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MEMO
To:
Larry Stein
From:
Janet Murguia
Subject: Child Care Event Invites
Date:
February 11, 1998
The following are the Congressional Members that HHS Legislative Affairs suggested for
a bipartisan, bicameral event on child care.
All of the Republican co-sponsors for the Chafee child care bill (S. 1577-- Caring for
Children Act) are on the suggested list. But not all of the Democratic co-sponsors of the Dodd
child care bill (S. 19-- Working Families Child Care Act of 1997) are included in the suggested
list. HHS consideres the bolded names the most key attendees.
Senate:
Leaders:
Appropriations:
Daschle
Specter
Lott
Harkin
Nickles
Kohl
Labor and Human Resources:
Others:
Kennedy
Kerry
Jeffords
Bond
Dodd
Boxer
Murray
Roberts
Wellstone
Snowe
Reed
Reid
Collins
Landrieu
Coats
DeWine
1
Finance:
Roth
JEN
Moynihan
Chafee
Hatch
FYI. Attached is
Conrad
Breaux
Moseley-Braun
an updated "bipartison"
Graham
Child (dree list from HHS,
Rockefeller
plus, Dodd Chaffee bill cosponsors.
- Janet
Larry Stein
I
Page 2
February 11, 1998
House:
Leaders:
Appropriations:
Gephardt
Obey
Bonior
Porter
Gingrich
Hoyer
Armey
DeLauro
Pelosi
Ways and Means:
Lowey
Archer
Shaw
Other:
Rangel
Norton (women's caucus)
Levin
Morella
Kennelly
Waters (CBC)
Stark
Becerra (Hispanic)
Tanner
Tauscher
Johnson
Pryce (Deborah)
Houghton
Allen
Dunn
McGovern
Moran
Education and Workforce:
Stenholm
Goodling
Riggs
Clay
Martinez
Woosley
Miller, George
Roemer
Roukema
Castle
Bill Summary & Status
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D7./emp/-bdnmf4.@@@T/hbss/d10Squery.htl
Bill Summary & Status for the 105th Congress
Item 4 of 46
PREVIOUS BILL
I
NEXT BILL
PREVIOUS BILL:TITLE I NEXT BILL:TITLE
NEW SEARCH I HOME I HELP I ABOUT TITLE
S.19
(Major Legislation)
SPONSOR: Sen Dodd (introduced 01/21/97)
TITLE(S):
POPULAR TITLE(S):
Child Care bill
SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED:
Working Families Child Care Act of 1997
OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
A bill to provide funds for child care for low-income working families, and for other purposes.
Bill Summary & Status for the 105th Congress
Item 4 of 46
PREVIOUS BILL
I
NEXT BILL
PREVIOUS BILL:COSPONSORS I NEXT BILL:COSPONSORS
NEW SEARCH I HOME I HELP I ABOUT COSPONSORS
S.19
(Major Legislation)
SPONSOR: Sen Dodd (introduced 01/21/97)
10 COSPONSORS:
Sen Daschle - 01/21/97 Sen Kennedy - 01/21/97
Sen Mikulski - 01/21/97 Sen Rockefeller - 01/21/97
Sen Murray - 01/21/97
Sen Torricelli - 01/21/97
Sen Boxer - 01/21/97
Sen Kerrey - 01/30/97
Sen Kerry - 02/12/97
Sen Landrieu - 10/22/97
1 of 1
Bill Summary & Status
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D7../temp/-bdGzSm@@@Tl/bss/d105query.html
Bill Summary & Status for the 105th Congress
Item 1 of 1
PREVIOUS BILL:TITLE I NEXT BILL:TITLE
NEW SEARCH I HOME I HELP 1 ABOUT TITLE
S.1577
SPONSOR: Sen Chafee (introduced 01/28/98)
TITLE(S):
SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED:
Caring for Children Act
OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief to families to
increase the affordability of child care, and for other purposes.
Bill Summary & Status for the 105th Congress
Item 1 of 1
PREVIOUS BILL:COSPONSORS I NEXT BILL:COSPONSORS
NEW SEARCH I HOME I HELP I ABOUT COSPONSORS
S.1577
SPONSOR: Sen Chafee (introduced 01/28/98)
6 COSPONSORS:
Sen Hatch - 01/28/98 Sen Snowe - 01/28/98
Sen Roberts - 01/28/98 Sen Specter - 01/28/98
Sen Collins - 01/28/98 Sen Helms - 02/02/98
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TO:
Child Care Group
FROM:
Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
DATE:
February 10, 1998
RE:
Child care legislation
Attached are several documents related to child care legislation. They include:
An update to the 1998 Side-by-Side Summary of Child Care Legislation - new version dated
February 10, 1998(9:23 am).
A comparison between the President's Initiative and the Chafee bill (S. 1577).
A comparison between the President's Initiative and the Dodd bill (S. 1610).
An update to page 14 of the 1997 Side-by-Side Summary of Child Care Legislation
(previously distributed -- dated February 4, 1998(12:53pm)).
