I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2282 
To reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, 
to improve access to relative caregivers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2025 
Mr. MOORE of West Virginia (for himself, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. 
GILL of Texas, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) 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 consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990, to improve access to relative caregivers, 
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 ‘‘Respect Parents’ 
Childcare Choices Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOP-
MENT BLOCK GRANT ACT OF 1990. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
658B of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended by striking ‘‘this 
subchapter’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘this subchapter, $14,000,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2026 through 2031.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION AND PLAN.—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) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) PARENTAL CHOICE OF PROVIDERS.— 
Provide assurances that— 
‘‘(i) the parent or parents of each eli-
gible child within the State, who receives 
or is offered child care services for which 
financial assistance is provided under this 
subchapter, are given the option to receive 
a child care certificate as defined in section 
658P(2); and 
‘‘(ii) all direct services authorized in 
this subchapter will be provided via child 
care certificates.’’; 
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(B) in subparagraph (F)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘(not in-
cluding in-home child care providers and 
relative caregivers)’’ after ‘‘within the 
State’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘(other 
than in-home child care providers and rel-
ative caregivers)’’ after ‘‘described in 
clause (i)’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (G)— 
(i) in clause (i)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘(if any)’’ after ‘‘within the 
State’’; and 
(II) in the second sentence, by 
inserting ‘‘, except that such require-
ments shall not apply to in-home child 
care providers and relative caregivers’’ 
before the period; and 
(ii) in clause (ii)(I), by striking 
‘‘(which may include encouraging the pur-
suit of postsecondary education),’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (K)(i)(II)— 
(i) in item (aa), by inserting ‘‘(not in-
cluding in-home child care providers and 
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relative caregivers or their facilities)’’ be-
fore the semicolon; and 
(ii) in item (bb), by inserting ‘‘(not in-
cluding in-home child care providers and 
relative caregivers or their facilities)’’ after 
‘‘facility in the State’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (M), by adding at the 
end the following flush sentence: 
‘‘Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed 
to imply that States are required to provide a 
portion of the delivery of direct services through 
grants or contracts.’’; 
(F) in subparagraph (N)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(N)’’ and all that pre-
cedes clause (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(N) PROTECTION
FOR
WORKING
AND 
NEWLY MARRIED PARENTS.—’’; 
(ii) in clause (i)(I)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘85 percent of’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘of the same 
size’’ and inserting ‘‘with the same 
number of children and parents as 
prescribed in section 658P(4)’’; 
(iii) in clause (iii)— 
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(I) by inserting before ‘‘At the 
option’’ the following: 
‘‘(I) 
CESSATION
OF
WORK, 
TRAINING, OR EDUCATION.—’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(II) MARRIAGE OF AN UNMAR-
RIED PARENT.—The plan shall certify 
that the State will not terminate as-
sistance provided to carry out this 
subchapter based on a factor con-
sisting of an unmarried parent’s mar-
riage which causes the family income 
to rise above the State median income 
for a family with the same number of 
children and parents as prescribed in 
section 658P(4), without continuing 
the assistance for at least 6 months 
after such marriage.’’; 
(iv) in clause (iv)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘for children of 
parents’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘for children of— 
‘‘(I) parents’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘85 percent of 
the State median income for a family 
of the same size’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘the State median income 
for a family with the same number of 
children and parents as prescribed in 
section 658P(4); or 
‘‘(II) parents who married fol-
lowing the initial determination or 
most recent redetermination whose 
family income now exceeds the State’s 
income limit to qualify for such assist-
ance due to the addition of their 
spouse’s income.’’; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(W) NOTIFICATION
OF
PROGRAM
COV-
ERAGE FOR RELATIVE CAREGIVERS.—The plan 
shall certify that the State will— 
‘‘(i) clearly post on the State’s website 
described in subparagraph (E)(III); and 
‘‘(ii) annually notify the parents of 
each eligible child receiving a child care 
certificate under this subchapter that such 
certificates may be used— 
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