Child Care Access to Resources for Early-learning Act or the Child CARE Act
This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to make appropriations through FY2021 to the Department of Health and Human Services for allotments to states to:
The state shall reserve at least 80% of funds for direct services provided through grants, contracts, or certificates, to expand access to high-quality child care for infants and toddlers and to increase parental options for and access to such care.
The state shall use the cost of a mandatory triennial high-quality child care study to ensure that for all infant and toddler child care slots: (1) the child care is of sufficient quality, (2) the care providers are supported along a career pathway to achieve higher levels of training and education, and (3) the provider rates are sufficient.
The state shall also ensure that all infant and toddler child care providers participating in CCD Fund-supported activities meet certain quality standards by the end of FY2026.
The state shall: (1) identify underserved geographic areas and special populations; and (2) develop and implement a plan to increase the availability of high-quality child care in such areas and populations, especially those that are hard-to-serve.
The state shall reserve certain funds to carry out specified activities to increase the quality of child care programs for infants and toddlers in eligible families.
An Indian tribe or tribal organization that receives a grant through an allotment for Indian and Native Hawaiian Child Care shall use the grant funds to provide, by the end of FY2026, access to high-quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate child care for infants and toddlers for eligible families in the tribal community.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4524 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4524
To amend the Social Security Act to provide for mandatory funding, to
ensure that the families that have infants and toddlers, have a family
income of not more than 200 percent of the applicable Federal poverty
guideline, and need child care have access to high-quality infant and
toddler child care by the end of fiscal year 2026, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 10, 2016
Mr. Crowley (for himself and Ms. Frankel of Florida) 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
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act to provide for mandatory funding, to
ensure that the families that have infants and toddlers, have a family
income of not more than 200 percent of the applicable Federal poverty
guideline, and need child care have access to high-quality infant and
toddler child care by the end of fiscal year 2026, and for other
purposes.
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 ``Child Care Access to Resources for
Early-learning Act'' or the ``Child CARE Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to provide funding to ensure that the families that
have infants and toddlers, that have a family income of not
more than 200 percent of the applicable Federal poverty
guideline, and that need child care have access to high-quality
infant and toddler child care by the end of fiscal year 2026,
in order to promote family economic security and parental
employment, to support parents in balancing work and family
obligations, and to promote children's health, early care, and
learning;
(2) to provide sufficient funding to ensure that both
families and child care providers have the resources they need
to support high-quality early care and learning for infants and
toddlers;
(3) to ensure that provider payment rates, for infant and
toddler child care providers, are set at a level high enough to
support high-quality child care for infants and toddlers,
including infants and toddlers with disabilities;
(4) to assist eligible infant and toddler child care
providers in improving the quality of their programs--
(A) by strengthening the skills, competencies, and
compensation of the workforce of those providers, in a
manner aligned with the report entitled ``Transforming
the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A
Unifying Foundation'', issued by the National Academy
of Sciences in April 2015; and
(B) by helping those providers ensure that children
receive the comprehensive services they need, by
coordinating activities with other community service
providers; and
(5) to ensure that high-quality infant and toddler child
care is a strong component of a continuum of quality early care
and learning activities within States and Indian and Native
Hawaiian communities, starting with prenatal care and
continuing through activities in the early school years, with
seamless transitions between programs.
SEC. 3. APPROPRIATION.
Title IV of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting after
section 418 (42 U.S.C. 618) the following:
``SEC. 418A. APPROPRIATION.
``For grants under the Child CARE Act, there is appropriated--
``(1) $3,664,862,604 for fiscal year 2017;
``(2) $4,121,731,861 for fiscal year 2018;
``(3) $4,819,546,318 for fiscal year 2019;
``(4) $5,843,784,371 for fiscal year 2020; and
``(5) $6,887,236,056 for fiscal year 2021.''.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Child care and development fund.--The term ``Child Care
and Development Fund'' means the funds appropriated under the
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
9858 et seq.) and the funds appropriated under section 418 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618).
(2) Eligible family.--The term ``eligible family'' means a
family that has, and needs child care for, an infant or
toddler, and is a low-income family.
(3) Eligible infant or toddler.--The term ``eligible infant
or toddler'' means an infant or toddler from a low-income
family.
(4) Indian; indian tribe.--The terms ``Indian'' and
``Indian tribe'' have the meanings given the terms in section 4
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
(25 U.S.C. 450b).
