Child CARE Act

Bill: 115-hr-5401
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2018-03-22
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development

Employee benefits and pensions

Public contracts and procurement

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Child Care at Responsible Employers Act or the Child CARE Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires executive agencies to give priority to entities with on-site child care for employees in awarding a contract for an amount exceeding $4 million dollars.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5401 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 22, 2018 Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Ms. Lofgren , Ms. Norton , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Moore , Mr. Heck , Ms. Velázquez , and Ms. Wilson of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 41, United States Code, to require executive agencies to give priority to entities with on-site child care for employees in awarding certain contracts, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Care at Responsible Employers Act or the Child CARE Act . 2. Priority to entities with on-site child care for employees (a) Priority to entities with on-Site child care for employees (1) In general Chapter 63 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 6310. Priority to entities with on-site child care for employees (a) In general In awarding a contract for an amount exceeding $4,000,000, an executive agency shall give priority to any entity with on-site child care for the employees of the entity. (b) Relationship to other contracting preferences In awarding a contract described in subsection (a), an executive agency may not give priority to an offer from an entity described in such subsection over an offer from a small business concern (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 )). (c) Executive agency defined In this section, the term executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 102 of title 40. . (2) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 6310. Priority to entities with on-site child care for employees. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall apply with respect to contracts awarded on or after December 31, 2019.