Child Care is Infrastructure Act

Bill: 116-hr-7201
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2020-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-15
text: 

Child Care is Infrastructure Act

 
This bill establishes grants for child care facilities and higher education loan repayment and scholarship programs for child care educators, among other provisions.
 
The Administration for Children and Families must conduct long- and short-term assessments of child care infrastructure, including the effect of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on such facilities. The bill provides grants to (1) states to acquire, construct, or improve child care facilities, and (2) intermediary organizations with demonstrated experience in child care facilities financing to develop or finance child care facilities.
 
The bill further provides for education loan repayments of up to $6,000 per year for up to five years for early childhood educators who agree to work for certain child care providers. Additionally, the bill establishes a program for institutions of higher education to award grants of up to $3,000 per academic year to individuals who are enrolled in early childhood educator programs and agree to serve in a state-licensed early learning program.
 
Finally, the bill 
 
 
modifies and reauthorizes through FY2026 supports for campus-based child care for low-income parents enrolled in institutions of higher education,
 
requires the Government Accountability Office to report about the impact of the tax credit for employer-provided child care, and
 
requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to consider early learning facilities in planning and implementation grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Introduced in House