Seniors Offering Quality Child Care Act of 2005
Latest action · Mar 24, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Seniors Offering Quality Child Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) to: (1) increase the portion of funds States must use for activities to improve the quality of child care services; (2) include among such activities examining methods to increase recruitment, retention, and compensation of child care workers age 55 and older; and (3) exempt allowances, earnings, and payments to such older individuals under CCDBGA from consideration as income in determining eligibility for and amount of income transfer and in-kind aid under any Federal or federally assisted program based on need.
Amends the Social Security Act to exempt compensation for child caregiving services of employees of eligible child care providers from consideration under the Social Security earnings test.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 12, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 12, 2005 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2005 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Mar 24, 2005 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2005 |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred Feb 10, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 24, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Feb 10, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Jan 25, 2005Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 2005Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32817 | Child Care Issues in the 109th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 9, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to increase the availability and affordability of quality child care services by creating incentives for older individuals to join the child care workforce, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Seniors Offering Quality Child Care Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Block grants
- Caregivers
- Child care workers
- Continuing education
- Day care
- Earnings
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Families
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Income
- Labor and Employment
- Literacy programs
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- Older workers
- Preschool education
- Quality of care
- Recruiting of employees
- Social security eligibility
- Social Welfare
- Wages
- Welfare eligibility
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2005Introduced in House
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