Improving Access to Child Care Act

Bill: 117-hr-4540
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2021-07-19
Policy area: Social Welfare
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Improving Access to Child Care Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates&nbsp;certain funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and increases certain&nbsp;funding for child care assistance. Specifically, the bill (1) eliminates&nbsp;the&nbsp;TANF Contingency Fund, which provides additional funds to states in economic distress;&nbsp;and (2) increases and extends child care assistance provided to states and tribes through the Child Care Entitlement to States. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4540 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2021 Mr. Smucker (for himself and Mrs. Walorski ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title IV–A of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Access to Child Care Act . 2. Improving access to child care to support work Section 418(a)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3) ) is amended— (1) by striking $3,550,000,000 for each fiscal year and inserting $4,158,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2027 ; and (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking $3,375,000,000 and inserting $3,983,000,000 . 3. Elimination of Contingency Fund (a) In general Section 403 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 603 ) is amended by striking all of subsection (b) except paragraph (5). (b) Conforming amendments (1) Transfer of needy State definition (A) In general Paragraph (5) of section 403(b) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 603(b)(5) ) is— (i) amended— (I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting subparagraph (C) ; (II) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively; (III) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; (IV) by redesignating such paragraph as subparagraph (D); and (V) by moving each provision 2 ems to the right; and (ii) as so amended, hereby transferred into section 409(a)(3) ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(3) ) and added to the end of such section. (B) Conforming amendment Section 409(a)(3)(C) ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(3)(C) ) is amended by striking (as defined in section 403(b)(5)) . (2) Elimination of penalty for failure of state receiving amounts from contingency fund to maintain 100 percent of historic effort Section 409(a) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a) ) is amended by striking paragraph (10). 4. Effective date The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2022.