(5) High-quality.--The term ``high-quality'', used with
respect to child care (including early care and learning),
means child care provided in a manner consistent with the
quality standards described in section 7(a)(3).
(6) Infant or toddler.--The term ``infant or toddler''
means a child under age 4.
(7) Infant or toddler with a disability.--The term ``infant
or toddler with a disability'' has the meaning given the term
in section 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 1432).
(8) Low-income family.--The term ``low-income family''
means a family with a family income of not more than 200
percent of the applicable Federal poverty guideline.
(9) Native hawaiian.--The term ``Native Hawaiian'' has the
meaning given the term in section 6207 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517).
(10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(11) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands of the
United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(12) Tribal organization.--The term ``tribal organization''
has the meaning given the term in section 658P of the Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n).
SEC. 5. FUNDING ALLOTMENTS.
(a) Distribution by Activity.--From the amounts appropriated under
this Act for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall--
(1) reserve a portion for providing the allotments
described in subsection (b) (relating to expanding access to
high-quality child care);
(2) reserve a portion of not less than 2 percent of the
appropriated amounts for providing the allotments described in
subsection (d) (relating to Indian and Native Hawaiian child
care);
(3) reserve a portion, of not more than 0.5 percent of the
appropriated amounts, for carrying out research and evaluation
activities under this Act;
(4) reserve a portion, of not more than 0.5 percent of the
appropriated amounts, for carrying out technical assistance
activities under this Act;
(5) reserve 6 percent of the appropriated amounts for
making grants under subsection (e) (relating to child care
provided during nontraditional and unpredictable hours); and
(6) use the remainder for providing the allotments
described in subsection (c) (relating to maintaining access to
child care).
(b) Allotments for Expanding Access to High-Quality Child Care.--
(1) Allotments.--Using funds reserved under subsection
(a)(1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each
eligible State an amount that bears the same relationship to
the reserved funds as the number of infants and toddlers from
low-income families in the State bears to the total number of
such infants and toddlers in all eligible States.
(2) Use of funds.--A State that receives an allotment under
this subsection shall use the allotment funds--
(A) to expand access to high-quality child care for
infants and toddlers who do not receive child care
funded through the Child Care and Development Fund;
(B) to increase, as described in this Act, the
quality of child care for infants and toddlers who
receive child care funded through the Child Care and
Development Fund;
(C)(i) to support payment rates, for child care
providers that serve infants and toddlers, that reflect
the cost of high-quality child care and are sufficient
to attract, support, and retain providers who meet
quality standards that relate to the unique needs of
infants and toddlers, including infants and toddlers
with disabilities; and
(ii) to increase the compensation of, and provide
other financial incentives for, the highly qualified
infant and toddler child care workforce; and
(D) as otherwise described in section 7.
(c) Allotments for Maintaining Access to Child Care.--
(1) Allotments.--Using the remainder described in
subsection (a)(6) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot
to each eligible State an amount that bears the same
relationship to the reserved funds as the amount the State
receives for the fiscal year under section 418(a)(2)(B) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(B)) bears to the total
amount received by all eligible States under that section.
(2) Use of funds.--A State that receives an allotment under
this subsection shall use the allotment funds in accordance
with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.
(d) Allotments for Indian and Native Hawaiian Child Care.--
(1) Formula.--
(A) In general.--In order to ensure that Indian and
Native Hawaiian children have equal access to high-
quality infant and toddler child care, the Secretary
shall develop a formula for allotting the funds
reserved under subsection (a)(2) to Indian tribes and
tribal organizations.
(B) Formula factors.--In developing the formula,
the Secretary shall--
(i) provide for a level of funding that
will ensure that, by the end of fiscal year
2026, the Indian and Native Hawaiian infants
and toddlers in eligible families will receive
a level of services that is equivalent to the
high-quality child care received by infants and
toddlers in the general population under this
Act;
(ii) take into consideration the unique
needs and circumstances of individuals in
Indian and Native Hawaiian communities, such as
unemployment rates; and
(iii) the cost of providing high-quality
child care that addresses Indian and Native
Hawaiian culture and language.
(2) Use of funds.--An Indian tribe or tribal organization
that receives an allotment under this subsection shall use the
allotment funds as described in section 9.
(e) Grants for Child Care During Unconventional Hours.--
(1) In general.--Using funds reserved under subsection
(a)(5) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may make grants to
States for child care provided during nontraditional and
unpredictable hours.
(2) Adjustments.--The Secretary may adjust the requirement
that providers serving children that require child care during
those hours meet quality standards as described in section
7(a)(3), as necessary to address the need for nontraditional
and unpredictable hours care.
(3) Applicable requirements.--Except as provided in
paragraph (2), a State that receives a grant under this
subsection shall use the grant funds in accordance with the
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
9859 et seq.) and this Act.
SEC. 6. STATE APPLICATION.
(a) In General.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act
through allotments made under subsection (b), (c), or (e) of section 5,
a State shall submit to the Secretary an application, as a supplement
to the State plan described in section 658E of the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c).
(b) Information.--Each such application shall include a description
of each of the following:
(1)(A) How the State will increase the number of high-
quality child care slots for eligible families, to ensure, by
the end of fiscal year 2026, access to high-quality infant and
toddler child care for the eligible families in the State
(referred to in this section as ``universal high-quality child
care'').
(B) The ambitious goals and measurable benchmarks that the
State will use to demonstrate progress toward achieving
universal high-quality child care, including--
(i) substantially increasing the percentage of
eligible families served; and
(ii) addressing the needs identified in the needs
assessment under section 7(a)(4).
(2) How the State will measurably improve, by the end of
fiscal year 2026, the quality of child care available to
children who are infants and toddlers, including such children
who are dual language learners or are children with
disabilities, and the ambitious goals and measurable benchmarks
that the State will use to demonstrate progress toward
achieving this improvement.
(3) How the State will maintain, using the Child Care and
Development Fund and the funds made available under section
5(c), the caseload of children that were served using the Child
Care and Development Fund on the date of enactment of this Act.
(4)(A) How the State will conduct a study on the cost of
high-quality child care for infants and toddlers, at least once
every 3 years, consistent with this supplement--
(i) to determine provider payment rates that are
sufficient--
(I) to ensure fair and competitive
compensation for high-quality infant and
toddler child care providers;
(II) to recognize child care providers who
have the specialized knowledge and competencies
of early childhood educators; and
(III) to recognize child care providers who
offer a rich learning environment, use
evidence-based classroom practices, and have
provider competencies in engaging in
stimulating, warm, and responsive adult-child
interactions, consistent with the program
performance standards referred to in section
641A(a)(1) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.
9836a), appropriate to the age of the child;
and
(ii) to assess the compensation levels necessary to
attract, support, and retain a workforce of child care
providers described in clause (i).
(B) Whether the State proposes to conduct the study
required under subparagraph (A) by carrying out a cost of
quality study or survey that the State is currently conducting,
as a requirement of its State plan under section 658E of the
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
9858c).
(C) How the State will incorporate into the study
information gathered through a public hearing to solicit input
from relevant stakeholders including the infant and toddler
child care workforce.
(D) How the State will use the results of the study to
establish and annually update reimbursement rates for high-
quality infant and toddler child care providers in the State.
(5) How the State will ensure and demonstrate that--
(A) the higher provider payment rates that the
State proposes to pay under this Act are sufficient to
achieve the compensation levels described in paragraph
(4)(A)(ii), and attract, support, and retain child care
providers described in paragraph (4)(A)(i); and
(B) the rates described in subparagraph (A) will
keep pace with inflation.
(6) The need in the State for high-quality child care for
infants and toddlers, based on a needs assessment--
(A) that is conducted prior to the receipt of the
corresponding allotment and at least once every 3 years
consistent with the State plan;
(B) that is conducted by the State Advisory Council
on Early Childhood Education and Care (designated or
established pursuant to section 642B(b)(1)(A)(i) of the
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1)(A)(i))) or
another entity as determined by the State; and
(C) that identifies such need for geographic areas
and special populations of infants and toddlers,
including children with disabilities, homeless
children, children in foster care, children who are
dual language learners, children living in rural areas,
and children whose families work nontraditional hours.
(7) A unified approach to early care and learning that
begins prenatally and supports children and their families at
least until the children enter kindergarten, which includes a
description of how the State will align infant and toddler
child care with--
(A) other early care and learning programs,
including State-supported programs of quality preschool
if applicable; and
(B) programs carried out under section 619 and part
C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et seq.).
(8) How the State will support early childhood educators
and K-3 teachers, including the best practices that the State
will use to support transitions into kindergarten and alignment
of curricula, professional development, and early learning
standards, to reflect an integrated approach to enabling
children to achieve substantial gains in key skill areas across
their development.
