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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 646 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a grant program to address the crises in accessing affordable |
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| 6 | 6 | | housing and child care through the co-location of housing and child |
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| 7 | 7 | | care, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ONAMICI(for herself, Ms. TITUS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | ANETTA, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania, Mrs. |
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| 15 | 15 | | AYES, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. BYNUM, Mrs. |
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| 17 | 17 | | INGELL, Mr. KEATING, Ms. GARCIAof Texas, Mr. EVANSof Pennsyl- |
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| 18 | 18 | | vania, Ms. J |
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| 19 | 19 | | ACOBS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Ms. T |
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| 21 | 21 | | OKUDA, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. ROSS, Ms. CLARKEof New York, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Mr. L |
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| 23 | 23 | | ANDSMAN, Ms. CASTORof Florida, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. HOYLEof |
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| 24 | 24 | | Oregon, and Ms. D |
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| 25 | 25 | | EXTER) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 26 | 26 | | ferred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the |
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| 27 | 27 | | Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter- |
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| 28 | 28 | | mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 29 | 29 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 30 | 30 | | A BILL |
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| 31 | 31 | | To establish a grant program to address the crises in access- |
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| 32 | 32 | | ing affordable housing and child care through the co- |
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| 33 | 33 | | location of housing and child care, and for other pur- |
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| 34 | 34 | | poses. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 41 | 41 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Build Housing with 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Care Act of 2025’’. 3 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 4 |
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| 44 | 44 | | The purpose of this Act is to expand access to afford-5 |
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| 45 | 45 | | able housing and child care through the establishment of 6 |
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| 46 | 46 | | a grant program to promote the co-location of housing and 7 |
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| 47 | 47 | | child care providers. 8 |
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| 48 | 48 | | SEC. 3. HOUSING AND CHILD CARE PROVIDER CO-LOCA-9 |
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| 49 | 49 | | TION GRANT PROGRAM. 10 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (a) E |
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| 51 | 51 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Housing 11 |
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| 52 | 52 | | and Urban Development shall establish a program (here-12 |
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| 53 | 53 | | after in this section referred to as ‘‘the Program’’) to 13 |
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| 54 | 54 | | award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities 14 |
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| 55 | 55 | | to facilitate the design, planning, construction, conversion, 15 |
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| 56 | 56 | | retrofitting, preservation, or renovation of a co-location fa-16 |
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| 57 | 57 | | cility. 17 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (b) C |
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| 59 | 59 | | ONSULTATION.—In developing the Program, the 18 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Secretary shall consult with— 19 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-20 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ices, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the 21 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Administration for Children and Families; 22 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) the Secretary of the Treasury, acting 23 |
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| 65 | 65 | | through the Director of the Community Develop-24 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ment Financial Institutions Fund; and 25 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (3) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 1 |
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| 71 | 71 | | the Under Secretary for Rural Development. 2 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (c) A |
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| 73 | 73 | | PPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 3 |
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| 74 | 74 | | under the Program, an eligible entity shall submit to the 4 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 5 |
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| 76 | 76 | | and containing such information as the Secretary deter-6 |
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| 77 | 77 | | mines appropriate, including the following: 7 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (1) A certification that the eligible child care 8 |
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| 79 | 79 | | provider associated with such application is eligible 9 |
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| 80 | 80 | | to receive vouchers or assistance under the Child 10 |
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| 81 | 81 | | Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 11 |
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| 82 | 82 | | U.S.C. 9857 et seq.), or in the case of an application 12 |
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| 83 | 83 | | to construct a new facility, or an application when 13 |
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| 84 | 84 | | the eligible entity intends to subgrant or capitalize 14 |
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| 85 | 85 | | amounts provided, a commitment to— 15 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (A) establish a partnership with an eligible 16 |
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| 87 | 87 | | child care provider not later than 1 year after 17 |
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| 88 | 88 | | the date on which funding is received; 18 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (B) submit to the Secretary a certification 19 |
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| 90 | 90 | | of such eligibility of said provider to receive 20 |
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| 91 | 91 | | vouchers or assistance under the Child Care 21 |
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| 92 | 92 | | and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 22 |
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| 93 | 93 | | U.S.C. 9857 et seq.); and 23 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (C) clearly establish a project pipeline, and 24 |
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| 95 | 95 | | submission of a certification to the Secretary 25 |
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| 99 | 99 | | that a child care provider associated with a co- 1 |
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| 100 | 100 | | location facility project receives vouchers or as-2 |
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| 101 | 101 | | sistance under the Child Care and Development 3 |
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| 102 | 102 | | Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et 4 |
