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US Congress · H.R. 5124 · In committee

River’s Law

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Introduced 2025-09-03
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What it does

The bill adds two safety requirements to the list of standards that states must include in their child care licensing rules to qualify for Child Care and Development Block Grant funding. States must prohibit building, maintaining, or operating a pool on the premises of any child care facility that receives the funding. States must also require those facilities to install door and window alarms.
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1Short title

This section would let the Act be called River's Law.

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as River’s Law .

2Safety requirements for child care providers

This section would amend the health and safety standards that state plans must set for child care providers under section 658E(c)(2)(I) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)(I)). It would add a new requirement that those standards must include a prohibition on constructing, maintaining, or otherwise operating a pool on the premises of any facility where child care services are provided, and a requirement that such a facility install door and window alarms. Both of these requirements would apply together. A provision that currently comes right after the existing list of standards would be renumbered to make room for this new requirement, but this bill would not change that provision's own content.

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2. Safety requirements for child care providers Section 658E(c)(2)(I) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)(I) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i)(XI), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) shall include— (I) a prohibition on constructing, maintaining, or otherwise operating a pool on the premises of any facility where such services are provided; and (II) a requirement to install door and window alarms in any facility where such services are provided; and .

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-09-03

In the House.

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Official documents

The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-12. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
3
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. (2025-09-03).