Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1889 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1889 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 performing simple food preparation of fruits and vegetables. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2025 Ms. Perez (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 performing simple food preparation of fruits and vegetables. 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 ``Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) Access to minimally processed fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds is crucial for the development and well-being of children. (2) Licensed child care providers often face restrictions on food preparation that limit their ability to serve fresh fruits and vegetables. (3) Home and family based child care options, (estimated to serve about \1/4\ of families), have seen steady declines over the past decade. While this decreases child care choices for all families, it disproportionately impacts low-income and rural families and those requiring daycare at non-traditional times because of shift work. (4) Complicated and burdensome regulations are more challenging for home-based providers and are likely a part of the reason these centers are declining. (5) Current regu