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[H.R. 7721 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 507
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7721

                          [Report No. 119-587]

  To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 
        implement an improper payment threshold under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2026

 Mr. Grothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

                             April 6, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 26, 2026]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 
        implement an improper payment threshold under such Act.


 


    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 ``Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing 
Known Deficiencies, and Overseeing Waste Nationwide Act of 2026'' or 
the ``CRACKDOWN Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. IMPROPER PAYMENT RATE REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN; 
              CONDITIONAL INELIGIBILITY.

    Section 658J of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e), and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Improper Payment Threshold Requiring Corrective Action 
Plan.--If for a fiscal year the improper payment rate of a State is 
more than 5 percent of the aggregate amount of payments made to carry 
out this subchapter by such State for such fiscal year, then such State 
shall submit to the Secretary--
            ``(1) for review and approval a corrective action plan to 
        reduce such rate to not more than 5 percent for each subsequent 
        fiscal year; and
            ``(2) such reports as the Secretary may require to show 
        that such State is complying with the requirements of such plan 
        as approved by the Secretary.
    ``(d) Conditional Ineligibility.--If for each of 2 consecutive 
fiscal years the improper payment rate of a State determined under this 
section is more 5 percent, then such State shall be ineligible to 
receive funds under this subchapter unless such State demonstrates to 
the satisfaction of the Secretary that such State for the next fiscal 
year will--
            ``(1) reduce such improper payment rate to not more than 5 
        percent for the next fiscal year; or
            ``(2) make significant progress to comply with the 
        corrective action plan approved under subsection (c).''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 507

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7721

                          [Report No. 119-587]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 
        implement an improper payment threshold under such Act.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 6, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed