Ensuring Child Care for Working Families Act of 2012 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise funding requirements for child care assistance to: (1) guarantee child care assistance for a family with a dependent child requiring such care, if the total income of the family does not exceed 200% of the poverty line and the child care assistance will enable an individual in the family to accept employment, remain employed, or participate in an education or training activity; and (2) include Indian tribes and tribal organizations as entities eligible for state grants in amounts equal to those granted to states.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 5188 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5188
To provide guaranteed child care assistance for low-income families.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 27, 2012
Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Stark,
Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Ms. Moore) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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
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A BILL
To provide guaranteed child care assistance for low-income families.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Child Care for Working
Families Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. CHILD CARE FUNDING.
(a) In General.--Section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
618) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 418. FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE.
``(a) General Child Care Entitlement.--
``(1) General entitlement.--Each State shall, for the
purpose of providing child care assistance, be entitled to
payments under a grant under this subsection for a fiscal year
in an amount equal to the greater of--
``(A) the total amount required to be paid to the
State under section 403 for fiscal year 1994 or 1995
(whichever is greater) with respect to expenditures for
child care under subsections 402(g) and (i) of section
402 (as in effect before October 1, 1995); or
``(B) the average of the total amounts required to
be paid to the State for fiscal years 1992 through 1994
under the subsections referred to in subparagraph (A).
``(2) Remainder.--
``(A) Grants.--The Secretary shall use any amounts
appropriated for a fiscal year under paragraph (3) of
this subsection, and remaining after grants are awarded
under paragraph (1) of this subsection, to make grants
to States (and Indian tribes and tribal organizations
with applications approved under section 658O(c) of the
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990) in
the amounts necessary to provide guaranteed child care
assistance to the populations described in subsection
(b)(2) of this section.
``(B) Federal matching of state expenditures
exceeding historical expenditures.--The Secretary shall
pay to each eligible State for a fiscal year an amount
equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage for
the State for fiscal year (as defined in section
1905(b), as such section was in effect on September 30,
1995) of so much of the State's expenditures for child
care in that fiscal year as exceed the total amount of
expenditures by the State (including expenditures from
amounts made available from Federal funds) in fiscal
year 1994 or 1995 (whichever is greater) for the
programs described in paragraph (1)(A) of this
subsection.
``(3) Appropriation.--For grants under this section, there
are appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to
carry out this section for each fiscal year.
``(4) Data used to determine state and federal shares of
expenditures.--In making the determinations concerning
expenditures required under paragraphs (1) and (2)(B), the
Secretary shall use information that was reported by the State
on ACF Form 231 and available as of the applicable dates
specified in clauses (i)(I), (ii), and (iii)(III) of section
403(a)(1)(D).
``(b) Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Amounts received by a State, Indian
tribe, or tribal organization under this section shall be--
``(A) used only to provide child care assistance;
and
``(B) available for use without fiscal year
limitation.
``(2) Child care to be guaranteed for certain
populations.--As a condition of receiving funds under this
section, a State (or Indian tribe or tribal organization with
an application approved under section 658O(c) of the Child Care
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990) shall guarantee child
care assistance for a family with a dependent child requiring
such care, if--
``(A) the total income of the family does not
exceed 200 percent of the poverty line (within the
meaning of section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any revision
required by such section applicable to a family of the
size involved); and
``(B) the child care assistance will enable an
individual in the family (including an individual
receiving assistance under the State program funded
under this part) to accept employment, remain employed,
or participate in an education or training activity.
``(c) Application of Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
1990.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts provided to
a State under this section shall be transferred to the lead agency
under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990,
integrated by the State into the programs established by the State
under such Act, and be subject to the requirements and limitations of
such Act.
``(d) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to
implement this section.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins after the
12-month period that begins with the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E694)
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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