Jennifer Appleton is handling regular updates to these and other documents related to child care
legislation. She can be reached at 401-6127.
CHILD CARE LEGISLATION - 10Sth CONGRESS, Second Session
1998
BILL
Funding
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Amount
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
President's Child
$21.7 billion over
Provides an additional
Establishes a new Early
Expands the 21st Century
Invests $5.2 billion over 5
Includes approximately
Includes research on child
Care Initiative
5 years.
$7.5 billion in
Learning Fund -- $3 billion
Community Learning
years in the DCTC,
$500 million over 5 years
care issues that could benefit
announced 1/7/98
mandatory funding
over 5 years -- which
Center program by $800
increasing tax credits for
for tax credits to
low income families,
over 5 years through
provides challenge grants to
million over 5 years to
three million working
businesses that provide
innovations in the use of
the CCDBG to increase
communities (distributed to
provide funds to school-
families with incomes
child care services for
technology to promote
the amount of child
states) to support programs
community partnerships to
below $60,000.
their employees, building
distance learning and
care subsidies available
to improve early learning
establish or expand
or expanding child care
interactive computer
to working families,
and the quality and safety of
programs for school-age
facilities, operating
programs in provider
doubling the number of
child care for children ages
children, providing after-
existing facilities, training
education and training, and
children served by the
zero to five. Funds may be
school care for 500,000
child care workers,
demonstration projects to test
grant by FY 2003.
used for a variety of
children per year. The
reserving slots for
new approaches to help new
activities. Also supports
President's Initiative also
employees at child care
parents who choose to stay
enforcement of state child
includes a collaborative
facilities, or providing
home to care for newborns or
care health and safety
effort involving numerous
child care resource and
newly adopted children.
standards, provides
federal agencies to
referral services to
Also includes a national
scholarships to up to 50,000
eliminate duplication and
employees. The credit
center for child care statistics
child care providers per
better coordinate federal
covers 25% of the
and a child care hotline.
year, facilitates background
funding for after-school
qualified costs (maximum
checks on child care
programs in three to five
credit -* $150,000/year).
providers, and invests in
pilot cities.
research and consumer
education.
Invests $3.8 billion over 5
years in order to meet the
goal of serving one million
children in Head Start and
doubling the number of
children served by Early
Head Start by 2002.
February 10, 1998 (9:23am) - HHS-ASPE
BILL
Funding
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Amount
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
S. 1577
Provides an additional
Authorizes $50 million per
Incomes of less than
Similar to President's
Chafee (R-RI)
$5 billion in
year to increase parents'
$30,000 -- credit increased
Initiative, but credit covers
introduced 1/28/98
discretionary funding
access to information and to
to 50% Credit reduced by
20% of expenses up to
over 5 years, doubling
provide technological
1% for each $1,500 earned
$500,000.
the discretionary
assistance to child care
Co-Sponsors
over $30,000. Eligibility is
authorization for
Hatch (R-UT)
providers and workers to
capped at $105,000.
Includes a demonstration
CCDBG.
Snowe (R-ME)
improve quality of child
Extends eligibility of DCTC
project which authorizes
care. Funds could be used
to stay-at-home parents
$60 million over 3 years in
Roberts (R-KS)
to collect and disseminate
with children under 3 and
competitive grants to
Specter (R-PA)
information, and for grants
Collins (R-ME)
others who do not pay for
encourage small
to organizations to develop
child care.
businesses to develop
and operate training
child care programs for
H.R. 3144
infrastructure.
their employees.
Johnson (R-CT)
introduced 2/3/98
Requires states to improve
Promotes greater
FROM
inspections and enforce
availability of the
existing state health and
Dependent Care
safety standards. Provides
Assistance Program
incentives to states that
(DCAP).
inspect facilities, as
required under state law,
and penalizes states that fail
to meet inspection
minimums.
H.R. 3129
Authorizes funds through
Roukema (R-NJ)
the Department of
introduced 1/28/98
Education for grants to
local educational agencies
in order to work with the
private sector to provide
care to pre-Kindergarten
children.
February 10, 1998 (9:23am) - HHS-ASPE
2
BILL
Funding
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Amount
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
H.R. 3135
Makes the DCTC
Wygand (D-RI)
refundable.
introduced 1/28/98
Incomes of up to $18,000
eligible for 30% credit.
Above $20,000 -- credit
reduced by one percentage
point for each $3,000 above
2-11-1998 34PM
$18,000 (but not below
12%). Increases limit of
employment-related
expenses to: $4,000 for one
qualifying individual;
$8,000 for two or more.
FROM BOURDETTE 96905750
February 10, 1998 (9:23am) .. HHS--ASPE
3
BILL
Funding
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Amount
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
S. 1610
Approximately
Provides an additional
Provides $3 billion in
Expands the 21st Century
Makes the DCTC
Authorizes $1 billion over
Expands the Family and
Dodd (D-CT)
$30 billion over 5
$7.5 billion in
mandatory funding over 5
Community Learning
refundable.
