Choices for Children Act of 1989
Latest action. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Choices for Children Act of 1989 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 to carry out a State child care block grants program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of block grants to States to enhance provision of quality affordable child care. Requires a State to use 80 percent of such grant funds for the following child care related purposes: (1) training of providers; (2) voucher systems for low-income families; (3) information and referral systems; (4) innovative programs; (5) after-school programs in elementary schools; (6) expansion of part-day into full-day programs; and (7) recruitment of providers. Requires a State to use the remaining 20 percent for demonstration programs for provision of quality affordable child care. Gives preference to programs that: (1) target families with incomes below 200 percent of the poverty line; and (2) show they can achieve an appropriate degree of self-sufficiency. Sets the Federal share at 80 percent of program costs. Sets forth annual reporting requirements for States. Requires the Secretary of HHS to report to the Congress by September 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for a school-based child care grant program. Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and administer such program to provide allotments to States for grants to school districts to establish or maintain extended day child care programs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an income tax credit for employers for 25 percent of limited expenses paid or incurred to acquire, construct, or rehabilitate a qualified child care facility available to dependents of their employees. Makes such credit refundable for tax-exempt organizations. Makes such credit applicable to taxable years 1990 through 1992. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990, to remain available for FY 1991 and 1992, for State child care liability insurance risk pools. Directs the Secretary of HHS to allot such funds to States to assist in establishing and operating such pools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990, to remain available for FY 1991 and 1992, for State revolving loan funds for family-based child care facilities. Directs the Secretary of HHS to allot such funds to States which establish revolving loan funds for loans to persons desiring to make capital improvements to their principal residence to become a licensed or accredited family-based child care facility.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on May 4, 1989. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 4, 1989: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 101st Congress (1989-90), 650 of the 10,323 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 6.3 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
CHRISTOPHER BOND (R-MO) introduced it on May 4, 1989, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 3 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 4, 1989, 13644 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 13644 days ago, on May 4, 1989.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 101st Congress has not finished by January 3, 1991 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers