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Child Care is Infrastructure Act

Last Action
3/17/2021

Actions

  • 2021-03-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 2021-03-16Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
  • 2021-03-16Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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.
  • 2021-03-16Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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.
  • 2021-03-16Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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.
  • 2021-03-16Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, 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.
  • 2021-03-16Introduced in House
  • 2021-03-16Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2021-03-16 (00)

Child Care is Infrastructure Act

This bill establishes grants for child care facilities and higher education loan repayment and scholarship programs for child care educators, among other provisions.

The Administration for Children and Families must conduct long- and short-term assessments of child care infrastructure, including the effect of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on such facilities. The bill provides grants to (1) states to acquire, construct, or improve child care facilities; and (2) intermediary organizations with demonstrated experience in child care facilities financing to develop or finance child care facilities.

The bill further provides for education loan repayments of up to $6,000 per year for up to five years for early childhood educators who agree to work for certain child care providers. Additionally, the bill establishes a program for institutions of higher education to award grants of up to $3,000 per academic year to individuals who are enrolled in early childhood educator programs and agree to serve in a state-licensed early learning program.

Finally, the bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2027 supports for campus-based child care for low-income parents enrolled in institutions of higher education and requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to consider early learning facilities in planning and implementation grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.

Cosponsors (20)

  • Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
  • Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
  • Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
  • Paul Tonko (D-NY)
  • Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
  • Cheri Bustos (D-IL)
  • Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
  • SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
  • Ann Kuster (D-NH)
  • Lois Frankel (D-FL)
  • Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
  • Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
  • Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
  • Katie Porter (D-CA)
  • Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
  • Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
  • Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
  • BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
  • Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
  • Marie Newman (D-IL)

Subjects

  • Building construction
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Child care and development
  • Child health
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Community life and organization
  • Congressional oversight
  • Education of the disadvantaged
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Higher education
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Interest, dividends, interest rates
  • Labor standards
  • Performance measurement
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