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| 103 | 103 | | seq.) or the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 5 |
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| 104 | 104 | | seq.). 6 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (2) A certification that activities funded by 7 |
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| 106 | 106 | | grant amounts will not result in the eviction of resi-8 |
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| 107 | 107 | | dents of the housing facility associated with such ap-9 |
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| 108 | 108 | | plication. 10 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (3) A description of a plan to inform and en-11 |
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| 110 | 110 | | gage residents of the housing facility associated with 12 |
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| 111 | 111 | | such application about the proposed use of grant 13 |
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| 112 | 112 | | amounts. 14 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (4) A certification of compliance with required 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | Federal, State, and local environmental laws and 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | State and local land use policies, unless the eligible 17 |
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| 116 | 116 | | entity— 18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (A) intends to use grant amounts to facili-19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | tate the planning or design required for permit 20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | approval; or 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (B) demonstrates that the construction, 22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | preservation, conversion, retrofitting, or renova-23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | tion of an existing facility does not require envi-24 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ronmental review. 25 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (5) A business plan for the eligible child care 1 |
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| 128 | 128 | | provider associated with such application, submitted 2 |
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| 129 | 129 | | at the time of application or not later than 1 year 3 |
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| 130 | 130 | | after the date on which the application is submitted, 4 |
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| 131 | 131 | | including— 5 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (A) a budget or, in the case of a new eligi-6 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ble child care provider, a proposed budget; 7 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (B) appropriate State and local licensing 8 |
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| 135 | 135 | | or, in the case of a new eligible child care pro-9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | vider, a copy of the application of such provider 10 |
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| 137 | 137 | | for appropriate State and local licensing; and 11 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (C) copies of contracts between such pro-12 |
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| 139 | 139 | | vider and a local, county, regional, State, or 13 |
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| 140 | 140 | | Federal governmental entity, to facilitate— 14 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (i) the business operations of such 15 |
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| 142 | 142 | | provider; or 16 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (ii) the enrollment of children from 17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | low-income families with such provider. 18 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (d) A |
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| 146 | 146 | | WARDING OFGRANTS.— 19 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (1) P |
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| 148 | 148 | | RIORITY.—In awarding grants under the 20 |
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| 149 | 149 | | Program, the Secretary shall give priority to each el-21 |
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| 150 | 150 | | igible entity that demonstrates that the eligible child 22 |
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| 151 | 151 | | care provider associated with the application of such 23 |
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| 152 | 152 | | entity will— 24 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (A) operate in a child care desert, in a low- 1 |
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| 157 | 157 | | income community, or a rural area as deter-2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | mined by the Secretary; 3 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (B) certify designation as a Head Start 4 |
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| 160 | 160 | | provider, Early Head Start Provider, Migrant 5 |
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| 161 | 161 | | and Seasonal Head Start Provider, American 6 |
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| 162 | 162 | | Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Provider, 7 |
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| 163 | 163 | | or enroll at least 10 percent of children from 8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | very-low income families; or 9 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (C) demonstrate a partnership with a com-10 |
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| 166 | 166 | | munity development financial institution, in-11 |
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| 167 | 167 | | cluding through the provision of financial or 12 |
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| 168 | 168 | | technical assistance. 13 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (2) G |
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| 170 | 170 | | RANT AMOUNTS.—An eligible entity may 14 |
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| 171 | 171 | | be awarded not more than $10,000,000 under this 15 |
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| 172 | 172 | | Act. 16 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (e) U |
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| 174 | 174 | | SE OFAMOUNTS.— 17 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (1) An eligible entity may only use grant 18 |
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| 176 | 176 | | amounts provided under the Program to facilitate 19 |
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| 177 | 177 | | the design, planning, construction, acquisition, pres-20 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ervation, conversion, retrofitting, long-term leasing, 21 |
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| 179 | 179 | | or renovation of a new or existing co-location facil-22 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ity. 23 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (2) An eligible entity receiving a grant under 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | this section may distribute grant amounts to a gov-25 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ernment entity, a nonprofit organization that devel-1 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ops housing, a public housing agency, a Tribally des-2 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ignated housing entity, or other appropriate entity 3 |
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| 189 | 189 | | as determined by the Secretary, to carry out activi-4 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ties in accordance with this section. 5 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (3) A community development financial institu-6 |
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| 192 | 192 | | tion receiving a grant under this section may cap-7 |
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| 193 | 193 | | italize amount received to create financial products, 8 |
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| 194 | 194 | | including loans, to carry out activities in accordance 9 |
