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HR 1963 117th Congress House

Child Care Choices Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to modify certain State uses of funds.

Introduced: March 17, 2021 Introduced by: Fischbach, Michelle Republican · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Families Child care and development
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Mar 17, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 17, 2021
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child Care Choices Act of 2021

This bill requires states to prioritize the availability of child care certificates over grants or contracts when providing federally supported child care assistance to families. A child care certificate is a voucher provided directly to a parent who may use the voucher only as payment for child care services.

The bill also prohibits states from setting differential payment rates based solely on the type of child care or type of provider.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 2
Armstrong, Kelly
· Mar 17, 2021
 R
Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · Mar 17, 2021
Jacobs, Chris
· Mar 17, 2021
 R
Miller, Mary E.
Illinois · Mar 17, 2021
Stivers, Steve
· Mar 17, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1963: Child Care Choices Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1963/
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"H.R. 1963: Child Care Choices Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1963/.
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H.R. 1963, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1963/.
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