Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5790 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5790

 To require the reimbursement of State governments, local governments, 
   and school districts by the Government for funds used by them to 
  maintain participation in Head Start and Early Head Start during a 
                          Government shutdown.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2025

 Ms. Waters (for herself, Mr. Amo, Ms. Ansari, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, 
  Mr. Bishop, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carson, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Craig, Ms. 
      Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Evans of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Mr. Figures, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of 
  Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Vicente 
Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs. McClain 
Delaney, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, 
 Mr. Panetta, Ms. Randall, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Thompson of 
Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Vargas, 
  Ms. Velazquez, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the reimbursement of State governments, local governments, 
   and school districts by the Government for funds used by them to 
  maintain participation in Head Start and Early Head Start during a 
                          Government shutdown.

    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 ``Head Start Shutdown Protection Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS USED TO MAINTAIN 
              PARTICIPATION IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM, AND THE EARLY 
              HEAD START PROGRAM, DURING LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
              SUCH PROGRAMS IN A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    A State, local government, or school district that uses its funds 
to maintain participation in the head start program, or the early head 
start program, under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) during 
any period of a Government shutdown in which there is a lapse in 
Federal appropriations for such program shall be entitled to 
reimbursement of such funds by the Government after the end of such 
shutdown.
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