Child Care Funds Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-3615
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-28
Policy area: Families
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Child Care Funds Accountability Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to monitor and report on compliance with the use of funds for the child care stabilization grants and the Child Care and Development Block Grant program provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3615 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 28, 2021 Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself and Mr. Buchanan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to monitor compliance with the requirements of the American Rescue Plan relating to the uses of funds for child care.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Care Funds Accountability Act . 2. Monitoring compliance with the requirements of the American Rescue Plan Act relating to the uses of funds for child care stabilization grants and the child care and development block grant program Section 2201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–2 ; March 11, 2021) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Monitoring compliance (1) In general The Secretary shall dedicate such portion of the amounts made available by subsection (b) for Federal administrative costs in carrying out this section as the Secretary determines necessary to monitor compliance with the requirements relating to all uses of funds made available under section 2202 for stabilization grants and under this section for the child care and development block grant program to ensure the integrity of the program, including— (A) compliance with the requirements under subsection (c) and under section 2202(f), and (B) to ensure that there is no duplication with loans under the Paycheck Protection Program received by child care providers. (2) Report to Congress Not later than January 1, 2026, the Secretary shall make publicly available and provide to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report summarizing the findings of compliance reviews under this section. .