Federal Worker Childcare Protection Act of 2025

Federal Worker Childcare Protection Act of 2025

This bill authorizes certain federal employees to be reimbursed for childcare expenses paid during the government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025.

Under the bill, any federal employee who was furloughed or worked without receiving a paycheck during the lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) that began on October 1, 2025, and paid for childcare during the lapse is eligible to be reimbursed for the childcare expenses if (1) appropriations are provided for this purpose, and (2) the employee submits a receipt from a childcare provider to the General Services Administration. 

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5720 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5720

  To provide reimbursement to certain Federal employees for childcare 
   expenses during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about 
                            October 1, 2025.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2025

Ms. Omar (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of 
Louisiana, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Evans 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. Meeks, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, 
 Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Ruiz, 
    Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Simon, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Watson 
 Coleman, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide reimbursement to certain Federal employees for childcare 
   expenses during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about 
                            October 1, 2025.

    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 ``Federal Worker Childcare Protection 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CHILDCARE REIMBURSEMENT.

    Any Federal employee who is furloughed or working without receiving 
a paycheck during the lapse in appropriations beginning on or about 
October 1, 2025, and paying for childcare during such lapse shall 
receive reimbursement for such care--
            (1) subject to appropriations; and
            (2) if such an employee can provide documentation to the 
        General Services Administration in the form a of a receipt from 
        a childcare provider.
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