No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act of 2026 This bill subjects states to additional sanctions for improperly using funds under the Child Care and Development Block Grant program. The program provides grants to states to support child care programs for low-income working families. Specifically, if the Office of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) finds that a state has failed to comply substantially with the requirements of the program, the ACF must impose additional sanctions, which include disqualifying the state from receiving funds under the program. Under current l
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1Short title
This section would state that the Act may be cited as the 'No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act.'
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1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act .
2Strengthening the authority to withhold funds for fraud
This section would amend Section 658I(b)(2)(B) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858g(b)(2)) by changing the word 'may' to 'shall.' Under current law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has discretion over whether to withhold Child Care and Development Block Grant funds from a State in the fraud-related circumstance covered by that subsection. This section would remove that discretion, requiring the Secretary to withhold the funds rather than leaving the decision optional.
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2. Strengthening the authority to withhold funds for fraud
Section 658I(b)(2)(B) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858g(b)(2) ) is amended by striking Secretary may and inserting Secretary shall .
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