To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to debar child care providers who commit fraud from receiving certain financial assistance, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7923 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7923 To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to debar child care providers who commit fraud from receiving certain financial assistance, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2026 Mr. Stauber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to debar child care providers who commit fraud from receiving certain financial assistance, 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 ``Stop Fraud by Strengthening Oversight and More Accountability for Lying and Illegal Activity Act'' or the ``Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act''. SEC. 2. NONCOMPLIANCE DUE TO FRAUD. Section 658I(b) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858g(b)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: ``(3) Noncompliance due to fraud.-- ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `final determination of fraud' means a judicial decision or administrative order, for which all rights to appeal have been exhausted or waived, that determines that a child care provider-- ``(i) knowingly submitted a false statement or documentation to obtain funds appropriated under any authority and available u