HR 2377 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

FOCUS Act

Introduced Jun 5, 2003 Originated House Sponsor George Miller D-CA

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Latest action · Jun 30, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 5, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Focus On Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children's Sake Act (FOCUS Act) - Establishes: (1) the Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program; and (2) the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot funds to eligible States (and Indian tribes and tribal organizations) for distribution directly, or at State option through local governments, to pay the Federal share of the cost of making grants to eligible child care providers under both such programs.

Healthy Early Education Workforce Grant Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary to allot funds to eligible States (and Indian tribes and tribal organizations) to pay for the Federal share of the cost of providing access to affordable health benefits coverage for: (1) eligible child care providers; and (2) at State option, the spouses, domestic partners, and dependents of such providers. Directs the Secretary to conduct an evaluation of several such funded State programs representing various approaches to increasing the rate of coverage for child care providers.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 5, 2003 to Jul 13, 2004; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalJun 5, 2003
R-PATodd Russell PlattsOriginalJun 5, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 9, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieJun 9, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostJun 11, 2003
D-CAAdam B. SchiffJun 16, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumJun 16, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneJun 16, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkJun 16, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyJun 16, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownJun 17, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyJun 19, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaJun 23, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerJun 23, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeJun 23, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinJun 24, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerJul 8, 2003
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesJul 15, 2003
D-NCBrad MillerJul 13, 2004

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 5, 2003
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Jun 30, 2003
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Jun 30, 2003
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jun 5, 2003

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 30, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Jun 30, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  3. Jun 5, 2003Introduced in House
  4. Jun 5, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1162)
  5. Jun 5, 2003Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1162George Miller D-CAJun 5, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1198FOCUS ActIdentical billJun 5, 2003

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish the Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and a program of child care provider health benefits coverage, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
FOCUS Act
Focus On Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children's Sake Act
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
Healthy Early Education Workforce Grant Program Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 5, 2003Introduced in House

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