Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025

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I 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1889 To require that States that receive a grant under the Child Care and Develop- ment Block Grant Act of 1990, will not prohibit licensed child care providers from performing simple food preparation of fruits and vegeta- bles. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 5, 2025 Ms. PEREZ (for herself, Ms. FOXX, Mrs. KIM, and Mr. GRAY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce A BILL To require that States that receive a grant under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, will not prohibit licensed child care providers from per- forming simple food preparation of fruits and vegetables. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cutting Red Tape on4 Child Care Providers Act of 2025’’.5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.6 The Congress finds the following:7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:59 Mar 22, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1889.IH H1889 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1889 IH (1) Access to minimally processed fruits, vege-1 tables, nuts and seeds is crucial for the development2 and well-being of children.3 (2) Licensed child care providers often face re-4 strictions on food preparation that limit their ability5 to serve fresh fruits and vegetables.6 (3) Home and family based child care options,7 (estimated to serve about 1⁄4 of families), have seen8 steady declines over the past decade. While this de-9 creases child care choices for all families, it dis-10 proportionately impacts low-income and rural fami-11 lies and those requiring daycare at non-traditional12 times because of shift work.13 (4) Complicated and burdensome regulations14 are more challenging for home-based providers and15 are likely a part of the reason these centers are de-16 clining.17 (5) Current regulations can make it easier to18 open a pre-packaged, often ultra-processed, snack19 than it is to, for example, peel a banana. This un-20 dermines the ability of child care providers to pro-21 vide basic nutrition to our kids.22 (6) Simplifying regulations to encourage simple23 food preparation of minimally processed agricultural24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:59 Mar 22, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1889.IH H1889 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1889 IH products can improve nutritional outcomes for chil-1 dren.2 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.3 For purposes of this Act and the amendment made4 by this Act, the term ‘‘simple food preparation’’ means5 the basic preparation of fruits and vegetables, including6 washing, peeling, cutting, and serving raw or minimally7 processed produce.8 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF BARRIERS UNDER THE CHILD9 CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT10 ACT OF 1990.11 Section 658E(c)(2)(F) of the Child Care and Devel-12 opment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(2)(F))13 is amended by adding at the end the following:14 ‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION OF BARRIERS.—15 The State shall not create any barriers on16 the simple preparation of fresh fruits and17 vegetables for facilities, licensed or licensed18 exempt.’’.19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:59 Mar 22, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1889.IH H1889 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS

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