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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7203 
To establish a grant program for States to support individuals participating 
in semiconductor-related workforce programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2026 
Ms. BYNUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program for States to support individ-
uals participating in semiconductor-related workforce 
programs, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘CHIPS Child Care 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the amount appro-
priated under subsection (i)(1) that is not reserved 
under subsection (i)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to States to— 
(A) provide monthly stipends to eligible 
child care providers on behalf of individuals to 
assist the individuals in covering the costs of 
child care— 
(i) while participating in semicon-
ductor-related workforce programs; 
(ii) in the case of an individual who is 
participating in, or has completed within 
the preceding 5-year period, an apprentice-
ship program, while engaging in a con-
struction project related to semiconductor 
manufacturing; or 
(iii) while participating in pre-appren-
ticeship programs with a demonstrated his-
tory of successfully placing individuals in 
jobs or apprenticeships connected to con-
struction projects related to semiconductor 
manufacturing; or 
(B) assist eligible child care providers in 
regions receiving significant private and public 
investment related to semiconductor manufac-
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turing to acquire, construct, renovate, or im-
prove child care facilities, including to adapt, 
reconfigure, or expand such facilities. 
(2) GRANT PERIODS.—A grant awarded under 
this section shall be awarded— 
(A) for a period of two years; and 
(B) in equal amounts for each year of such 
period. 
(3) GRANT
PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that 
States that are awarded the grants— 
(A) are geographically diverse; and 
(B) are receiving significant private and 
public investment related to semiconductor 
manufacturing. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this Act, a State shall submit to the Secretary an applica-
tion, in such form, at such time, and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary may require, which shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) If the State intends to provide monthly sti-
pends as described in subsection (a)(1)(A)— 
(A) information regarding how the State 
intends to distribute monthly stipends in ac-
cordance with subsection (c); and 
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(B) in the case of any individual who is se-
lected to benefit from a stipend under sub-
section (c) and participating in a semicon-
ductor-related workforce program that will end 
after the end of the grant period, any plan the 
State may have to provide child care support 
for such an individual for the period of such 
program during which the individual will not be 
benefitting from such stipends. 
(2) A plan to use a portion of the grant funds 
to report back to the Secretary on the impact of 
using the grant funds to assist eligible child care 
providers as described in subsection (a)(1)(B). 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State that receives a 
grant under this Act shall— 
(A) give priority in accordance with the re-
quirements of paragraph (3); and 
(B) if the State uses such grants to pro-
vide monthly stipends as described in paragraph 
(A) of subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) select individuals to benefit from a 
monthly stipend who— 
(I) have one or more dependent 
children; and 
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tained the age of 5 years with a significant 
percentage of infants and toddlers enrolled; 
(iii) 
eligible 
child 
care 
providers 
that— 
(I) are currently unable to serve 
young children, had to significantly 
reduce capacity, or are unable to serve 
more children, due to factors such as 
the inadequate condition, quality, or 
availability of facilities; or 
(II) are seeking to build capacity 
and expand the number of children 
served; 
(iv) eligible child care providers that 
operate under nontraditional hours; and 
(v) eligible child care providers located 
in rural or underserved communities. 
(4) 
LABOR
STANDARDS
FOR
CERTAIN 
GRANTS.— 
(A) All laborers and mechanics employed 
by contractors or subcontractors in the per-
formance of construction, renovation, improve-
ment, repair, alteration, adaptation, reconfig-
uration, or expansion of child care facilities 
funded in whole or in part under this section 
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shall be paid wages at rates not less than those 
prevailing on projects of a character similar in 
the locality as determined by the Secretary of 
Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of 
chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’). 
(B) The Secretary shall require that each 
entity, including grantees and subgrantees, that 
applies for a grant for constructing, renovating, 
or improving child care facilities, including 
adapting, reconfiguring, or expanding such fa-
cilities, which is funded in whole or in part 
under this section, shall include in its applica-
tion written assurance that all laborers and me-
chanics employed by contractors or subcontrac-
tors in the performance of construction, alter-
nation or repair, as part of such project, shall 
be paid wages in accordance with paragraph 
(1). The Secretary shall not approve any such 
funding without first obtaining adequate assur-
ance that required labor standards will be main-
tained with respect to any such construction 
work. 
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(C) The Secretary of Labor shall have, 
with respect to the labor standards specified in 
paragraph (1), the authority and functions set 
forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 
1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 3176; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 
section 276c of title 40, United States Code. 