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| 195 | 195 | | with this section. 10 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (4) An eligible entity may use— 11 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (A) not more than 10 percent of amounts 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | awarded to facilitate the pre-development phase 13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | of a new facility, including planning and design; 14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | and 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (B) not more than 10 percent of amounts 16 |
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| 202 | 202 | | awarded to partner with a community develop-17 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ment financial institution that provides tech-18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | nical assistance and capacity building to help 19 |
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| 205 | 205 | | the eligible entity to submit applications to the 20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | Program, support an eligible child care provider 21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | that is home-based with meeting relevant State 22 |
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| 208 | 208 | | and local licensing and quality standards, and 23 |
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| 209 | 209 | | conduct pre-development activities. 24 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (f) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide tech-1 |
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| 214 | 214 | | nical assistance and publish best practices online to facili-2 |
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| 215 | 215 | | tate the operation of co-location facilities. 3 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (g) R |
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| 217 | 217 | | EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 4 |
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| 218 | 218 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 5 |
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| 219 | 219 | | thereafter for the duration of the Program, the Secretary 6 |
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| 220 | 220 | | shall submit a report to the Committees on Financial 7 |
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| 221 | 221 | | Services and Education and Workforce of the House of 8 |
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| 222 | 222 | | Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Hous-9 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ing, and Urban Affairs and Health, Education, Labor, and 10 |
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| 224 | 224 | | Pensions of the Senate regarding the implementation of 11 |
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| 225 | 225 | | the Program, including— 12 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (1) the number of grants awarded; 13 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (2) a description of the activities funded; 14 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (3) the number of child care slots created, in-15 |
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| 229 | 229 | | cluding the number of child care slots serving chil-16 |
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| 230 | 230 | | dren from low-income families or children who are 17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | dual language learners; 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (4) the number of child care slots preserved 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | that were at risk of elimination due to a child care 20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | center closing or proposed price increases; 21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (5) the number and percentage of residents in 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | a co-location facility that use or are employed by the 23 |
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| 237 | 237 | | associated child care program; 24 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (6) the number of staff employed by the child 1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | care provider; 2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (7) demographic data of residents of housing 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | facilities associated with the Program; 4 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (8) the number and type of projects facilitated 5 |
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| 246 | 246 | | through eligible uses of amounts described in sub-6 |
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| 247 | 247 | | sections (e)(2) and (e)(3); 7 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (9) the number of early childhood providers 8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | supported with funds from the program; and 9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (10) the number of eligible entities of each type 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | that receive grant funding under the Program. 11 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (h) A |
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| 253 | 253 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 12 |
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| 254 | 254 | | authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 13 |
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| 255 | 255 | | $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2030. 14 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (i) D |
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| 257 | 257 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (1) C |
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| 259 | 259 | | AREGIVER.—The term ‘‘caregiver’’ has the 16 |
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| 260 | 260 | | meaning given such term in section 658P of the 17 |
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| 261 | 261 | | Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 18 |
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| 262 | 262 | | 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). 19 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (2) E |
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| 264 | 264 | | LIGIBLE CHILD CARE PROVIDER .—The 20 |
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| 265 | 265 | | term ‘‘eligible child care provider’’ has the meaning 21 |
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| 266 | 266 | | given that term under section 658P of the Child 22 |
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| 267 | 267 | | Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 23 |
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| 268 | 268 | | U.S.C. 9858n). 24 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (3) CHILD CARE DESERT .—The term ‘‘child 1 |
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| 273 | 273 | | care desert’’ means a census tract that contains not 2 |
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| 274 | 274 | | less than 3 times more children than the licensed 3 |
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| 275 | 275 | | child care providers in such census tract have the ca-4 |
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| 276 | 276 | | pacity to care for, or a census tract where there are 5 |
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| 277 | 277 | | no licensed child care providers. 6 |
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| 278 | 278 | | (4) C |
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| 279 | 279 | | O-LOCATION FACILITY.—The term ‘‘co-lo-7 |
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| 280 | 280 | | cation facility’’ means a housing facility that con-8 |
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| 281 | 281 | | tains an eligible child care provider within, on the 9 |
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| 282 | 282 | | premises of such facility or nearby such facility, 10 |
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| 283 | 283 | | where such provider serves the residents of such 11 |
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| 284 | 284 | | housing facility. 12 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (5) C |
