
under this subsection, and make the report pub-
lically accessible. 
‘‘(d) LABOR STANDARDS FOR ALL GRANTS.—The 
Secretary shall require that each entity, including grantees 
and subgrantees, that applies for an infrastructure grant 
for constructing, renovating, or improving child care facili-
ties, including adapting, reconfiguring, or expanding such 
facilities, which is funded in whole or in part under this 
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section, shall include in its application written assurance 
that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors 
or subcontractors in the performance of construction, al-
ternation or repair, as part of such project, shall be paid 
wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar 
work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of 
Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of 
title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
‘Davis-Bacon Act’), and with respect to the labor stand-
ards specified in this subsection, the Secretary of Labor 
shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 3176; 
5 U.S.C. App.). 
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section, 
there 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, which shall 
remain available through fiscal year 2027. 
‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall 
reserve 3 percent of the total amount made 
available to carry out this section, for payments 
to Indian tribes. 
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‘‘(B) TERRITORIES.—The Secretary shall 
reserve 3 percent of the total amount made 
available to carry out this section, for payments 
to territories. 
‘‘(3) GRANTS
FOR
INTERMEDIARY
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Not less than 10 percent and not more 
than 15 percent of the total amount made available 
to carry out this section may be used to carry out 
subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS
FOR 
NEEDS ASSESSMENTS.—Not more than $5,000,000 
of the amounts made available to carry out this sec-
tion may be used to carry out subsection (b). 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this section, the 
term ‘State’ has the meaning provided in section 419, ex-
cept that it includes the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands and any Indian tribe.’’. 
(b) EXEMPTION OF TERRITORY GRANTS FROM LIMI-
TATION ON TOTAL PAYMENTS TO THE TERRITORIES.— 
Section 1108(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘418A(c),’’ after ‘‘413(f),’’. 
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SEC. 5002. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR LOAN ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM. 
Part Q of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280h) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 399Z–3. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR LOAN ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may carry out a 
program of entering into contracts with eligible early 
childhood educators under which such educators agree to 
serve for a period of 5 years as early childhood educators 
with a qualified employer, in consideration of the Federal 
Government agreeing to repay, for each year of such serv-
ice, not more than $6,000 of the principal and interest 
of the educational loans of such educators. 
‘‘(b) RECERTIFICATION.—An eligible early childhood 
educator seeking to continue to receive payments under 
this section shall submit on an annual basis to the Sec-
retary such information as the Secretary may require to 
certify that the educator is continuing to meet the criteria 
to be considered an eligible educator. 
‘‘(c) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT
OF
LOAN.—The total 
amount of payments received by an eligible early childhood 
educator under this section may not exceed the total 
amount of the principal and interest of the educational 
loans of such educator. 
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‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—The 
following provisions of the National Health Service Corps 
Loan Assistance Program established in subpart III of 
part D shall apply to the program established under this 
section in the same manner and to the same extent as 
such provisions apply to the National Health Service 
Corps Loan Assistance Program: 
‘‘(1) Paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 
338B(c) (relating to application information, under-
standability, and availability). 
‘‘(2) Section 338B(c)(4) (relating to recruit-
ment and retention). 
‘‘(3) Section 338B(d) (relating to factors con-
sidered in providing contracts). 
‘‘(4) Section 338(e) (relating to the approval re-
quired for participation). 
‘‘(5) Section 338B(f) (relating to contents of 
contracts). 
‘‘(6) Section 338B(g) (relating to payments, in-
cluding repayment schedule and tax liability). 
‘‘(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress a report on the implemen-
tation of this section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible early childhood educa-
tor’ means an individual that— 
‘‘(A) as of the date on which the agree-
ment referred to in subsection (a)(1) is entered 
into— 
‘‘(i) has outstanding Federal direct 
loans obtained for purposes of pursuing an 
associate’s degree, a 4-year bachelor’s de-
gree, a graduate degree, or a combined 
bachelor and master’s degree, in early 
childhood education or a related field from 
an accredited institution (including any 
such loan for which the individual is en-
rolled in an income-based repayment plan); 
and 
‘‘(ii) is in good standing with respect 
to the loans referred to in clause (i); and 
‘‘(B) agrees to— 
‘‘(i) serve as an early childhood educa-
tor with a qualified employer for a period 
of not less than 5 years; and 
‘‘(ii) make timely payments with re-
spect to the loans described in subpara-
graph (A)(i). 
