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H. Rept. 119-587 1 (2026-04-06)

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                    119TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                       2d Session   j HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           119-587






                    COMBATING REGULATORY ABUSE, CLOSING KNOWN DE-
                      FICIENCIES, AND OVERSEEING WASTE NATIONWIDE
                      ACT   OF  2026



                      APRIL 6, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                       the Union and ordered to be printed



                      Mr. WALBERG,  from  the Committee  on Education  and Workforce,
                                          submitted  the following


                                             REPORT

                                               together with

                                            MINORITY VIEWS

                                            [To accompany H.R. 7721]

                      The  Committee   on Education  and  Workforce,  to whom   was re-
                    ferred the bill (H.R. 7721) to amend  the Child Care  and  Develop-
                    ment  Block Grant  Act of 1990 to implement  an  improper  payment
                    threshold under  such Act, having  considered the same,  reports fa-
                    vorably thereon  with an amendment and recommends that the bill
                    as amended   do pass.
                      The  amendment   is as follows:
                      Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                      This Act may be cited as the Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing Known Defi-
                    ciencies, and Overseeing Waste Nationwide Act of 2026 or the CRACKDOWN Act
                    of 2026.
                    SEC. 2. IMPROPER PAYMENT RATE REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN; CONDITIONAL IN-
                            ELIGIBILITY.
                      Section 658J of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
                    U.S.C. 9858h) is amended-
                         (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e), and
                         (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
                      (c) IMPROPER PAYMENT THRESHOLD REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.-If for
                    a fiscal year the improper payment rate of a State is more than 5 percent of the
                    aggregate amount of payments made to carry out this subchapter by such State for
                    such fiscal year, then such State shall submit to the Secretary-
                         (1) for review and approval a corrective action plan to reduce such rate to
                       not more than 5 percent for each subsequent fiscal year; and


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