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H. Rept. 119-589 1 (2026-04-06)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaiff0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-589 SAFEGUARDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN CHILD CARE 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. 7723] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 7723) to amend the Child Care and Develop- ment Block Grant Act of 1990 to debar child care providers that committed fraud from receiving financial assistance under the Act, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor- ably 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 Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars in Child Care Act of 2026. SEC. 2. PREVENTING FRAUD IN THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PRO- GRAM. Section 6581(b) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858g(b)) is amended- (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) DETERMINATION OF FRAUD.- (A) INVESTIGATION.-The Secretary shall investigate fraud with respect to financial assistance available under this subchapter. (B) DEBARMENT.-In the case that the Secretary makes, or finds that there has been, a final determination of fraud against a child care provider that received financial assistance available under this subchapter, the Sec- retary shall permanently debar such child care provider from receiving such financial assistance. 69-006