5 years to create new
Medical Leave Act to include
introduced 2/4/98
years.
mandatory funding
years through CCDBG to
Center program by $1
program of competitive
businesses with 25-50
over 5 years through
encourage states to invest in
billion over 5 years to
Increases tax credit to 50%
"challenge grants" in
employees.
the CCDBG to increase
child care and early
provide funds to encourage
for families with incomes
which communities which
Co-Spensors
the amount of child
childhood development
schools to create before-
Akaka (D-HI)
of$30,000. Above $30,000
generate funds from the
care subsidies available
quality activities. Funds
Biden (D-DE)
and after-school programs.
-- credit reduced by one
private sector would be
to working families,
may be used for a variety of
Bingaman (D-NM)
percentage point for each
eligible for matched
doubling the number of
activities.
Provides $3 billion over 5
Boxer (D-CA)
$1,000 above $30,000 (but
federal grants to improve
children served by the
Bumpers (D-AR)
years through the CCDBG
not below 20%). Limit of
availability and quality of
Daschle (D-SD)
grant by FY 2003.
Mandates that Federal child
to increase the supply and
employment-related
child care.
care centers obtain
Dorgan (D-ND)
quality of school-age care.
expenses adjusted for
appropriate state and local
Durbin (D-IL)
Increases the age of
inflation. Eligibility limited
$500 million over 5 years
licenses and comply with
Feinstein (D-CA)
children eligible to be
to $60,000.
to provide 25% tax credit
child care licensing
Graham (D-FL)
served with block grant
to employers for operating
requirements.
funds from 13 to 15.
Allows stay-at-home
on-site child care centers,
RUM
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
parents with children under
contracting for off-site
Kennedy (D-MA)
age one to claim a portion
child care, contributing to
Kerrey (D-NE)
of the DCTC, based upon
the costs of accreditation,
Kerry (D-MA)
imputed expenses of
or operating resource and
Landrieu (D-LA)
$90/month (maximum
referral systems.
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
credit $540). Incomes of up
Levin (D-MI)
to $30,000 eligible for 50%
Moseley-Braun (D-IL)
credit. Above $30,000 --
Mikulski (D-MD)
credit reduced by one
Murray (D-WA)
percentage point for each
Reed (D-RI)
$800 above $30,000 (but
Reid (D-NV)
not below zero). Eligibility
limited to $70,000.
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Wellstone (D-MN)
February 10. 1998 (9:23am) HHS--ASPE
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COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD CARE INITIATIVE
AND THE CHAFEE BILL (S. 1577)
Child Care Subsidies for Working Families
The President's Initiative provides an additional $7.5 billion in mandatory funding over 5 years through the
CCDBG; the Chafee bill provides an additional $5 billion in discretionary funding.
Quality activities
The President's Initiative establishes a new Early Learning Fund - $3 billion over 5 years -- which provides funds
to states for challenge grants to communities to support programs to improve early learning and the quality and
safety of child care for children under six. Funds may be used for a variety of activities. The Initiative also
supports enforcement of state child care health and safety standards, provides scholarships to up to 50,000 child
care providers per year, facilitates background checks on child care providers, and invests in research and consumer
education.
The Chafee bill authorizes $50 million per year to increase parental access to information and provide technological
assistance to child care providers and workers. Funds could be used to collect and disseminate information and for
grants to organizations to develop and operate training infrastructure. This bill also requires states to improve
inspections and enforce existing state health and safety standards. It provides incentives to states that inspect
facilities, as required under state law, and penalizes states that fail to meet inspection minimums.
Other Targeted Child Care Activities
The President's Initiative expands the 21st Century Community Learning Center program by $800 million over 5
years to provide funds to school-community partnerships to establish or expand programs for school-age children,
providing after-school care for 500,000 children per year.
Dependent Care Tax Credits (DCTC)
The President's Initiative invests $5.2 billion over 5 years in the DCTC, increasing tax credits for three million
working families with incomes below $60,000.
The Chafee bill increases the tax credit to 50% for families with incomes of less than $30,000. Eligibility is capped
at $105,000. Also extends eligibility of DCTC to stay-at-home parents with children under 3 and others who do not
pay for child care.
Employer Incentives
The President's Initiative includes approximately $500 million over 5 years for tax credits to businesses that
provide child care services for their employees. The credit covers 25% of the qualified costs (maximum credit -
$150,000/year).
The Chafee bill is similar to President's Initiative, but credit covers 20% of expenses up to $500,000. The Chafee
bill also includes a demonstration project which authorizes $60 million over 3 years in competitive grants to
encourage small businesses to develop child care programs for their employees, and promotes greater availability of
the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP).
Research and Evaluation
The President's Initiative includes provisions for research on child care issues that could benefit low income
families, innovations in the use of technology to promote distance learning, interactive computer programs in
provider education and training, and demonstration projects to test new approaches to help new parents who choose
to stay home to care for newborns or newly adopted children. It also includes a national center for child care
statistics and a child care hotline.
