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HR 3502 117th Congress House

Increasing Parent Choice and Preventing the Child Care Cliff Act of 2021

Official title: To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to prevent the child care cliff and increase parental choice for low-income families, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 30, 2021 Introduced by: Hern, Kevin Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 25, 2021
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 Latest action May 25, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increasing Parent Choice and Preventing the Child Care Cliff Act of 2021

This bill requires states receiving funds for child care assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to provide for the graduated phaseout of such assistance for parents whose family income exceeds the initial threshold to qualify for assistance but does not exceed 85% of the state median income for a family of the same size.

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Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Jun 30, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3502: Increasing Parent Choice and Preventing the Child Care Cliff Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3502/
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"H.R. 3502: Increasing Parent Choice and Preventing the Child Care Cliff Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3502/.
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H.R. 3502, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3502/.
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