,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bggg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ac1
 #bjbc,mrs4 ,murray 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4 ,hirono1    
,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mr4    
,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,ms4 ,warren1
 ,mr4 ,fetterman1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4     
,reed1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1
 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4     
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4       
,markey1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 
,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4         
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4 ,king1    
,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mrs4       
,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1
 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mr4 
,warnock1 and ,mr4 ,durbin7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to increase child
 care options for working families and  
support child care providers4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 

the ,child ,care ,stabilization ,act4   
#b4 ,child care stabilization grants    
7a7 ,purposes ,the purposes of this     
section are to make child care services 
more accessible for families and to     
support the stability and quality of    
child care providers by-- 7#a7 promoting
 the stability of the child care sector 
by providing a source of stable funding 
to eligible child care providers to help
 offset their operating expenses2  7#b7 
supporting sustained and increased wages
 for early childhood educators or other 
staff of eligible child care providers1 
in order to stabilize and grow the child
 care workforce without increasing costs
 for families2  7#c7 expanding the      
supply and capacity of eligible child   
care providers to ensure working        
families have a range of high-quality1  
affordable child care options1 in a     
variety of settings1 that meet their    
unique needs2 and  7#d7 supporting      
access to child care services for       
communities facing a particular shortage

 of child care options1 including child 
care services for infants and toddlers1 
child care services during              
nontraditional or extended hours1 child 
care services in rural communities1 and 
inclusive child care services for       
children with disabilities4  7b7        
,appropriation ,in addition to amounts  
otherwise available1 there is           
appropriated to the ,secretary of       
,health and ,human ,services1 out of any
 money in the ,treasury not otherwise   
appropriated to carry out the child care
 stabilization program established in   
section #bbjb 7other than subsection    
7d77#b77;,e7 of that section7 of the    
,american ,rescue ,plan ,act of #bjba   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #iheh note7              
#af1jjj1jjj1jjj1 to remain available    
until expended1 for each of fiscal years
 #bjbd through #bjbh4  7c7              
,administration and technical assistance
 ,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human  
,services may reserve not more than #a  
percent of the funding appropriated     

under subsection 7b7 for the costs of   
providing technical assistance1 and for 
the administrative costs1 to carry out  
that section #bbjb4