February 10. 1998 (11:13am) HHS--ASPE
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD CARE INITIATIVE
AND THE DODD BILL (S. 1610)
Child Care Subsidies for Working Families
Both the President's Initiative and the Dodd bill provide an additional $7.5 billion over 5 years in mandatory funding
through the CCDBG to increase the number of child care subsidies available to working families.
Quality activities
The President's Initiative establishes a new Early Learning Fund - $3 billion over 5 years which provides funds to
states for challenge grants to communities to support programs to improve early learning and the quality and safety of
child care for children under six. Funds may be used for a variety of activities. The Initiative also supports
enforcement of state child care health and safety standards, provides scholarships to up to 50,000 child care providers
per year, facilitates background checks on child care providers, and invests in research and consumer education.
The Dodd bill provides $3 billion in mandatory funding over 5 years through the CCDBG to encourage states to invest
in child care and early childhood development quality activities. Funds may be used for a variety of activities. It also
mandates that Federal child care centers obtain appropriate state and local licenses and comply with child care licensing
requirements.
Other Targeted Child Care Activities
The President's Initiative expands the 21st Century Community Learning Center program by $800 million over 5 years
to provide funds to school-community partnerships to establish or expand programs for school-age children; the Dodd
bill expands the program by $1 billion over 5 years. The Dodd bill also provides $3 billion over 5 years through the
CCDBG to increase the supply and quality of school-age care, and increases the age of children eligible to be served
with block grant funds from 13 to 15.
Dependent Care Tax Credits (DCTC)
The President's Initiative invests $5.2 billion over 5 years in the DCTC, increasing tax credits for three million working
families with incomes below $60,000.
The Dodd bill makes the DCTC refundable, and increases the tax credit to 50% for families with incomes of $30,000.
The limit of employment-related expenses is adjusted for inflation. Eligibility is limited to $60,000. The Dodd bill
also allows stay-at-home parents with children under age one to claim a portion of the DCTC, for a maximum credit
$540. Eligibility is limited to $70,000.
Employer Incentives
Both the President's Initiative and the Dodd bill include approximately $500 million over 5 years for tax credits to
businesses that provide child care services for their employees. The credit covers 25% of the qualified costs (maximum
credit -- $150,000/year).
The Dodd bill also authorizes $1 billion over 5 years to create new program of competitive challenge grants, in which
communities which generate funds from the private sector would be eligible for matched federal grants to improve
availability and quality of child care.
Research and Evaluation
The President's Initiative includes provisions for research on child care issues that could benefit low income families,
innovations in the use of technology to promote distance learning, interactive computer programs in provider education
and training, and demonstration projects to test new approaches to help new parents who choose to stay home to care
for newborns or newly adopted children. It also includes a national center for child care statistics and a child care
hotline.
Other Features
The Dodd bill expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to include businesses with 25-50 employees.
February 10, 1998 (11:12am) -- HHS--ASPE
BILL
Funding
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Amount
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
S. 1492
Funding provided
Creates a quality fund
Kennedy (D-MA)
to these programs
within CCDBG, half of
introduced 11/8/97
under this Act
which is an incentive fund
will supplement,
10 reward states that
H.R. 3027
not supplant,
improve quality of their
existing
child care programs.
H.R. 3028
appropriations.
DeLauro (D-CT)
2-11-1998 36PM
Out of the $650
Activities would include:
introduced 11/12/97
billion (over 25
research into early
years) in the
childhood development;
Co-Sponsors
Healthy and
demonstration projects,
Ackerman (D.NY)
Smoke Free
including public-private
DeGette (D-CO)
Children Act, 8
partnerships for paid leave
Detahunt (D-MA)
substantial
to enable mothers with
Jackson (
portion is
infants to stay at home;
Kennedy (D-MA)
allocated toward
funding for Early Head
Lowey (D-NY)
child care to
Start and expansion of
McGovern (D-MA)
increase the
Head Start;
Maloney (D-NY)
availability and
expansion of CCDBG
Matsui (D-CA)
affordability of
grants to increase
Mechan (D-MA)
quality before-
availability and
Miller (D-CA)
and after-school
affordability of quality
Morells (R-MD)
care.
child care for children or
Norton D-DC)
working families ages
Olver(D-MA)
birth to school age;
Pellone (D-NJ)
incentives to improve the
Pelosi (D-CA)
quality of child care.
Rush (D-IL)
FROM MARY BOURDETTE 96905750
Serrano (D-NY)
Stark (D-CA)
Stokes (D-OH)
Waters (D-CA)
Weygand (D-RI)
Yates (D-IL)
February 4, 1998 (12:53 pm) - HHS-ASPE
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9
DRAFT
CHILD CARE LEGISLATION -- 105th CONGRESS, Second Session
1998
BILL
Funding
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Amount
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
President's Child
$21.7 billion over
Provides an additional
Establishes a new Early
Expands the 21st Century
Invests $5.2 billion over
Provides a new tax credit
Includes research on child
Care Initiative
five years.
