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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1889
5	5	To require that States that receive a grant under the Child Care and Develop-
6	6	ment Block Grant Act of 1990, will not prohibit licensed child care
7	7	providers from performing simple food preparation of fruits and vegeta-
8	8	bles.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	MARCH5, 2025
11	11	Ms. P
12	12	EREZ(for herself, Ms. FOXX, Mrs. KIM, and Mr. GRAY) introduced the
13	13	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
14	14	Workforce
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To require that States that receive a grant under the Child
17	17	Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, will
18	18	not prohibit licensed child care providers from per-
19	19	forming simple food preparation of fruits and vegetables.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cutting Red Tape on 4
24	24	Child Care Providers Act of 2025’’. 5
25	25	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
26	26	The Congress finds the following: 7
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30	30	(1) Access to minimally processed fruits, vege-1
31	31	tables, nuts and seeds is crucial for the development 2
32	32	and well-being of children. 3
33	33	(2) Licensed child care providers often face re-4
34	34	strictions on food preparation that limit their ability 5
35	35	to serve fresh fruits and vegetables. 6
36	36	(3) Home and family based child care options, 7
37	37	(estimated to serve about
38	38	1
39	39	⁄4of families), have seen 8
40	40	steady declines over the past decade. While this de-9
41	41	creases child care choices for all families, it dis-10
42	42	proportionately impacts low-income and rural fami-11
43	43	lies and those requiring daycare at non-traditional 12
44	44	times because of shift work. 13
45	45	(4) Complicated and burdensome regulations 14
46	46	are more challenging for home-based providers and 15
47	47	are likely a part of the reason these centers are de-16
48	48	clining. 17
49	49	(5) Current regulations can make it easier to 18
50	50	open a pre-packaged, often ultra-processed, snack 19
51	51	than it is to, for example, peel a banana. This un-20
52	52	dermines the ability of child care providers to pro-21
53	53	vide basic nutrition to our kids. 22
54	54	(6) Simplifying regulations to encourage simple 23
55	55	food preparation of minimally processed agricultural 24
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59	59	products can improve nutritional outcomes for chil-1
60	60	dren. 2
61	61	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 3
62	62	For purposes of this Act and the amendment made 4
63	63	by this Act, the term ‘‘simple food preparation’’ means 5
64	64	the basic preparation of fruits and vegetables, including 6
65	65	washing, peeling, cutting, and serving raw or minimally 7
66	66	processed produce. 8
67	67	SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF BARRIERS UNDER THE CHILD 9
68	68	CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 10
69	69	ACT OF 1990. 11
70	70	Section 658E(c)(2)(F) of the Child Care and Devel-12
71	71	opment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(2)(F)) 13
72	72	is amended by adding at the end the following: 14
73	73	‘‘(iii) P
74	74	ROHIBITION OF BARRIERS .— 15
75	75	The State shall not create any barriers on 16
76	76	the simple preparation of fresh fruits and 17
77	77	vegetables for facilities, licensed or licensed 18
78	78	exempt.’’. 19
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