Child Care for Every Community Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5658 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5658 To establish universal child care and early learning programs. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2025 Ms. Sherrill (for herself, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Chu, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Balint, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Meng, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Garamendi, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Nadler, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Lieu, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Levin, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Norcross, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Stansbury, and Ms. Brown) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish universal child care and early learning programs. 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 ``Child Care for Every Community Act''. TITLE I--CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES. The purposes of this title are-- (1) to provide all young children with a fair and full opportunity to reach their full potential, by establishing and expanding programs, to create universal, comprehensive child care and early learning programs that are available to all young children; (2) to ensure that families can access affordable, high- quality child care and early learning programs regardless of circumstance; (3) to promote the school readi