Child Care Small Business Insight and Improvement Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9553 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9553

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to
submit to Congress a report on for-profit child care providers, and for
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2026

  Mr. Landsman (for himself and Mr. Meuser) introduced the following
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to
submit to Congress a report on for-profit child care providers, and for
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care Small Business Insight
and Improvement Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON FOR-PROFIT CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration shall submit to Congress a study and report on for-
profit child care providers that includes--
            (1) an assessment of the challenges and needs of such
        providers;
            (2) a description of the resources and support that the
        Small Business Administration provides to such providers;
            (3) any deficiencies in the resources and support described
        under paragraph (2);
            (4) any recommendations for legislative actions necessary
        to address any challenges or needs faced by such providers that
        are identified by the report required in this subsection;
            (5) an identification of the leadership needs in order to
        successfully implement such recommendations; and
            (6) the number of instances of fraud among for-profit child
        care providers, and recommendations for statutory changes
        necessary to prevent the misuse of any Federal funds received
        by for-profit child care providers.
    (b) For-Profit Child Care Provider Defined.--The term ``for-profit
child care provider'' has the meaning given the term ``eligible child
care provider'' in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) and is a provider that operates--
            (1) on a for-profit basis; and
            (2) in 1 or more of the several States, territory or
        possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
    (c) Compliance With CUTGO.--No additional amounts are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this Act.
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