Small Business Child Care Investment Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7109 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7109 To allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2026 Ms. Lee of Nevada (for herself and Mr. Stauber) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration, 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 ``Small Business Child Care Investment Act''. SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS LOANS FOR NONPROFIT CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. (a) Business Loan Program.--Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(10) Nonprofit child care providers.-- ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `covered nonprofit child care provider' means an organization-- ``(i) that-- ``(I) is in compliance with licensing requirements for child care providers of the State in which the organization is located; ``(II) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; ``(III) is primarily engaged in providing child care for children from birth to compulsory school age; and ``(IV) is in compliance with the size standards established under this subsection for business concerns in the applicable industry; ``(ii) for which each employee and regular volunteer complies with the criminal background check requirements under section 658H(b) of the Child Car