Rural Child Care Access Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8456 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8456 To support infrastructure investment in small and rural child care facilities. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 2026 Mr. Pappas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To support infrastructure investment in small and rural child care facilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Child Care Access Act''. SEC. 2. BUILDING UP INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LOCAL CHILD CARE GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Grant Authorization.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to make grants to State and local child care facilities that serve jurisdictions with fewer than 50,000 residents for use in accordance with subsection (b). (b) Use of Funds.-- (1) In general.--Funds made available to a…