A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 511.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
The "Stop Child Care Fraud Act of 2026" amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. It requires States to include specific details in their plans regarding program integrity and accountability. States must describe their internal controls, how they investigate and recover fraudulent payments, and how they sanction clients or providers for fraud. Additionally, States must explain their procedures for verifying eligibility. The bill also requires States to disclose how they use data from other State and local agencies that oversee child care providers.
Yes· 3 of 7
- Scored +4
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
Requires states to disclose their internal controls and data utilization across agencies.
- Scored +3
Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?
Requires states to implement internal controls and eligibility verification to ensure fiscal integrity.
- Scored +2
Would children be better off under this?
Ensuring funds reach eligible families through fraud reduction protects services for children.
The opposite
- Scored -2
Does this leave more decisions to the states?
States are subject to more federal requirements regarding how they report internal controls and fraud processes.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Accountability: By requiring a description of internal controls to ensure program integrity and accountability, the bill aims to better manage the program (Section 2).
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Fraud Reduction: The requirement for processes to investigate and recover fraudulent payments, as well as impose sanctions on fraudulent clients or providers, helps protect program funds (Section 2).
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Better Eligibility Verification: The bill requires States to have procedures in place to document and verify eligibility, ensuring benefits go to the intended recipients (Section 2).
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Improved Agency Coordination: The requirement for States to describe how they use data across other State and local agencies with oversight of child care providers may improve how providers are monitored (Section 2).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts for individuals or groups are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make the government pay for what it commits to? — Requires states to implement internal controls and eligibility verification to ensure fiscal integrity. Does this reduce what the federal government spends? — Improved recovery of fraudulent payments reduces waste in government spending. Does this reduce what the federal government owes? — Reducing fraud in block grants helps protect federal funds from waste.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would children be better off under this? — Ensuring funds reach eligible families through fraud reduction protects services for children. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — Verification of eligibility ensures that limited funds are directed to the low-income families they are intended for.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — Requires states to disclose their internal controls and data utilization across agencies. Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill increases federal oversight by requiring states to disclose more specific plan details to the federal government. Does this leave more decisions to the states? — States are subject to more federal requirements regarding how they report internal controls and fraud processes.
- 4/6/2026
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-591.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 511.
- 3/5/2026
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
- 2/26/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Introduced in House