{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-7726","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 7726","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to withhold funds from noncompliant States under suchAct.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to withhold funds from noncompliant States under suchAct."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to withhold funds from noncompliant States under such Act."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act of 2026"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2026-02-26","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-06-03","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h198","question":"On Passage","title":"No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act","result":"Passed","yea":217,"nay":207,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll198.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2026-06-04"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-06-03","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act","result":"Failed","yea":210,"nay":213,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll197.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-04-06","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act of 2026"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill subjects states to additional sanctions for improperly using funds under the Child Care and Development Block Grant program. The program provides grants to states to support child care programs for low-income working families."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, if the Office of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) finds that a state has failed to comply substantially with the requirements of the program, the ACF must impose additional sanctions, which include disqualifying the state from receiving funds under the program."},{"k":"p","t":"Under current law, the ACF is permitted, but not required, to take such actions for a state's noncompliance."}],"words":107},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to add fraud-related debarment, State improper payment thresholds, State plan content and Federal monitoring requirements.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#HB4AE5DA0A1AC43C186ADBB9DD592D4D7"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#H5486F45B67974A769CDB1875C00F9E54"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#HFC9FDB424FF443B7A28F751DD7477132"},{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#H469770B8BA5C4609BB8075A88116F766"},{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#H31816E2528E54422ACB2710BC18FC97A"}]},"core_areas":["Fraud determinations and permanent debarment of child care providers","Improper payment rates and corrective action plans for States","Federal monitoring and high-risk designation of States","Program integrity descriptions in State child care plans","Debarment under the Child and Adult Care Food Program","GAO study of fraud prevention in child care and nutrition programs"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires each State plan under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act to describe its internal controls, its processes to investigate and recover fraudulent payments and sanction fraud, and its procedures to document and verify eligibility.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#HB4AE5DA0A1AC43C186ADBB9DD592D4D7"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to permanently debar a child care provider from block grant financial assistance after a final determination of fraud, or after the provider is debarred from the Child and Adult Care Food Program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#H5486F45B67974A769CDB1875C00F9E54"}},{"text":"Requires a State with an improper payment rate above 5 percent in a fiscal year to submit a corrective action plan, and makes a State above 5 percent in 2 consecutive fiscal years ineligible for funds unless it demonstrates to the Secretary's satisfaction that it will meet stated conditions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#HFC9FDB424FF443B7A28F751DD7477132"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to review each State's performance at 3-year intervals, to designate certain States as high risk based on audit, corrective action plan or State plan findings, and to subject them to additional monitoring.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#H469770B8BA5C4609BB8075A88116F766"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to permanently debar an institution or family or group day care home from the Child and Adult Care Food Program after a final determination of fraud or after debarment from the Child Care and Development Block Grant program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#H31816E2528E54422ACB2710BC18FC97A"}},{"text":"Directs the Comptroller General to study fraud prevention measures in Federal early childhood education, child care and child nutrition programs and to report to two congressional committees within 2 years of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh#H721A5A4B275743F99D73A917F636BA5B"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-06-03","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7726/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-7726.png","v":"b27430ab14a4","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7726, 119th Congress: Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026. House: 217 Yea, 207 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 3 Jun 2026."}}