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H.R. 265 107th Congress House

Right Start Act of 2001

Official title: To increase the availability and affordability of quality child care and early learning services, to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To increase the availability and affordability of quality child care and early learning services, to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand the scope of the Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 30, 2001 Introduced by: Rosa L. DeLauro Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Child care block grantsChild developmentCommerceCongressCongressional reporting requirementsCost of living adjustmentsCostsCrime and Law EnforcementDay careEconomics and Public FinanceEducationElementary and secondary educationEmployment subsidiesEvaluation research (Social action programs)Family leaveFamily violenceFederal aid to day care centersFederal aid to educationFederal employeesGovernment Operations and PoliticsGrants-in-aidHead Start programsIncome taxIndexing (Economic policy)Labor and EmploymentLeave of absenceLiteracy programsParent-school relationshipsParentsPersonal income taxPreschool educationSick leaveSmall businessSocial WelfareTax creditsTax refundsTaxationVictims of crimes
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Mar 15, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Mar 15, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 13, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Jan 30, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 30, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 15, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Right Start Act of 2001 - Extends authorizations of appropriations for: (1) the Head Start Act; (2) the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990; (3) funding for child care under the Social Security Act; and (4) the Early Learning Opportunities Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the formula to increase the dependent care income tax credit for certain taxpayers, indexed for inflation, with an even greater credit for employment-related dependent care expenses; (2) allow a minimum dependent care income tax credit for stay-at-home parents; (3) provide for advance payment by the employer of an employee's dependent care income tax credit; and (4) allow a business-related tax credit for employer-provided child care expenditures.

Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to a State or local government to pay for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out projects that assist families by providing wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a son or daughter or other family caregiving needs.

Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to extend coverage to employees at worksites where the employer employs at least 25 (currently 50) employees at the worksite and within 75 miles of that worksite.

Time for Schools Act of 2001 - Amends FMLA to allow employees covered by such Act to take up to 24 hours, during any 12-month period, of school involvement leave to participate in: (1) an academic activity of their child's school, such as a parent-teacher conference or an interview for a school; or (2) literacy training under a family literacy program. Amends Federal civil service law to provide the same school involvement leave allowance for Federal employees.

Amends FMLA and Federal civil service law to entitle to leave those employees who must address the effects of domestic violence.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Waters, Maxine
California · Jan 23, 2002
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 12, 2001
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· May 22, 2001
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Mar 6, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 6, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 6, 2001
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 14, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 14, 2001
SANDLIN, MAX
· Feb 14, 2001
LAMPSON, NICK
· Jan 30, 2001
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