(d) REPORTS BY STATES.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the end of the grant period of the grant award-
ed to a State under this Act, the State shall submit 
to the Secretary a report that includes information 
on, as applicable— 
(A) if the State uses such grants to pro-
vide monthly stipends as described in subsection 
(a)(1)(A)— 
(i) the individuals that benefitted 
from monthly stipends, including with re-
spect to each such individual— 
(I) the total number of months 
such stipends were provided to an eli-
gible child care provider on behalf of 
the individual; 
(II) the total amount provided by 
such stipends; and 
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(III) in the case of an individual 
enrolled in a semiconductor-related 
workforce program, the wage rate, 
benefits, stipends, or other compensa-
tion provided to such individual— 
(aa) while enrolled in such 
program; and 
(bb) after exiting the pro-
gram and beginning work in the 
industry of such program; 
(ii) for each semiconductor-related 
workforce program for which the State 
provided stipends to eligible child care pro-
viders on behalf of such individuals— 
(I) the retention and completion 
rates for the individuals described in 
clause (i); and 
(II) the retention and completion 
rates for the individuals not described 
in clause (i); and 
(iii) the method the State used to dis-
tribute the stipends to eligible child care 
providers; 
(B) if the State used such grants to assist 
eligible child care providers as described in sub-
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section (a)(1)(B), the effects of the grant in as-
sisting eligible child care providers to construct, 
renovate, or improve child care facilities, and 
any effects on access to and quality of child 
care; and 
(C) such other information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(2) FOLLOW-UP REPORTS.—For each of the 3 
years after the date that a State submits the report 
under paragraph (1), the State shall submit to the 
Secretary a report on the retention and completion 
rates described in subparagraph (A)(ii) of such para-
graph for the preceding year. 
(3) DISAGGREGATION.—The information sub-
mitted under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be 
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and gender, except 
that such disaggregation shall not be required in the 
case in which the number of apprentices in a sub-
group is insufficient to yield statistically reliable in-
formation or the results would reveal personally 
identifiable information about an apprentice. 
(e) REPORT BY THE SECRETARY.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the Secretary receives the last report under 
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subsection (d), the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report that summarizes— 
(A) the effect monthly stipends described 
in subsection (a)(1)(A) had— 
(i) on the semiconductor-related work-
force program retention and completion 
rates of individuals who received monthly 
stipends; and 
(ii) the wage rates and benefits re-
ceived by such individuals after exiting a 
semiconductor-related workforce program; 
(B) the methods the States used to dis-
tribute such monthly stipends to eligible child 
care providers; 
(C) any unanticipated effect or con-
sequence on— 
(i) individuals receiving the monthly 
stipend; 
(ii) the sponsors of the semiconductor- 
related workforce programs; and 
(iii) the local areas in which the indi-
viduals who received a monthly stipend 
participated in such programs; and 
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(D) the effect of assistance provided to eli-
gible child care providers as described in sub-
section (a)(1)(B). 
(2) FOLLOW-UP REPORTS.—For each of the 3 
years after the date that the Secretary submits the 
report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report that summarizes the infor-
mation in the reports received from the States under 
subsection (d)(2) for the preceding year. 
(3) DISAGGREGATION.—The information sub-
mitted 
under 
paragraph 
(1)(A) 
shall 
be 
disaggregated in accordance with the disaggregation 
requirements of subsection (d)(2). 
(f) STIPEND AMOUNTS EXCLUDED FROM FEDERAL 
TAXATION.—Stipend amounts awarded under this Act 
may not be included in the gross income of the individual 
who benefitted from such stipend for purposes of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(g) DISREGARD STIPEND AMOUNTS IN OTHER FED-
ERAL PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, a stipend distributed to an eligible child care pro-
vider under this Act shall not be taken into account in 
determining the need or eligibility of the individual who 
benefitted from such stipend for benefits or assistance, or 
the amount of such benefits or assistance, under any Fed-
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eral, State, or local program financed in whole or in part 
with Federal funds. 
(h) 
SUPPLEMENT
AND
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Any 
monthly stipend distributed to an eligible child care pro-
vider on behalf of an individual under this Act shall sup-
plement and not supplant the wages such individual earns 
while participating in a semiconductor-related workforce 
program. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2025 and 2026. 
(2) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve 
1.5 percent of the funds appropriated under para-
graph (1) for each fiscal year to carry out the study 
and report required by subsection (e). 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘apprenticeship program’’ means an apprenticeship 
program registered under the Act of August 16, 
1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Appren-
ticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 
50 et seq.), including any requirement, standard, or 
rule promulgated under such Act. 
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(2) ELIGIBLE
CHILD
CARE
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘‘eligible child care provider’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 658P of the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858n). 
(3) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically Black college and 
university’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 631(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1132(a)(5)). 
(4) SEMICONDUCTOR.—The term ‘‘semicon-
ductor’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
9901 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 
U.S.C. 4651). 
(5) SEMICONDUCTOR
MANUFACTURING.—The 
term ‘‘semiconductor manufacturing’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 9902 of the William 
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 4652). 
(6) 
SEMICONDUCTOR-RELATED
WORKFORCE 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘semiconductor-related work-
force program’’ means an apprenticeship, career 
upskilling, remote education, training, or workforce 
development program offered by an institute of high-
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er education (as defined in section 102 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), non- 
profit entity (as defined in section 9901 of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 4651)), 
or local government in partnership with an entity 
that has received financial assistance through title 
XCIX of division H of such Act (15 U.S.C. 4651 et 
seq.) or a similar State program. 
(7) STATE BOARD.—The term ‘‘State board’’ 
means a State workforce development board estab-
lished under section 101 of the Worker Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101). 
(8) WIOA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local area’’ and 
‘‘State’’ have the meaning given such terms in sec-
tion 3 of the Worker Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3103). 
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