[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7722 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7722

  To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 
require triennial comprehensive reviews of State performance under such 
                                  Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2026

  Mr. Onder 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 triennial comprehensive reviews of State performance 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 Integrity Monitoring 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CYCLICAL MONITORING OF STATE PERFORMANCE.

    Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Periodic Monitoring by the Secretary.--At 3-year intervals, 
the Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive review of the performance 
of each State that receives assistance under this subchapter. Based on 
the results of such review, the Secretary shall designate as high risk 
a State that has--
            ``(1) a high level of unresolved or repeated adverse audit 
        findings submitted under subsection (b);
            ``(2) a high level of unresolved issues under, or repeated 
        performance failures to carry out, corrective action plans 
        submitted by such State under section 659J(c); or
            ``(3) unresolved or repeat findings of noncompliance with 
        the State plan approved under section 658E(c).
    ``(d) Required Additional Monitoring.--If a State is designated as 
high risk under subsection (a), then the performance of such State 
shall be subject to additional monitoring, as determined by the 
Secretary.''.
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