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Child Care Small Business Insight and Improvement Act of 2026
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.
Summary
- Requires the Small Business Administration Administrator to submit a report to Congress within 120 days on for-profit child care providers.
- Report must assess the challenges and needs of for-profit child care providers and describe the resources and support the SBA currently provides to them.
- Report must identify deficiencies in SBA resources and support, and provide recommendations for legislative actions to address challenges or needs identified in the report.
- Report must identify leadership needs necessary to implement recommendations, and identify instances of fraud among for-profit child care providers with recommendations for statutory changes to prevent misuse of federal funds.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH)
5 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Jun 30, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. · house
- Jun 30, 2026 Introduced in House
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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
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. <all>
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