To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide transparency and accountability in the administration of Federal child care funds expended by the States.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7794 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7794 To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide transparency and accountability in the administration of Federal child care funds expended by the States. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 2026 Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide transparency and accountability in the administration of Federal child care funds expended by the States. 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 ``Stop Child Care Funding Fraud Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. (a) State Reports and Audits.--Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(c) State Improper Payments.-- ``(1) State reports of improper payments.--Not later than June 30 of the each program period referred to in section 658E(d), a State shall submit to the Secretary a report on the rate of the improper payments made by such State with funds received under this subchapter during such period and the a breakdown of actions the State will take to lower such rate in subsequent program periods. ``(2) Incentive penalties to reduce improper payments.--If a State report submitted under paragraph (1) identifies a rate of improper payments for program period referred to in section 658E(d) that-- ``(A) exceeds 6 percent but is less than 8 percent, then the Secretary shall reduce by 5 percent the aggregate amount of funds such State would