U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB4418: Child Care for Working Families Act
Status: In committee, July 15, 2025
To increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.
What the bill says
To increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.
From the introduced text, July 15, 2025:
A BILL To increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Care for Working Families Act . I Child Care and Early Learning Program SECTION 101. Birth through five child care and early learning program (a) Child care definitions The definitions in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858n ) shall apply to this section, except as provided in subsection (b) and as otherwise specified. (b) Additional definitions In this 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq. ). (2) Child care certificate (A) In general The term child care certificate means a certificate (that may be a check or other disbursement) that is issued by a State, Tribal, territorial, or local government under this section directly to a parent who shall use such certificate only as payment for child care services or as a deposit for child care services if such a deposit is required of other children being cared for by the provider. (B) Rule Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of such certificates for sectarian child care services if freely chosen by the parent. For the purposes of this section, child care certificates shall …
Sponsors
- Robert Scott (D, HD-VA-3) · primary sponsor
- Summer Lee (D, HD-PA-12)
- Danny Davis (D, HD-IL-7)
- Julia Brownley (D, HD-CA-26)
- Paul Tonko (D, HD-020)
- Cleo Fields (D, HD-006)
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Rashida Tlaib (D, HD-MI-12)
- Delia Ramirez (D, HD-003)
- Nancy Pelosi (D)
- Bennie Thompson (D, HD-002)
- Jonathan Jackson (D, HD-001)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Families
Common questions
- What is HB4418?
- HB4418 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Child Care for Working Families Act.
- What does HB4418 do?
- In its own words: To increase the quality and supply of child care and lower child care costs for families.
- What is the status of HB4418?
- In committee as of July 15, 2025. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. (July 15, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB4418?
- Robert Scott (D, HD-VA-3), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB4418?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4418
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