,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1 #bjac
 ,mrs4 ,murray 7for herself1 ,ms4       
,mikulski1 ,mr4 ,begich1 and ,ms4       
,hirono7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,child ,care and ,development 
,block ,grant ,act of #aiij to authorize
 a national toll-free referral line and 
website1 to develop and disseminate     
child care consumer education           
information for parents and to help     
parents access child care in their      
community1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,child ,care and ,resources         
,education ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,purpose 
,the purposes of this ,act are--  7#a7  
to develop and disseminate child care   
consumer education information for      
parents2 and  7#b7 to assist parents in 
finding safe1 affordable1 and quality   

child care in their community4  #c4     
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3  7#a7 ,nearly #aa1jjj1jjj     
children under age #e are in some type  
of child care setting every week4  7#b7 
,numerous reports have found that child 
care is hard to find in many communities
 throughout the ,united ,states4  7#c7  
,a #bjaj study by the ,national         
,institute of ,child ,health and ,human 
,development found children who received
 high-quality care in the first few     
years of life scored higher on measures 
of academic and cognitive achievement   
when the children were #ae years old1   
and were less likely to misbehave1 than 
children enrolled in low-quality care in
 those years4  7#d7 ,more than          
#a1jjj1jjj families a year receive      
assistance in finding child care through
 a national child care referral line and
 website1 with nearly half the calls to 
the referral line coming from military  
families1 including those who are faced 
with deployment4  7#e7 ,the national    

child care referral line had #eg1jjj1jjj
 page views by parents looking for child
 care in their community as well as     
parents looking for information about   
selecting a child care provider4  7#f7  
,over #bjj1jjj publications were mailed 
to parents last year1 in both ,english  
and ,spanish1 by the operator of the    
national referral line and website1 to  
provide consumer education to parents   
looking for child care4  #d4 ,amendment 
,section #feh,o7a7 of the ,child ,care  
and ,development ,block ,grant ,act of  
#aiij 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ihehm7 is amended 
by adding at the end the following3     
7#c7 ,national toll-free referral line  
and website ,the ,secretary shall       
reserve not less than #a1jjj1jjj of the 
amount appropriated under this          
subchapter for each fiscal year for the 
operation of a national toll-free       
referral line and website1 to develop   
and disseminate child care consumer     
education information for parents and to
 help parents access safe1 affordable1  

and quality child care in their         
community4  4