Child Care Access and Affordability Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6656 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6656

 To require the Government Accountability Office to carry out a study 
relating to barriers in accessing the Child Care and Development Block 
  Grant Act of 1990 due to inflation and State eligibility standards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2025

     Ms. McDonald Rivet (for herself and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Government Accountability Office to carry out a study 
relating to barriers in accessing the Child Care and Development Block 
  Grant Act of 1990 due to inflation and State eligibility standards.

    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 Access and Affordability 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED STUDY BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

    Not latter than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Government Accountability Office carry out a study of each of 
States, and report the results of such study to the appropriate 
committees of the Congress, to identify--
            (1) the barriers children and parents face in meeting State 
        standards under such Act due to State median income eligibility 
        limits,
            (2) the extent of the wait list of applicants for child 
        care services provided under the Child Care and Development 
        Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) and State-
        level reforms that have reduced such wait lists,
            (3) the rates of payments made under such Act to center-
        based child care providers, family child care providers, and 
        other providers of child care services for compensation under 
        such Act, and
            (4) the impact of inflation on child care availability and 
        affordability under such Act, on expanding the number of 
        families accessing such services, and improving payment rates 
        for such services.
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