striking ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (E), or (F)’’. 
(2) TITLE
5.—The first sentence of section 
6382(b)(1) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (A), (B), (E), or (F)’’. 
(c) SUBSTITUTION OF PAID LEAVE.— 
(1) FAMILY
AND
MEDICAL
LEAVE
ACT
OF 
1993.—Section 102(d)(2)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
2612(d)(2)(A)) (as amended by section 3(c)) is fur-
ther amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), 
or (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 
(E), or (F)’’. 
(2) TITLE 5.—Section 6382(d) of such title (as 
amended by section 4(c)) is further amended by 
striking ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or 
(F)’’. 
(d) NOTICE.— 
(1) FAMILY
AND
MEDICAL
LEAVE
ACT
OF 
1993.—The first sentence of section 102(e)(1) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(e)(1)) (as created by the 
amendment made by section 3(d)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (E), or (F)’’.
(2) TITLE
5.—The first sentence of section 
6382(e)(1) of such title (as created by the amend-
ment made by section 4(d)) is amended by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (A), (B), (E), or (F)’’. 
(e) SPOUSES EMPLOYED BY SAME EMPLOYER.—Sec-
tion 102(f)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A), 
(B), (E), or (F)’’. 
(f) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) FAMILY
AND
MEDICAL
LEAVE
ACT
OF 
1993.—Section 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2613) (as 
amended by section 3(e)) is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION FOR ROUTINE FAMILY MED-
ICAL CARE NEEDS.—An employer may require that a re-
quest for leave under subparagraph (E) or (F) of section 
102(a)(1) be supported by a certification issued at such 
time and in such manner as the Secretary may by regula-
tion prescribe.’’. 
(2) TITLE 5.—Section 6383 of such title (as 
amended by section 4(e)) is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) An employing agency may require that a request 
for leave under subparagraph (E) or (F) of section 
6382(a)(1) be supported by a certification issued at such 
time and in such manner as the Office of Personnel Man-
agement may by regulation prescribe.’’. 
SEC. 115. DEFINITION OF GRANDCHILD. 
(a) NON-CIVIL-SERVICE EMPLOYEES.—Section 101 
of the Family and Medical Leave Act (29 U.S.C. 2611) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(14) GRANDCHILD.—The term ‘grandchild’ 
means a son or daughter of an employee’s child.’’. 
(b) CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.—Section 6381 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘grandchild’ means a son or 
daughter of an employee’s child.’’.
TITLE II—CHILD CARE 
EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT 
Subtitle A—Care for Young 
Children 
SEC. 201. EXPANDING CHILD CARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. 
(a) GOALS.—Section 658A(b) of the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 
note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) to assist States in improving child care 
services for young children.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
658B of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘There’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) In 
General.—There’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) CHILD CARE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG CHIL-
DREN.—In addition to amounts appropriated under sub-
section (a), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out child care activities for young children under this sub-
chapter $500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006, 
2007, and 2008.’’. 
(c) CHILD CARE ACTIVITIES
FOR YOUNG CHIL-
DREN.—The Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 658G the following: 
‘‘SEC. 658H. CHILD CARE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG CHIL-
DREN. 
‘‘Child care activities for young children for which 
funds under this subchapter may be used include activities 
that are designed to accomplish the following: 
‘‘(1) Increase the availability of child care serv-
ices for young children with disabilities. 
‘‘(2) Provide support services for networks of 
family child care providers. 
‘‘(3) Provide or support programs that provide 
training, services, materials, equipment, or other 
support to caregivers, eligible child care providers, 
and family child care providers that provide child 
care to young children. Such support may include 
the purchase of equipment such as cribs and high 
chairs. 
‘‘(4) Provide funds to increase compensation of-
fered and provide bonuses to caregivers, eligible 
child care providers, and family child care providers
who provide child care to children under the age of 
3 years, especially those caregivers and providers 
who have formal education in early childhood devel-
opment. 
‘‘(5) Provide and support networks between 
health care providers and caregivers, eligible child 
care providers, and family child care providers that 
provide child care to young children. 