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| 286 | 286 | | OMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL IN -13 |
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| 287 | 287 | | STITUTION.—The term ‘‘community development fi-14 |
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| 288 | 288 | | nancial institution’’ has the meaning given such 15 |
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| 289 | 289 | | term in section 103 of the Community Development 16 |
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| 290 | 290 | | Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 17 |
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| 291 | 291 | | U.S.C. 4702). 18 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (6) C |
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| 293 | 293 | | OMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORA -19 |
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| 294 | 294 | | TION.—The term ‘‘community development corpora-20 |
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| 295 | 295 | | tion’’ has the same meaning as when used in the 21 |
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| 296 | 296 | | Cranston-Gonzalex National Affordable Housing 22 |
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| 297 | 297 | | Act. 23 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (7) C |
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| 299 | 299 | | OMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR -24 |
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| 300 | 300 | | GANIZATION.—The term ‘‘community housing devel-25 |
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| 304 | 304 | | opment organization’’ has the meaning given in the 1 |
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| 305 | 305 | | Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 2 |
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| 306 | 306 | | of 1990. 3 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (8) E |
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| 308 | 308 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-4 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ty’’ means— 5 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (A) a community development financial in-6 |
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| 311 | 311 | | stitution; 7 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (B) an eligible child care provider; 8 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (C) a public housing authority; 9 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (D) a government entity including a public 10 |
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| 315 | 315 | | housing agency; 11 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (E) an Indian Tribe or a Tribal organiza-12 |
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| 317 | 317 | | tion; 13 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (F) a community development corporation; 14 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (G) a housing developer using— 15 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (i) low income housing tax credits; or 16 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (ii) new market tax credits; 17 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (H) a nonprofit organization that develops 18 |
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| 323 | 323 | | housing; 19 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (I) community housing development orga-20 |
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| 325 | 325 | | nization; 21 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (J) a consortia of 2 or more entities under 22 |
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| 327 | 327 | | this paragraph; or 23 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (K) another entity identified as appro-24 |
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| 329 | 329 | | priate by the Secretary. 25 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (9) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION .— 1 |
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| 334 | 334 | | The terms ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ and ‘‘Tribal organiza-2 |
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| 335 | 335 | | tion’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 3 |
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| 336 | 336 | | 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 4 |
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| 337 | 337 | | Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304) and shall include 5 |
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| 338 | 338 | | tribally designated housing entities (as such term is 6 |
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| 339 | 339 | | defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing 7 |
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| 340 | 340 | | Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 8 |
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| 341 | 341 | | U.S.C. 4103)) and entities that serve Native Hawai-9 |
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| 342 | 342 | | ians (as such term is defined in section 338K(c) of 10 |
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| 343 | 343 | | the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254s(c))). 11 |
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| 345 | 345 | | OW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘‘low-in-12 |
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| 346 | 346 | | come family’’ has the meaning given such term in 13 |
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| 347 | 347 | | section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 14 |
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| 348 | 348 | | 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 15 |
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| 350 | 350 | | UBLIC HOUSING AGENCY .—The term 16 |
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| 351 | 351 | | ‘‘public housing agency’’ has the meaning given such 17 |
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| 352 | 352 | | term in section 3(b)(6) of the United States Hous-18 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)). 19 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (12) V |
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| 355 | 355 | | ERY LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term 20 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ‘‘very low-income family’’ has the meaning given 21 |
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| 357 | 357 | | such term in section 3(b) of the United States Hous-22 |
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| 358 | 358 | | ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 23 |
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| 363 | 363 | | ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUS-2 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ING. 3 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (a) S |
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| 366 | 366 | | TUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 4 |
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| 367 | 367 | | States shall conduct a study regarding the availability and 5 |
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| 368 | 368 | | affordability of child care for residents of public housing 6 |
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| 369 | 369 | | dwelling units, that shall include— 7 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (1) a description of how amounts from the fol-8 |
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| 371 | 371 | | lowing programs have been used by eligible child 9 |
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| 372 | 372 | | care providers to establish, renovate, or improve fa-10 |
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| 373 | 373 | | cilities— 11 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (A) Community Development Block Grant 12 |
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| 375 | 375 | | funds; 13 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (B) New Market Tax Credits; 14 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (C) Community Development Financial In-15 |
