What This Bill Does
This bill changes how the federal government distributes child care money to states under Social Security law. Starting in 2024, states that receive more child care funds than they did in 2022 will have the extra money divided based on how many children under age 13 live in poverty in each state.
Who It Affects
States that receive child care funding under Social Security law.
Key Provisions
• Any additional child care funds given to states in 2024 or later years (compared to 2022 amounts) will be split among states based on each state's share of children in poverty under age 13 (Sec. 2)
What Changes
The method for distributing extra child care money to states shifts from an unspecified previous method to one based on the number of children in poverty under age 13 in each state.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 479
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to target additional child
care funds by allocating to States based on the number of children
in poverty, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 24, 2023
Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to target
additional child care funds by allocating to States based
on the number of children in poverty, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Targeting Child Care
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Funds Based on Poverty Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL MATCHING FUNDS
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BASED ON SHARE OF CHILDREN IN POVERTY.
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Section 418(a)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42
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U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(B)) is amended—
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(1) by striking all that precedes ‘‘total’’ and in-
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serting the following:
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‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
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vided in clause (ii), the’’; and
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(2) by adding after and below the end the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE.—To the extent
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that the total amount referred to in clause
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(i) for fiscal year 2024 or for any suc-
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ceeding fiscal year exceeds the total
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amount so referred to for fiscal year 2022,
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the excess shall be allotted among the
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States based on the share of each State of
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the number of children in poverty who
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have not attained 13 years of age.’’.
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