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‘‘(2) The term ‘qualified employer’ means a 
childcare provider that receives or is eligible to re-
ceive vouchers or assistance under the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028.’’. 
SEC. 5003. GRANTS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Education (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a program under which the 
Secretary makes payments to institutions of higher edu-
cation with a qualified early childhood educator program 
to enable such institutions to make grants, on a competi-
tive basis, to eligible individuals who file an application 
and agreement in accordance with subsections (b) and (c). 
(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall periodi-
cally set dates by which eligible individuals shall file 
applications for a grant under this section. Each eli-
gible individual desiring a grant under this section 
shall file an application containing such information 
and assurances as the Secretary may determine nec-
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essary to enable the Secretary to carry out the func-
tions and responsibilities of this section. 
(2) RENEWAL.—A grant awarded under this 
section may be renewed for additional one-year peri-
ods if— 
(A) the recipient submits a renewal appli-
cation containing such information and assur-
ances as the Secretary may determine nec-
essary; and 
(B) the grant is renewed not more than 
three times, for a total of not more than four 
academic years for each eligible recipient. 
(c) SERVICE OBLIGATION.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS TO SERVE.—Each application 
under subsection (b) shall include, or be accom-
panied by— 
(A) an agreement by the applicant that— 
(i) in the event that the applicant re-
ceives a grant under this section, the appli-
cant shall— 
(I) serve as a full-time or part- 
time educator in a licensed early 
learning program for a total of not 
less than one academic year, and four 
additional months for each subsequent 
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grant renewal, within two years after 
the date on which the period of time 
covered by the grant is completed; and 
(II) submit a certification of em-
ployment by the employing early 
learning program in such form as the 
Secretary may determine necessary; 
and 
(ii) in the event that the applicant is 
determined to have failed or refused to 
carry out such service obligation, the sum 
of the amounts of any grants received by 
such applicant under this section will be 
treated as a loan and collected from the 
applicant in accordance with paragraph (3) 
and the regulations thereunder; and 
(B) a plain-language disclosure form devel-
oped by the Secretary that clearly describes the 
nature of the grant award, the service obliga-
tion, and the loan repayment requirements that 
are the consequence of the failure to complete 
the service obligation. 
(2) TREATMENT OF CONCURRENT SERVICE.— 
An individual who serves as a full or part-time edu-
cator in a licensed early childhood education pro-
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gram concurrently while enrolled in a qualified early 
childhood educator program may count such service 
toward the fulfillment of the service obligation in the 
agreement under paragraph (1). 
(3) REPAYMENT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE 
SERVICE.—Except as provided in paragraph (4), in 
the event that any recipient of a grant under this 
section fails or refuses to comply with the service ob-
ligation in the agreement under paragraph (1), the 
sum of the amounts of any grants received by such 
recipient shall, upon a determination of such a fail-
ure or refusal in such service obligation, be treated 
as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan 
under part D of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) except that— 
(A) no interest shall accrue on such 
amounts; and 
(B) such amounts shall be subject to re-
payment in accordance with— 
(i) an income-contingent or income- 
based repayment plan, if the individual 
meets the eligibility requirements for such 
a repayment plan; and 
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(ii) such other terms and conditions 
as are specified by the Secretary in regula-
tions promulgated under this section. 
(4) HARDSHIP EXTENSION.—In the case of a 
recipient who has made a good faith effort to find 
employment in a licensed early learning program 
and has been unable to acquire such employment, 
the Secretary is authorized to provide a hardship ex-
tension for a period of not more than one year to 
grant recipients who fail to complete their service re-
quirement within a 2-year period. 
(d) GRANT AMOUNT.—An eligible individual selected 
to receive a grant or a grant renewal under this section 
shall receive a grant in an amount not to exceed $3,000 
for each academic year during which the individual is en-
rolled on a full-time or part-time basis in the qualified 
early childhood educator program for which the grant was 
awarded. 
(e) GRANT DISBURSEMENT.—Payments under this 
section shall be made in accordance with regulations pro-
mulgated by the Secretary for such purpose and in such 
manner as will best accomplish the purposes of this sec-
tion, provided— 
(1) any disbursement made by crediting a grant 
recipient’s account shall be limited to tuition and 
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