H.R. 7027Child Care Is Essential Act

2 recorded actions194 of these members are on the 2026 ballotWhat the measure does Read on Congress.gov

Sponsor: Rosa L. DeLauro [D-CT-03]
Cosponsors: 148 · 147 Democrats · 1 Republican
Policy area: Families
Committees: Appropriations Committee, Budget Committee
Latest action: Jul 30, 2020 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

IntroducedMay 27, 2020
Passed the HouseJul 29, 2020
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS 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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 7027 as passed House on Jul 29, 2020. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Jul 29, 2020Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJul 29, 2020

How every member votedHouse roll call 171

House Jul 29, 2020 · the primary vote

On Passage

Making additional supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes

Passed

249 Yea 163 Nay 18 not voting

Party-line vote 17 of 412 voting members broke with their own party: 17 Republicans.

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Democratic232 members

Republican198 members

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Cosponsors148 · 147 Democrats · 1 Republican

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 7027 and vote against it. 34 signed when it was filed.

DRobert C. "Bobby" Scott [D-VA-03]Original2026 profile

DKatherine M. Clark [D-MA-05]Original2026 profile

DSuzanne Bonamici [D-OR-01]Original2026 profile

DNITA LOWEY [D-NY-17]Original

DHaley M. Stevens [D-MI-11]Original

DAbby Finkenauer [D-IA-01]Original

DJahana Hayes [D-CT-05]Original2026 profile

DDebra Haaland [D-NM-01]Original

DLUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD [D-CA-40]Original

DSUSAN DAVIS [D-CA-53]Original

DBARBARA LEE [D-CA-13]Original

DRaúl Grijalva [D-AZ-03]Original

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H.R. 7027Child Care Is Essential Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 70272 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 171

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors148 · 147 Democrats · 1 Republican

H.R. 7027Child Care Is Essential Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 70272 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 171

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors148 · 147 Democrats · 1 Republican

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