Building Child Care for a Better Future Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2595 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2595 To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide funding to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access to child care, and the child care workforce, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 2, 2025 Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Salinas, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Chu, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide funding to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access to child care, and the child care workforce, and for other purposes. 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 ``Building Child Care for a Better Future Act''. SEC. 2. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE CHILD CARE ENTITLEMENT TO STATES. (a) In General.--Section 418(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows: ``(3) Appropriation.-- ``(A) In general.--For grants under this section, there are appropriated-- ``(i) for fiscal year 2026, $20,000,000,000; and ``(ii) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2026, the greater of-- ``(I) the amount appropriated under this subparagraph for the previous fiscal year, increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United