$7.5 billion in
Learning Fund, as well as
Community Learning
five years in the DCTC,
for businesses that offer
care issues that could benefit
announced 1/7/98
mandatory funds over 5
supports enforcement of
Center program by $800
increasing tax credits for
child care services for
low income families,
years through the
state child care health and
million over 5 years to
three million working
their employees.
innovations in the use of
CCDBG to increase the
safety standards, providing
provide funds to school-
families with incomes
technology to promote
amount of child care
scholarships to up to 50,000
community partnerships to
below $60,000.
distance learning and
subsidies available to
child care providers per
establish or expand
interactive computer
working families,
year, and investing in
programs for school-age
programs in provider
doubling the number of
research and consumer
children, providing after-
education and training, and
children served by the
education.
school care for 500,000
demonstration projects to test
grant by FY 2003.
children per year.
new approaches to help new
parents who choose to stay
home to care for newborns or
newly adopted children.
Also includes a national
center for child care statistics
and a child care hotline.
February 5, 1998 (12:05pm) -- HHS--ASPE
1
BILL
Funding
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Amount
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
S. 1577
Provides an additional
Authorizes $50 million per
Incomes of less than
Provides employers with a
Extends eligibility of DCTC
Chafee (R-RI)
$5 billion in
year to increase parents'
$30,000 -- credit increased
20% tax credit on
to stay-at-home parents with
introduced 1/28/98
discretionary funding
access to information and to
to 50%. Credit reduced by
expenses up to $500,000
children under 3.
over 5 years, doubling
provide technological
1% for each $1,5000 earned
for employers who
the authorization for
assistance to child care
Co-Sponsors
over $30,000. Eligibility is
construct, renovate, or
CCDBG.
Hatch (R-UT)
providers and workers to
capped at $105,000.
operate on- or near-site
Helms (R-NC)
improve quality of child
facilities for child care for
care. Funds could be used
Snowe (R-ME)
employees (maximum
to collect and disseminate
credit -- $100,000).
Roberts (R-KS)
information, and for grants
Specter (R-PA)
to organizations to develop
Includes a demonstration
Collins (R-ME)
and operate training
project which authorizes
infrastructure.
$60 million over 3 years in
H.R. 3144
competitive grants to
Johnson (R-CT)
Requires states to improve
encourage small
introduced 2/3/98
inspections and enforce
businesses to develop
existing state health and
child care programs for
safety standards. Provides
their employees.
incentives to states that
inspect facilities, as
Promotes greater
required under state law,
availability of the
and penalizes states that fail
Dependent Care
to meet inspection
Assistance Program
minimums.
(DCAP).
H.R. 3129
Authorizes funds through
Roukema (R-NJ)
the Department of
introduced 1/28/98
Education for grants to
local educational agencies
in order to work with the
private sector to provide
care to pre-Kindergarten
children.
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BILL
Funding
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Amount
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
H.R. 3135
Makes the DCTC
Wygand (D-RI)
refundable.
introduced 1/28/98
Incomes of up to $18,000
eligible for 30% credit.
Above $20,000 -- credit
reduced by one percentage
point for each $3,000 above
$18,000 (but not below
12%). Increases limit of
employment-related
expenses to: $4,000 for one
qualifying individual;
$8,000 for two or more.
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BILL
Funding
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Amount
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
Dodd (D-CT)
Approximately
Provides an additional
Provides $3 billion in
Expands the 21st Century
Makes the DCTC
Expands the Family and
Allows stay-at-home parents
introduced 2/4/98
$30 billion over 5
$7.5 billion in
mandatory funding over 5
Community Learning
refundable.
Medical Leave Act to
with children under age one
years.
mandatory funding
years through CCDBG to
Center program by $1
include businesses with
to claim a portion of the
over 5 years through
encourage states to invest in
billion over 5 years to
Incomes of up to $30,000
25-50 employees.
DCTC, based upon imputed
Co-Sponsors
the CCDBG to increase
child care and early
provide funds to encourage
eligible for 50% credit.
expenses of $90/month
Akaka (D-HI)
the amount of child
childhood development
schools to create before-
Above $30,000 -- credit
Authorizes $1 billion over
(maximum credit $540).
Biden (D-DE)
care subsidies available
quality activities, such as:
and after-school programs.
reduced by one percentage
5 years to create new
Incomes of up to $30,000
Bingaman (D-NM)
to working families,
bringing provider -child
Allows schools to use the
point for each $1,000 above
program of competitive
eligible for 50% credit.
Boxer (D-CA)
doubling the number of
ratios to recommended
National School Lunch
$30,000 (but not below
"challenge grants" in
Above $30,000 -- credit
Bumpers (D-AR)
children served by the
standards; improving
Program to provide
20%). Limit of
which communities which
reduced by one percentage
Daschle (D-SD)
grant by FY 2003.
licensing standards;
nutritious meals or snacks
employment-related
generate funds from the
point for each $800 above
Dorgan (D-ND)
conducting background
to children in afterschool
expenses adjusted for
private sector would be
$30,000 (but not below
Durbin (D-IL)
checks on providers;
programs.
inflation. Eligibility limited
eligible for matched
zero). Eligibility limited to
Feinstein (D-CA)
increasing payment rates for
to $60,000.
federal grants to improve
$70,000.