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| 378 | 378 | | stitution Program funds; 16 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (D) Low Income Housing Tax Credits; 17 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (E) Capital Management Fund funds; or 18 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (F) HOME Investment Partnerships Pro-19 |
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| 382 | 382 | | gram funds; 20 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (2) an evaluation of the effects of housing and 21 |
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| 384 | 384 | | child care costs on the economic outlook of residents 22 |
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| 385 | 385 | | of public housing dwelling units; 23 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (3) an evaluation of what percentage of resi-24 |
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| 387 | 387 | | dents of public housing dwelling units are both— 25 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (A) cost-burdened, as defined by the Sec-1 |
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| 392 | 392 | | retary of Housing and Urban Development; and 2 |
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| 393 | 393 | | (B) part of a household where not less 3 |
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| 394 | 394 | | than 7 percent of the income of such household 4 |
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| 395 | 395 | | is spent on child care; 5 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (4) identification and analysis of State or local 6 |
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| 397 | 397 | | laws that are barriers to building or maintaining a 7 |
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| 398 | 398 | | facility for use by eligible child care providers within 8 |
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| 399 | 399 | | or near a public housing dwelling unit; 9 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (5) an assessment of how housing assistance 10 |
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| 401 | 401 | | provided under the program for rental assistance 11 |
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| 402 | 402 | | under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 12 |
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| 403 | 403 | | 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) affects the ability of resi-13 |
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| 404 | 404 | | dents of public housing dwelling units to afford child 14 |
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| 405 | 405 | | care and other essential expenses, including— 15 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (A) food; 16 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (B) telecommunications services and equip-17 |
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| 408 | 408 | | ment such as broadband internet connectivity 18 |
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| 409 | 409 | | and cellular phones; and 19 |
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| 410 | 410 | | (C) means of transportation such as auto-20 |
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| 411 | 411 | | mobiles, bicycles, or public transportation; 21 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (6) an evaluation of the efficacy of the Child 22 |
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| 413 | 413 | | and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Earned Income 23 |
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| 414 | 414 | | Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Dependent Care 24 |
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| 418 | 418 | | Flexible Spending Account for residents of public 1 |
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| 419 | 419 | | housing dwelling units, including— 2 |
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| 420 | 420 | | (A) the degree of public knowledge about 3 |
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| 421 | 421 | | such programs; 4 |
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| 422 | 422 | | (B) the degree of success of outreach or 5 |
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| 423 | 423 | | public education programs regarding such pro-6 |
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| 424 | 424 | | grams; and 7 |
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| 425 | 425 | | (C) an assessment of the sufficiency of 8 |
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| 426 | 426 | | each program to cover the costs of child care; 9 |
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| 427 | 427 | | (7) an evaluation of the extent that residents of 10 |
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| 428 | 428 | | public housing dwelling units receive information re-11 |
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| 429 | 429 | | garding child care resources from Federal agencies 12 |
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| 430 | 430 | | or public housing agencies; and 13 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (8) recommendations to improve access to child 14 |
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| 432 | 432 | | care within and near public housing dwelling units 15 |
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| 433 | 433 | | and to improve awareness of the availability of Fed-16 |
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| 434 | 434 | | eral programs to assist with the costs of housing and 17 |
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| 435 | 435 | | child care. 18 |
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| 436 | 436 | | (b) R |
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| 437 | 437 | | EPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the 19 |
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| 438 | 438 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 20 |
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| 439 | 439 | | shall submit a report to the Committees on Financial 21 |
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| 440 | 440 | | Services and Education and Workforce of the House of 22 |
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| 441 | 441 | | Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Hous-23 |
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| 442 | 442 | | ing, and Urban Affairs and Health, Education, Labor, and 24 |
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| 446 | 446 | | Pensions of the Senate, describing the results and conclu-1 |
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| 447 | 447 | | sions of the study required in subsection (a). 2 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (c) D |
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| 449 | 449 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (1) E |
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| 451 | 451 | | LIGIBLE CHILD CARE PROVIDER .—The 4 |
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| 452 | 452 | | term ‘‘eligible child care provider’’ has the meaning 5 |
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| 453 | 453 | | given such term in section 658P of the Child Care 6 |
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| 454 | 454 | | and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 7 |
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| 455 | 455 | | U.S.C. 9858n). 8 |
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| 456 | 456 | | (2) P |
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| 457 | 457 | | UBLIC HOUSING DWELLING UNIT .—The 9 |
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| 458 | 458 | | term ‘‘public housing dwelling unit’’ means a dwell-10 |
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| 459 | 459 | | ing unit assisted under the public housing program 11 |
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| 460 | 460 | | under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 12 |
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| 461 | 461 | | U.S.C. 1437 et seq.). 13 |
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| 462 | 462 | | (3) P |
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| 463 | 463 | | UBLIC HOUSING AGENCY .—The term 14 |
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| 464 | 464 | | ‘‘public housing agency’’ has the meaning given such 15 |
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| 465 | 465 | | term in section 3(b)(6) of the United States Hous-16 |
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