(9) How the State will coordinate activities with other
public or private agencies to ensure that, to the extent that
services are available in the community, infants and toddlers
are referred to local agencies or other appropriate providers,
including community-based organizations, for comprehensive
health, mental health, family, and nutrition services similar
to those provided through Early Head Start programs.
(10) How the State will address infant and toddler child
care needs for populations that have acute barriers to
accessing high-quality child care and the State's plan to
increase the supply of high-quality child care slots for
populations for which the unmet need is greatest, including
populations listed in section 658E(c)(2)(M) of the Child Care
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
9858c(c)(2)(M)), with methods such as grants and contracts.
(11) How the State will, at the option of an Indian tribe
or tribal organization in the State, collaborate and coordinate
activities with the Indian tribe or tribal organization in the
development of the State plan.
(12) A plan that describes how the State will ensure
successful engagement by parents and families in their child's
early care and learning and how this plan will promote
engagement that continues from infant and toddler programs into
preschool programs and beyond.
(13) How the State will collaborate and coordinate
activities with early childhood educators and organizations
that foster the professional development and collective
engagement of the child care workforce.
(c) Assurances.--Each such application shall include each of the
following:
(1) An assurance that the State will maintain, using the
Child Care and Development Fund and the funds made available
under section 5(c), the caseload of children that were served
using the Child Care and Development Fund on the date of
enactment of this Act.
(2) An assurance that the State will establish and support
standards for high-quality child care for infants and toddlers
in the State as described in section 7(a)(3).
(3) An assurance that the State will contribute a
percentage toward the cost of activities authorized under
section 5(b), toward the cost of activities authorized under
section 5(c), and toward the cost of activities authorized
under section 5(e), that is equal to the percentage that the
State contributes under section 418(a)(2)(C) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(C)) toward the cost of the
child care authorized under section 418 of that Act (42 U.S.C.
618).
SEC. 7. STATE EXPANSION AND QUALITY ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
(a) Expanding Access to High-Quality Child Care.--
(1) In general.--Using funds made available through an
allotment under section 5(b), the State shall reserve at least
80 percent for direct services provided through grants,
contracts, or certificates, to expand access to high-quality
child care for infants and toddlers and to increase parental
options for and access to such care.
(2) Promotion of quality.--During the period beginning not
later than the date on which the allotment is made and ending
not later than 6 months after that date, and every third year
thereafter, the State shall use the cost of high-quality child
care study, described in section 6(b)(4), to ensure that, for
all infant and toddler child care slots--
(A) the child care is of sufficient quality;
(B) the providers of the care are supported along a
career pathway to achieve higher levels of training and
education; and
(C) provider payment rates are sufficient as
described in section 6(b)(4)(A)(i).
(3) Quality standards.--The State shall ensure that all
infant and toddler child care providers, who participate in
activities funded through the Child Care and Development Fund,
meet quality standards by the end of fiscal year 2026,
including--
(A) ensuring that the providers enable lead
teachers and educators, regardless of setting, to
receive program quality funds reserved under subsection
(b), through grants, contracts, or certificates, to
prepare for meeting higher standards of quality and to
progress through professional development goals; and
(B)(i) offering full-day, full-year care or
otherwise meeting the needs of working families;
(ii) meeting the requirements described in section
6(b)(4)(A)(i)(III);
(iii) ensuring individuals working directly with
infants and toddlers have the qualifications,
knowledge, and skills to promote the healthy social,
emotional, cognitive, and physical development of
children as appropriate to the children's age, and
attain the compensation levels necessary to attract,
support, and retain a well-qualified workforce, in a
manner aligned with the findings in the study entitled
``Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through
Age 8: A Unifying Foundation'', issued by the National
Academy of Sciences in April 2015;
(iv) aligning its activities with the State's Early
Learning and Development Guidelines that apply to
infants and toddlers and the Head Start Early Learning
Outcomes Framework;
(v) coordinating activities with other public or
private agencies to ensure that, to the extent that
services are available in the community, infants and
toddlers are referred to local agencies or other
appropriate providers, including community-based
organizations, for comprehensive health, mental health,
family, and nutrition services, similar to those
provided through Early Head Start programs; and
(vi) engaging with parents in their roles as first
teachers and partnering with parents in their child's
early care and learning and transition to pre-
kindergarten or a Head Start program.
(4) Addressing underserved geographic areas and special
populations.--
(A) Identification.--Based on a valid needs
assessment referred to in section 6(b)(6), the State
shall identify geographic areas and special populations
described in that section.
(B) Increasing availability of child care.--The
State shall develop and implement a plan to increase
the availability of high-quality child care (including
by stabilizing the income of providers of such care)--
(i) in geographic areas and for populations
identified under subparagraph (A); and
(ii) to the extent practicable, in hard-to-
serve areas or populations.
(b) Enhancing the Quality of Infant and Toddler Child Care.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds that the activities described
in paragraph (3) are interconnected and that each of the
activities is critical to enhancing the quality of infant and
toddler child care.
(2) General authority.--The State shall reserve at least 12
percent of funds made available through each allotment made
under subsection (b), (c), or (e) of section 5 to carry out
activities described in paragraph (3), to increase the quality
of child care programs for infants and toddlers in eligible
families.
(3) Activities.--The activities referred to in paragraph
(2) shall consist of--
(A) activities that improve the skills and
competencies of the infant and toddler child care
workforce, including competencies specific to working
with children who are culturally and linguistically
diverse and children with disabilities, by providing a
pathway to higher levels of training and education
consistent with the findings in the National Academy of
Sciences study described in subsection (a)(3)(B)(iii);
(B) activities that support training and technical
assistance through a statewide network of infant and
toddler specialists, infant and early childhood mental
health consultants, or coach mentors, that provide
onsite assistance directly to providers who receive
funds under this Act;
(C) activities that provide startup grants, to
purchase equipment and materials needed to provide
high-quality early care and learning experiences to
infants and toddlers, such as cribs, changing tables,
safety equipment, infant and toddler curricula, and
age- and developmentally-appropriate toys; or
(D) activities that establish networks of family
child care providers to share workforce training and
technical assistance.
(4) Standards.--The State shall use the funds described in
paragraph (2) to ensure that infant and toddler child care
providers meet relevant standards and shall develop statewide
plans to improve the knowledge and competencies of the infant
and toddler child care workforce, by implementing 1 or more of
the activities described in paragraph (3).
(5) Coordination.--The State shall coordinate the
activities carried out under this subsection with other quality
enhancement efforts funded through the Child Care and
Development Fund.
(c) Applicable Requirements.--In carrying out activities under this
section, a State shall comply with the requirements of this Act and the
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et
seq.).
(d) Supplement Not Supplant.--Amounts made available under this Act
shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and
local public funds expended to provide child care for children under
age 13.
SEC. 8. TRIBAL APPLICATION.
To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act through an
allotment made under section 5(d), an Indian tribe or tribal
organization shall submit to the Secretary an application, as a
supplement to the application the tribe or tribal organization submits
under section 658O(c) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m(c)). Each such application shall contain such
information as the Secretary may require, including:
(1) Information demonstrating that the Indian tribe or
tribal organization meets the requirements for a grant or
contract on section 658O(c) of such Act.
(2) At the election of the Indian tribe or tribal
organization, a plan--
(A) to align programs for child care funded through
the Child Care and Development Fund, Head Start
(including Early Head Start) programs, early childhood
home visitation programs under section 511 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711), preschool
programs, and early childhood programs relating to
Indian and Native Hawaiian culture and language, to
create more aligned and seamless early care and
learning in tribal communities; and
(B) to combine funding for the programs described
in subparagraph (A).
(3)(A) Information describing how the Indian tribe or
tribal organization will increase the number of high-quality
child care slots for eligible families with Indian or Native
Hawaiian children, to ensure, by the end of fiscal year 2026,
access to high-quality, culturally and linguistically
appropriate infant and toddler child care for such eligible
families in the tribal community (referred to in this section
as ``universal high-quality child care'').
(B) The ambitious goals and measurable benchmarks that the
Indian tribe or tribal organization will use to demonstrate
progress toward achieving universal high-quality child care.
SEC. 9. TRIBAL EARLY CARE AND LEARNING EXPANSION ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--An Indian tribe or tribal organization that
receives a grant through an allotment made under section 5(d) shall use
the grant funds to provide, by the end of fiscal year 2026, access to
high-quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate child care (or,
in the case of an entity that submits a plan described in section 8(2),
high-quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate early care and
learning) (including related supports) for infants and toddlers for
such eligible families in the tribal community.
(b) Applicable Requirements.--In carrying out activities under this
section, an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall comply with the
requirements of this Act and the Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.).
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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 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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