,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aigc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ag1          
#bjba,mrs4 ,hinson 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,jacobs of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,stivers1   
,mr4 ,feenstra1 ,mr4 ,armstrong1 ,mrs4  
,miller of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,norman1 and 
,mrs4 ,miller-,meeks7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,resources to submit
 to the ,congress a report on ,state    
child care regulations4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,child ,care ,accessibility ,report and 
,evaluation ,act of #bjba or the ,child 
,,care ,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,report ,not 
later than #c years after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 acting through the           
,administration for ,children and       
,families1 shall submit to the ,congress
 a report that contains the following   

information3 7#a7 ,the list of child    
care regulations in each ,state by      
,state4  7#b7 ,whether each regulation  
is best described as related to-- 7,a7  
child safety1  7,b7 quality of child    
care1  7,c7 both child safety and       
quality of care1 or  7,d7 neither4  7#c7
 ,an analysis of any effect of ,state   
regulations categorized as 8quality of  
child care0 regulations on the cost of  
child care and the supply of child care4
  7#d7 ,the average cost of child care  
in each ,state4  7#e7 ,the number of    
child care providers per #ajj1jjj       
children in each ,state1 disaggregated  
by type 7home-based or center-based74   
7#f7 ,a ranking of ,states by the number
 of quality regulations4  #c4           
,definition ,for purposes of this ,act1 
the term ,state means any of the several
 ,states1 the ,district of ,columbia1 or
 ,puerto ,rico4