S 1806 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Child Care for Working Families Act

Introduced Sep 14, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 14, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 14, 2017
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Child Care for Working Families Act

This bill provides additional grant funding for child care and preschool programs. It also modifies various requirements for the programs, including policies regarding compensation and training for employees.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2017 to Jul 23, 2018; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-RIJack ReedOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-CAKamala D. HarrisOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalSep 14, 2017
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalSep 14, 2017
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Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Sep 14, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 14, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 14, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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
SenateDebate and remarks S675Tammy Duckworth D-ILFeb 7, 2018

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 568Child Care for Working Families ActReintroduced BillFeb 26, 2019
HR 3773Child Care for Working Families ActIdentical billSep 14, 2017

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Child Care for Working Families Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 14, 2017Introduced in Senate

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