Graham (D-FL)
services offered by licensed
Provides $3 billion over 5
availability and quality of
Harkin (D-IA)
or accredited providers;
years through the CCDBG
child care.
Inouye (D-HI)
improving compensation of
to increase the supply and
Kennedy (D-MA)
providers; assisting
quality of school-age care.
$500 million over 5 years
Kerrey (D-NE)
providers become licensed
Increases the age of
to provide 25% tax credit
Kerry (D-MA)
or accredited; expanding
children eligible to be
to employers for operating
Landrieu (D-LA)
activities to educate parents
served with block grant
on-site child care centers,
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
on availability and quality
funds from 13 to 15.
contracting for off-site
Levin (D-MI)
of child care; creating
child care, contributing to
Moseley-Braun (D-IL)
support networks for family
the costs of accreditation,
Mikulski (D-MD)
providers; providing family
or operating resource and
Murray (D-WA)
support and parent
referral systems.
Reed (D-RI)
education; ensuring
Reid (D-NV)
availability and quality of
Rockefeller (D-WV)
care for children with
Wellstone (D-MN)
special health needs.
Mandates that Federal child
care centers obtain
appropriate state and local
licenses and comply with
child care licensing
requirements.
4
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National Journal's CongressDaily/A.M.
February 11, 1998
GOP Leadership Crafting Alternative Childcare Plan
Members of the Senate GOP lead-
they need to wait for the budget reso-
come splitting" in which the working
ership have backed off plans to intro-
lution to find out how much money is
parent's income level would be divided
duce a package of childcare initiatives
available for a childcare initiative.
between two people on a tax return, re-
- mostly tax cuts -
Senate Labor and Human Re-
HEALTH
ducing their overall tax rate. Aides said
until they find out
sources Children and Families Sub-
that option is very expensive.
how much money they will have for
committee Chairman Dan Coats, R-
Chafee's childcare plan, which also
those cuts in the context of the budget
Ind., also is heading up the leadership's
contains some tax breaks, would cost
resolution, aides said Tuesday.
efforts.
$12 billion to $14 billion over five years,
Leadership sources earlier this year
How much money the budget res-
of which $5 billion is to expand child-
said they were working to develop a
olution allows for childcare will deter-
care development block grants.
childcare package to counter President
mine which tax breaks Craig and Coats
Clinton's plan would cost $21.7 bil-
Clinton's plan, which they argue relies
can choose for the package, aides said.
lion over five years, while a plan be-
too much on federal programs.
At least a dozen tax incentives are
ing developed by Sen. Christopher
Just after the president announced his
under consideration - including a
Dodd, D-Conn., would cost even more.
plan, Senate Environment and Pub-
childcare expense deduction or ex-
The GOP leadership has appointed
lic Works Chairman Chafee, Judiciary
emption, raising the per child tax credit
Republican Conference Vice Chair-
Chairman Hatch and other GOP sen-
for children under ages five or six, de-
woman Jennifer Dunn of Washington
ators unveiled a package of childcare ini-
ductions for those working at offices in
and Conference Secretary Deborah
tiatives as an alternative to the unan-
their home, and tax incentives for busi-
Pryce of Ohio to develop a Republican
nounced GOP leadership package.
nesses to set up on-site child care.
childcare plan for the House.
But because the leadership - led by
Also, conservatives are putting pres-
The House today will take up a res-
Senate Republican Policy Committee
sure on Republicans to give families that
olution on the floor stating that part of
Chairman Larry Craig of Idaho -
care for children at home some type of
any new childcare proposal should be
wants to focus on childcare tax cuts, de-
childcare benefit.
directed toward children raised by a
ductions and other incentives, aides said
One option being considered is "in-
stay-at-home parent.
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Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
February 5, 1998
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT ON CHILD CARE
Earlier this week, I submitted my budget proposal to Congress. I am proud that this
budget -- the first balanced budget in a generation -- includes an ambitious initiative to make
child care better, safer, and more affordable. Yesterday, we moved closer to achieving
meaningful child care legislation because of an important step taken by Senator Chris Dodd and
many of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate. Senator Dodd has introduced a comprehensive
child care package that, like mine, significantly increases child care subsidies for poor children,
provides greater tax relief to help low- and middle-income families pay for child care, creates a
tax credit for businesses that provide child care for their employees, increases after-school
opportunities for children, promotes early learning, and improves child care quality.
In putting forward this proposal, Senator Dodd and his co-sponsors have built on their
longstanding commitment to improving child care for our nation's children. I was also pleased
that, last week, a group of Republicans introduced a promising child care proposal. I look
forward to working with the Congress on a bipartisan basis to enact child care legislation this
year that will help Americans fulfill their responsibilities as workers, and, even more
importantly, as parents.
-30-30-30-
1-1998 2:44PM
FROM MARY BOURDETTE 96905750
P.2
Blueprint for Child Care
1. Administration transmittal of initiative to hill
SOU and Budget
Bill -- Legislative Language ?
individual pieces
omnibus
transmitted or tech assistance
Specs?
