,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ghj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjai,ms4 ,omar 7for herself1 ,ms4      
,norton1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,pressley1   
,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,hastings1   
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1
 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,lee of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4  
,nadler1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,foster1 
,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,cox of ,california1  
,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,pocan1  
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mrs4 ,watson         
,coleman1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 ,mr4
 ,de,saulnier1 ,ms4 ,hill of            
,california1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4      
,soto1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 
,neguse1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1  
and ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide         
reimbursement to certain ,federal       
employees for childcare expenses during 
the lapse in appropriations beginning on

 or about ,december #bb1 #bjah4  #a4    
,short ,title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,federal ,worker ,childcare        
,protection ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,childcare reimbursement ,any ,federal  
employee who is furloughed or working   
without receiving a paycheck during the 
lapse in appropriations beginning on or 
about ,december #bb1 #bjah1 and paying  
for childcare during such lapse shall   
receive reimbursement for such care--   
7#a7 subject to appropriations2 and     
7#b7 if such an employee can provide    
documentation to the ,general ,services 
,administration in the form a of a      
receipt from a childcare provider4