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