S846-119

In Committee

Child Care Workforce Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 4, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Child Care Workforce Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Education, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Care Workforce Act.
  • Section id1647f213072145fb9ab3f737c74fd149: 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to establish a pilot program to increase the supply of quality child care services by providing funding to States, Indian...
  • Section id657db545685245f292c754f2df1361b7: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term child care worker means any individual whose primary and daily focus of work is— providing child care services, including...
  • Section id30d1dd7d7e6b44ba89f5c975597705ed: 4. Pilot program The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this Act as the Secretary) shall establish a pilot program to award competitive...
  • Section idf53ad48f39fb43c5a8bb692f5d2ec954: 5. Use of funds Except as provided in subsection (c), a State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization that receives a grant under section 4 shall use the grant...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Child Care Workforce Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Education, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, Child Care Workforce Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Education Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Mar 4, 2025

Mrs. Britt (for herself, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. King, …

Mar 4, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Education Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

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