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H. R. 7721 To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act.
Summary
This bill amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act to add rules about improper payments made by states. States that have improper payment rates exceeding 5 percent must submit a corrective action plan to reduce the rate to 5 percent or less. States with improper payment rates above 5 percent for two consecutive fiscal years become ineligible for funding unless they demonstrate they will reduce the improper payment rate or make significant progress on their corrective action plan.
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Actions (6)
- Apr 6, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507. · house
- Apr 6, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-587. · house
- Mar 5, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15. · house
- Mar 5, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Feb 26, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Feb 26, 2026 Introduced in House
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As published:Roll Call Vote #3 | H.R. 7721 | SCOTT_H7721AM_007 (SCOTT) | Failed (15y-19n)
As published:Roll Call Vote #4 | H.R. 7721 (Grothman) | Motion to Report as Amended | Passed (19y-15n)
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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]
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
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