[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3562 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3562
To provide supplemental appropriations for the Child Care and
Development Block Grant program, and the Head Start and Early Head
Start programs, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 22, 2020
Mr. Casey (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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A BILL
To provide supplemental appropriations for the Child Care and
Development Block Grant program, and the Head Start and Early Head
Start programs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Child Care Providers and
Families Affected by Coronavirus Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Coronavirus.--The term ``coronavirus'' means
coronavirus as defined in section 506 of the Coronavirus
Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
(Public Law 116-123).
(2) COVID-19 public health emergency.--The term ``COVID-19
national emergency'' means the national emergency declared by
the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to coronavirus.
(3) Eligible child care provider.--The term ``eligible
child care provider'' has the meaning given the term in section
658P of the Child Care Development and Block Grant Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 9858n).
SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
payments to states for the child care and development block grant
For an additional amount for ``Payments to States for the Child
Care and Development Block Grant'', $4,000,000,000, to carry out the
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 by enabling States
to carry out activities including--
(1) providing direct assistance to eligible child care
providers so that reimbursement can be adjusted to be based on
the number of enrolled children, rather than the number of
children in attendance, with such providers, due to the absence
of children or closure of providers, related to the COVID-19
public health emergency;
(2) continuing payments to eligible child care providers
when there are closures related to the emergency;
(3) providing payments to eligible child care providers so
that the providers can provide tuition or copayment assistance
for children whose families are temporarily unable to continue
making tuition payments or copayments due to the emergency;
(4) providing payments to eligible child care providers to
cover the cost of substitute educators who are needed due to
the emergency;
(5) providing payments to eligible child care providers to
provide additional training to staff or to purchase supplies
and services needed to keep the facilities of the eligible
child care providers safe, sanitary, and operational; and
(6) ensuring the children of frontline workers, needed as a
result of the emergency, have access to care.
children and families services programs
For an additional amount for ``Children and Families Services
Programs'', $1,000,000,000 for carrying out the Head Start Act by
assisting Head Start programs (including Early Head Start programs)--
(1) to provide educators with additional training or to
purchase supplies and services needed to keep the facilities of
the programs safe, sanitary, and operational;
(2) to provide mental health supports, needed due to the
COVID-19 public health emergency, to children in the programs
and their families;
(3) to provide services to the children and families
remotely or through alternative delivery methods, including
through the provision of needed technology for programs and
families, due to the emergency;
(4) to continue payments for salaries of staff during
closures, and to provide the staff with hazard pay when
applicable, due to the emergency;
(5) without displacing children eligible for a Head Start
program (including an Early Head Start program), or disrupting
services provided to the families of such children, at the
discretion of the grantee involved, to provide care to children
of frontline workers needed as a result of the emergency
regardless of the eligibility of the children; and
(6) to provide other services needed as a result of the
emergency.
SEC. 4. EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.
The amounts appropriated under section 3 are designated by Congress
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).
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