CRACKDOWN Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7721 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No. 507 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7721 [Report No. 119-587] To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2026 Mr. Grothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce April 6, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 26, 2026] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act. 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 ``Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing Known Deficiencies, and Overseeing Waste Nationwide Act of 2026'' or the ``CRACKDOWN Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. IMPROPER PAYMENT RATE REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN; CONDITIONAL INELIGIBILITY. Section 658J of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e), and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ``(c) Improper Payment Threshold Requiring Corrective Action Plan.--If for a fiscal year the improper payment rate of a State is more than 5 percent of the aggregate amount of payments made to carry out this subchapter by such State for such fiscal year, then such State shall submit to the Secretary-- ``(1) for review and appro