Relatricap
President/Secretary letters
Secretarial testimony
HHS, Treasury - SFC/W-M
to Pontics?
2. Legislative Sponsors/Leaders
Omnibus?
Leadership - Daschle/Gephardt
Bipartisan?
Individual pieces - parse out
CCDBG -- - Mandatory funds under jurisdiction of Finance
Committee and Ways and Means Committee
sponsors? - Conrad, Moseley-Braun, Rockefeller,
Breaux, Jeffords, Chafee, D'Amato
plus Kennedy/Dodd/Jeffords
Rangel, Levin, Kennelly, Tanner, Johnson,
Early Learning Fund - who's jurisdiction? Twice a Labr
Kerry, Bond, Kennedy, Dodd, others
wimn
Roemer, Martinez, Woolsey, DeLauro
Other quality pieces - persoduction ?
Enforcement Fund
Scholarships
Research and Evaluation
After School -
Tax
3. Policy Issues:
CCDBG - Mandatory? Match? Targeted to working? Formula -
same different?
Early Learning Fund
mandatory? set aside of mandatory funds, new mandatory
pot, set-aside of discretionary pot, what about old
set-aside? formula? substate formula?
Other Quality activities - part of CCDBG?
mandatory/discretionary part? part of Early Learning Fund?
After School - relationship to CCDBG
Major Child Care Proposals
(All dollar figures are over five years)
President's
CIDCARE Act,
Early Childhood
Healthy and Smoke Free
Caring for America's Children
The Child Care A.C.C.E.S.S.
Proposal
S. 1037 sponsored by Jeffords (R-VT)
Development Act of 1997, S.
Children Act, S. 1492¹ sponsored
Act, S. 1577 sponsored by Chafee (R-RI)/
Act, S. 1610 sponsored by Dodd (D-
/ Dodd (D-CT)
1309 sponsored by Kerry (D-MA) /
by Kennedy (D-MA)
Hatch (R-UT)
CT)/ Daschle (D-SD)
Bond (R-MO)
Affordability
Increases the child care block
This bill uses the tax code to address
Increases the child care block grant by
Increases the child care block grant by
Increases the child care block grant by $5
Increases the child care block grant by
grant by $7.5 billion
affordability issues. No direct subsidies
$3.75 billion (mandatory) to help low-
$5.4 billion (mandatory) to help low-
billion (discretionary) to help low-income
$7.5 billion (mandatory) to help low-
(mandatory) to help low-income
for child care
income families with children under
income families pay for child care
parents pay for child care
income families pay for child care
parents pay for child care
five pay for child care
Provides $180 million (discretionary) for a
small business child care grant program to
assist employees working for small businesses
Quality
$3 billion (mandatory) for an
$260 million (discretionary) to assist
$3.75 billion (discretionary )for states to
Increases the child care block grant by
A minimum of 4% of child care block grant
Increases the child care block grant by $3
Early Learning Fund to improve
states in improving the quality of child
support local collaboratives to improve
$5.4 billion (mandatory) to improve the
funds are setaside to improve quality. States
billion (mandatory) to improve the
quality
care. including 20% for improving staff
the quality of care for children ages zero
quality of child care. Includes an
can use funds to improve quality, supporting
quality of child care. States can use
salaries, and initiation of a national
to five
incentive fund to reward states who make
activities such as teacher training, reducing
funds to improve quality by supporting
$500 million (discretionary) to
public awareness campaign by Dept. of
special efforts to improve quality
child/staff ratios, parent education and family
activities such as: reducing child/staff
improve standards and
Health and Human Services
Sets aside part of the child care block
support
ratios; enforcement of licensing standards
enforcement
grant to improve the quality and expand
Additional funds provided for training
through unannounced inspections;
$50 million (discretionary) for
the supply of infant care
and compensation for child care workers
Requires inspections and enforcement for
conducting background checks;
$250 million (discretionary) for
technology-based child care education
receipt of full child care block grant money.
improving training and compensation for
scholarships and improving
and training
Ten percent bonuses are available for states
child care providers; establishing links
compensation for child care
exceeding a threshold: 10% penalties will
between child care services and health
workers
Expands eligible activities for child care
apply to states not meeting a minimum
care services; providing consumer
block grant to enable localities to
threshold.
education on the availability and quality
$150 million (discretionary) for
renovate or upgrade child care facilities
of care, including the development and
research and development
$250 million (discretionary) to assist in the
operation of resource and referral
Provides larger tax credits to those using
development of distance learning child care
services; ensuring availability and quality
accredited child care
training technology infrastructures and to
of services for children with special
develop model technology-based training
health care needs.
Allows for loan forgiveness for child care
courses for providers and child care workers.
workers who earn degrees in early
Creates a new $1 billion (discretionary)
childhood education or related degrees
program of competitive "challenge
grants" to improve the availability and
Additional tax exemptions for costs
quality of care. Communities could
related to child care credentialing
receive matching federal funds for funds
generated in the private sector.
Also extends the Family and Medical
Leave Act to employers with 25 or more
workers.
