S 1286
107th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Appropriations
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Families
Federal employees
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Government service contracts
Labor and Employment
Poor children
Social Welfare
Child Care Affordability for Federal Employees Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 10, 2001
Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services.
Aug 1, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Aug 1, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Child Care Affordability for Federal Employees Act - Permits executive agencies to use appropriated funds (available for salaries and expenses) to provide child care in Federal or leased facilities, or through contracts, for civilian employees. Requires amounts used to be applied to improve the affordability of child care for lower income employees.
What's happening now
Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
Cosponsors
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1286: Child Care Affordability for Federal Employees Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1286/
"S. 1286: Child Care Affordability for Federal Employees Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1286/.
S. 1286, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1286/.
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