HR 1364 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Child Care for Working Families Act

Introduced Feb 26, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA

Latest action · Feb 26, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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.

IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Child Care for Working Families Act

This bill provides funds and otherwise revises certain child care and early learning programs for low- to moderate-income families.

Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program and reestablishes it as a child care and development assistance program. It also allocates program funds for states to provide services and support to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities.

Further, it revises the program to require each state to, among other things

create a tiered and transparent system for measuring the quality of child care providers, which must include evidence-based standards and payment rates that are based on a certain cost estimation model;
assure that copayments are based on a sliding scale and that no family receiving assistance pays more than 7% of their household income on child care; and
use quality child care amounts for certain activities, such as improving the supply of child care providers who provide care to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities (e.g., professional development).

It also provides funds and establishes grants for states to create preschool programs for low- to moderate-income children between the ages of three and five years.

Finally, the Department of Health and Human Services must make grants to Head Start agencies to (1) provide children with access to full-school-year and full-school-day services, (2) provide access to additional service hours for migrant and seasonal agencies, or (3) enhance the quality of existing services.

Cosponsors 176

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2019 to Mar 31, 2020; 98 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-FL	Charlie Crist	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Katie Hill	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Lauren Underwood	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Katie Porter		Feb 27, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 4, 2019
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 4, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Mar 4, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Mar 4, 2019
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Mar 4, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Mar 4, 2019
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Mar 6, 2019
D-WA	Adam Smith		Mar 6, 2019
D-IN	André Carson		Mar 6, 2019
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Mar 6, 2019
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Mar 6, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		Mar 8, 2019
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Mar 8, 2019
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Mar 8, 2019
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Mar 8, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Mar 8, 2019
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Mar 21, 2019
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Mar 21, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto		Mar 21, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Mar 21, 2019
D-CT	James A. Himes		Mar 21, 2019
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 21, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Mar 21, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Mar 21, 2019
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Mar 21, 2019
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Mar 21, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Mar 25, 2019
D-MD	David J. Trone		Mar 25, 2019
D-NV	Dina Titus		Mar 25, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi		Mar 25, 2019
D-MN	Angie Craig		Apr 1, 2019
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Apr 1, 2019
D-GA	David Scott		Apr 1, 2019
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Apr 1, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Apr 8, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Apr 8, 2019
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Apr 8, 2019
D-PA	Dwight Evans		May 1, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		May 1, 2019
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		May 1, 2019
D-CA	Karen Bass		May 24, 2019
D-KS	Sharice Davids		May 24, 2019
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		May 28, 2019
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Jun 10, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jun 18, 2019
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Jun 18, 2019
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jun 18, 2019
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Jul 12, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jul 12, 2019
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Aug 30, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Sep 16, 2019
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Sep 16, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Sep 24, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose		Sep 24, 2019
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Sep 24, 2019
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Oct 4, 2019
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Oct 4, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Oct 4, 2019
D-MA	William R. Keating		Oct 21, 2019
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Nov 1, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder		Nov 1, 2019
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Nov 13, 2019
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Nov 13, 2019
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Nov 13, 2019
D-IL	Sean Casten		Nov 13, 2019
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Dec 4, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Dec 4, 2019
D-GA	John Lewis		Dec 4, 2019
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Dec 4, 2019
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Dec 17, 2019
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Dec 17, 2019
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Jan 24, 2020
D-IL	Bill Foster		Feb 21, 2020
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Feb 21, 2020
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Mar 31, 2020

Committees 1

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 Feb 26, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 26, 2019Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 35, February 26, 2019, page H2234.

Related bills 3

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 568	Child Care for Working Families Act	Related bill	Feb 26, 2019
HR 3773	Child Care for Working Families Act	Reintroduction of	Sep 14, 2017
HR 8004	To amend the Head Start Act to extend the duration of grants under such Act, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Aug 11, 2020

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 and the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) 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.

Feb 26, 2019Introduced in House

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