Children's Defense Fund, 2/6/98
(All dollar figures are over five years)
President's
CIDCARE Act,
Early Childhood
Healthy and Smoke Free
Caring for America's Children
The Child Care A.C.C.E.S.S.
Proposal
S. 1037 sponsored by Jeffords (R-VT)
Development Act of 1997, S.
Children Act, S. 1492¹ sponsored
Act, S. 1577 sponsored by Chafee (R-RI)/
Act, S. 1610 sponsored by Dodd (D-
/ Dodd (D-CT)
1309 sponsored by Kerry (D-MA) /
by Kennedy (D-MA)
Hatch (R-UT)
CT)/ Daschle (D-SD)
Bond (R-MO)
School-Age Care
Increase 21st Century Learning
-0-
-0-
Increases the child care block grant by
School-age care is an option under the child
Increases the child care block grant by
Centers by $800 million
$5.4 billion (mandatory) to start, operate,
care block grant and an eligible use of funds
$3 billion (mandatory) to increase the
(discretionary) to help schools
or expand programs for school-age
under a new small business child care grant
supply and quality of school-age care.
provide after-school care
children
program
Also increases the age of children
eligible for the block grant funds to 15
from 13 years old.
Through the 21st Century Community
Learning Centers. provides $1 billion
(discretionary) to encourage schools to
create before and after-school programs.
Head Start
$3.8 billion (discretionary) to
-0-
$3.6 billion to expand Early Head Start
$6.75 billion (mandatory) to expand
-0-
-0-
expand Head Start and Early
Head Start
Head Start
$2.7 billion (mandatory) to expand Early
Head Start
Tax Credits
$5.2 billion to expand child care
Makes the child care tax credit
-0-
-0-
Expands child care tax credit for families with
Adjusts the sliding scale of the child care
tax credits for middle-income
refundable and includes other
income up to $75,000. doubles the size of the
tax credit to increase the credit for
families earning below $58,000
improvements to the credit
maximum credit for families with income
families earning under $60,000. Indexes
under $30,000. Caps child care credit at
the current expense limits for inflation.
$500 million for employer tax
Tax credit for employers who contribute
income of $105,000.
Makes the credit refundable for families
credits
to child care arrangements for their
earning under $30,000.
employees including start-up costs,
Allows a tax credit for stay-at-home mothers
professional development, wage
with children under 4 years old with family
Allows parents who do not work outside
subsidies, and operating expenses. Tax
incomes up to $105,000.
the home with children under the age of
credit for 50% of employer's annual
one, to claim a portion of the child care
child care expenses capped at $150,000.
$4 million (discretionary) for the Dept. of
tax credit. This credit would be
Labor to launch an awareness campaign about
refundable for families earning under
Charitable deduction for donating
the Dependent Care Assistance plan that
$30,000. and is phased out for families
educational equipment and materials to
allows employees to setaside up to $5,000 in
earning over $70,000.
public schools, accredited or credentialed
income for tax free reimbursement of child
nonprofit child care providers and public
care expenses.
$500 million to provides a 25% tax
or nonprofit child care support entities.
credit to employers for operating on-site
Provides a 20% credit on expenses of up to
child care centers, contracting for off-site
Allows dependent care assistance plan
$500,000 for businesses to provide child care
child care, contributing to the costs of
funds to be used for 12 months by
to employees or assist them with the cost of
accreditation or operating resource and
mother (for at-home or out of home care)
child care
referral systems.
Children's Defense Fund, 2/6/98
(All dollar figures are over five years)
President's
CIDCARE Act,
Early Childhood
Healthy and Smoke Free
Caring for America's Children
The Child Care A.C.C.E.S.S.
Proposal
S. 1037 sponsored by Jeffords (R-VT)
Development Act of 1997, S.
Children Act, S. 1492¹ sponsored
Act, S. 1577 sponsored by Chafee (R-RI)/
Act, S. 1610 sponsored by Dodd (D-
/ Dodd (D-CT)
1309 sponsored by Kerry (D-MA) /
by Kennedy (D-MA)
Hatch (R-UT)
CT)/ Daschle (D-SD)
Bond (R-MO)
Total
3
Spending
$21.7 billion including Head
Tax provision cost estimates are not yet
$11.1 billion including Early Head Start
Approximately $30 billion including
Estimates are not yet available.
Approximately $15 billion not including
Start and Early Head Start
available. Discretionary grants total
Head Start and Early Head Start
the tax credits. Tax provision cost
$310 million
estimates not yet available.
I S. 1492 specifically allocates approximately $30 billion for child care related services. States are also offered an additional $20 billion to use for a variety of federal children's programs, including the Child Care and Development Block Grant and Head Start. As part of the $30 billion,
$1.35 billion is earmarked for increasing early intervention services for children with disabilities under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities and Education Act (IDEA).
2
Discretionary money is money that has to be appropriated each year. Therefore, there is no guarantee that Congress will fund a discretionary program at any particular level.
3
All monetary figures are spending amounts over five years, unless otherwise specified.
Children's Defense Fund, 2/6/98