[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 495 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 495
To establish a program to provide child care through public-private
partnerships, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 3, 1993
Mr. Dodd (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mrs. Boxer, and Mrs. Murray)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources
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A BILL
To establish a program to provide child care through public-private
partnerships, and for other purposes.
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 Public-Private
Partnership Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
The Secretary shall establish a program to make grants to--
(1) businesses and consortia--
(A) to pay start-up costs incurred to provide child
care services needed by the employees of such
businesses; or
(B) to provide additional child care services
needed by the employees of such businesses, other than
services provided prior to the period for which the
grant is made; and
(2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical
information and assistance to enable businesses to provide
child care services.
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS.
To be eligible to receive a grant under section 2, a business,
nonprofit business organization, or consortium shall submit an
application to the Secretary in accordance with section 4.
SEC. 4. APPLICATION.
In submitting an application referred to in section 3, a business,
nonprofit business organization, or consortium shall submit the
application at such time, in such form, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require by rule, except that such application
shall contain--
(1) an assurance that the applicant shall make available,
with respect to the costs to be incurred by the applicant in
carrying out the activities for which such grant is made, non-
Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than $2
for every $1 of Federal funds provided under the grant;
(2) an assurance that such applicant will expend such grant
for the use specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 2, as
the case may be;
(3) an assurance that such applicant will employ strategies
to ensure that child care services provided by such applicant,
or provided with the technical information and assistance made
available by such applicant, are provided at affordable rates,
and on an equitable basis, to low- and moderate-income
employees;
(4) an assurance that such applicant--
(A) in the case of a business or consortium, will
comply with all State and local licensing requirements
applicable to such business or consortium concerning
the provision of child care services; or
(B) in the case of a nonprofit business
organization, will employ procedures to ensure that
technical information and assistance provided under
this Act by such business organization will be provided
only to businesses that comply with the requirements
described in subparagraph (A); and
(5) in the case of a business or consortium, an assurance
that if the employees of such applicant do not require all the
child care services for which such grant and the funds required
by paragraph (1) are to be expended by such applicant, the
excess of such child care services shall be made available to
families in the community in which such applicant is located.
SEC. 5. SELECTION OF GRANTEES.
For purposes of selecting applicants to receive grants under this
Act, the Secretary shall give priority to businesses that have fewer
than 100 full-time employees. To the extent practicable, the Secretary
shall--
(1) make grants equitably under this Act to applicants
located in all geographical regions of the United States; and
(2) give priority to applicants for grants under section
2(1).
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) Business.--The term ``business'' means a person engaged
in commerce whose primary activity is not providing child care
services.
(2) Child care services.--The term ``child care services''
means care for a child that is--
(A) provided on the site at which a parent of such
child is employed or at a site nearby in the community;
and
(B) subsidized at least in part by the business
that employs such parent.
(3) Consortium.--The term ``consortium'' means--
(A) two or more businesses acting jointly; or
(B) two or more businesses and a nonprofit private
organization, acting jointly.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.
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