‘‘(6) Provide child care services for young chil-
dren who are enrolled in Head Start programs under 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.).’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 658P of the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858n) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) YOUNG
CHILDREN.—The term ‘young 
children’ means eligible children who are less than 3 
years of age.’’. 
Subtitle B—Improving Child Care 
Quality Through Teacher Incen-
tives 
SEC. 221. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this subtitle are— 
(1) to establish the Child Care Provider Devel-
opment and Retention Grant Program, the Child
Care Provider Scholarship Program, and a program 
of child care provider health benefits coverage; and 
(2) to help children receive the high quality 
child care and early education the children need for 
positive cognitive and social development, by reward-
ing and promoting the retention of committed, quali-
fied child care providers and by providing financial 
assistance to improve the educational qualifications 
of child care providers. 
SEC. 222. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘child 
care provider’’ means an individual who provides a 
service directly to a child on a person-to-person basis 
for compensation for— 
(A) a center-based child care provider that 
is licensed or regulated under State or local law 
and that satisfies the State and local require-
ments applicable to the child care services pro-
vided; 
(B) a licensed or regulated family child 
care provider that satisfies the State and local 
requirements applicable to the child care serv-
ices provided; or
(C) an out-of-school time program that is 
licensed or regulated under State or local law 
and that satisfies the State and local require-
ments applicable to the child care services pro-
vided. 
(2) FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘family child care provider’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 658P of the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858n). 
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
(4) LEAD AGENCY.—The term ‘‘lead agency’’ 
means the agency designated under section 658D of 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of 
the United States, Guam, American Samoa, or the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(7) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘tribal 
organization’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
SEC. 223. FUNDS FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDER DEVELOP-
MENT AND RETENTION GRANTS, SCHOLAR-
SHIPS, AND HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated to 
carry out this subtitle, the Secretary may allot and dis-
tribute funds to eligible States, and make payments to In-
dian tribes and tribal organizations, to pay for the Federal 
share of the cost of carrying out activities under sections 
226, 227, and 228 for eligible child care providers. 
(b) ALLOTMENTS.—The funds shall be allotted and 
distributed, and the payments shall be made, by the Sec-
retary in accordance with section 224, and expended by 
the States (directly, or at the option of the States, through 
units of general purpose local government), and by Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations, in accordance with this 
subtitle. 
SEC. 224. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES. 
(a) AMOUNTS RESERVED.— 
(1) TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall reserve not more than 1⁄2 of 1 percent 
of the funds appropriated under section 231(a), and
not more than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the funds appro-
priated under section 232(b), for any fiscal year for 
payments to the Virgin Islands of the United States, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in ac-
cordance with their respective needs. 
(2) INDIAN
TRIBES
AND
TRIBAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall reserve not more than 
3 percent of the funds appropriated under section 
231(a), and not more than 3 percent of the funds 
appropriated under section 231(b), for any fiscal 
year for payments to Indian tribes and tribal organi-
zations with applications approved under subsection 
(c). 
(b) ALLOTMENTS TO REMAINING STATES.— 
(1) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—From the funds 
appropriated under section 231(a) for any fiscal year 
and remaining after the reservations made under 
subsection (a), and from the funds appropriated 
under section 231(b) for any fiscal year and remain-
ing after the reservations made under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount 
equal to the sum of— 
(A) an amount that bears the same ratio 
to 50 percent of the appropriate remainder as
the product of the young child factor of the 
State and the allotment percentage of the State 
bears to the sum of the corresponding products 
for all States; and 
(B) an amount that bears the same ratio 
to 50 percent of such remainder as the product 
of the school lunch factor of the State and the 
allotment percentage of the State bears to the 
sum of the corresponding products for all 
States. 
(2) YOUNG CHILD FACTOR.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘‘young child factor’’ means the ratio of the 
number of children under 5 years of age in the State 
to the number of such children in all the States, as 
determined according to the most recent annual esti-
mates of population in the States, as provided by the 
Bureau of the Census. 
(3) SCHOOL
LUNCH
FACTOR.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘school lunch factor’’ means the 
ratio of the number of children who are receiving 
free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch 
program established under the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) 
in the State to the number of such children in all