,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjbj,mr4 
,cisneros 7for himself and ,mr4 ,bacon7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
permit child care providers that receive
 payment for services provided under the
 ,child ,care and ,development ,block   
,grant ,act of #aiij to use a portion of
 such payment to pay the cost of        
sanitization and other costs associated 
with the ,,covid-#ai public health      
emergency1 necessary to protect the     
health of participating children and    
child care workers4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,helping 
,child ,care ,providers ,respond to the 
,coronavirus ,public ,health ,emergency 
,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,authority to pay   
the cost of sanitization and other costs
 associated with the ,,covid-#ai public 
health emergency to protect children who
 receive certain child care services ,a 

child care provider who receives payment
 for services provided under the ,child 
,care and ,development ,block ,grant    
,act of #aiij 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #iheg et   
seq47 may use a portion of such payment 
to pay the cost of sanitization and     
other costs associated with the         
,,covid-#ai public health emergency1 to 
protect children who receive such       
services and child care workers who     
provide such services4  #c4 ,definition 
,for purposes of this ,act1 the term    
,,covid-#ai public health emergency     
means the public health emergency       
declared by the ,secretary of ,health   
and ,human ,services under section #cai 
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7 on ,january #ca1 
#bjbj1 with respect to ,,covid-#ai1     
including any renewal of the            
declaration4