1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Improving Access to Child Care Act”.
Improving Access to Child Care Act
A BILL
To amend title IV–A of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.
2. Improving access to child care to support work
Section 418(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended by striking “$2,917,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018” and inserting “$3,525,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023”.
3. Elimination of Contingency Fund
In general— Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended by striking all of subsection (b) except paragraph (5).
Conforming amendments—
Transfer of needy State definition—
amended—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “paragraph (4)” and inserting “subparagraph (C)”;
in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively;
by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;
by redesignating such paragraph as subparagraph (D); and
by moving each provision 2 ems to the right; and
as so amended, hereby transferred into section 409(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(3)) and added to the end of such section.
Conforming amendment— Section 409(a)(3)(C) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(3)(C)) is amended by striking “(as defined in section 403(b)(5))”.
Elimination of penalty for failure of state receiving amounts from contingency fund to maintain 100 percent of historic effort— Section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (10).
4. Effective date
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2019.