[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7720 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7720

  To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 
 require States to account for fraudulent payments made under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2026

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 
 require States to account for fraudulent payments made 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 ``Child Care Payment Integrity and 
Fraud Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. FRAUDULENT PAYMENTS.

    Section 658J(b) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``(including fraudulent 
        payments)'' after ``overpayments'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Report.--The State shall submit to the Secretary an 
        annual report that identifies the dollar and percentage amount 
        of improper payments made by the State, disaggregated as 
        specified by the Secretary by standardized payment categories 
        (including suspected and verified fraudulent payments, non-
        fraudulent overpayments, underpayments, and technically 
        improper payments (e.g., system error payments)).''.
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