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H.R. 7027: Child Care Is Essential Act

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H.R. 7027: Child Care Is Essential Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-27 · Families · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 170 (2020): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR7027 (2020-07-29), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Child Care Is Essential Act

Plain summary

Child Care Is Essential Act This bill establishes and provides $50 billion in appropriations for the Child Care Stabilization Fund to award grants to child care providers during and after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The bill establishes the fund within the existing Department of Health and Human Services Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program, and the grants must be administered by the existing CCDBG lead agencies of states, tribes, or territories. Child care providers that are currently open or temporarily closed due to COVID-19 are eligible to receive grant awards, which are based on the provider's operating costs before the COVID-19 public health emergency and adjusted to account for the increased costs of providing child care as a result of COVID-19.

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Official text

Child Care Is Essential Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · 148 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 7027, Child Care is Essential Act (2020-07-17)

Cosponsors on this site

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL) and 88 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (2)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr7027 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116