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HR7721Referred to Committee

CRACKDOWN Act of 2026

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-02-26
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
Republican · WI · Representative
Votes with party: 96.3% (640 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/G000576

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507.

2026-04-06

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceReported By · 2026-04-06

Previously

  • Education and Workforce CommitteeReported By · 2026-04-06
  • Education and Workforce CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-03-05
  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceMarkup By · 2026-03-05
  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceReferred To · 2026-02-26
  • Education and Workforce CommitteeReferred To · 2026-02-26

Plain-English Summary

The bill aims to address issues affecting families, though the specific provisions are not detailed in the available information. Based on its title and subject matter, it likely proposes enforcement or regulatory measures related to family-related policies or protections. Without access to the bill's full text, the exact impact on families—whether involving child welfare, domestic issues, or other family-centered concerns—cannot be determined from this summary alone.

AI-assisted summary generated from the official bill metadata (title, subjects, actions) sourced from Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed. Always verify against the official text linked below.

Subjects

Families

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7721 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No. 507 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7721 [Report No. 119-587] To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2026 Mr. Grothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce April 6, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 26, 2026] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act. 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 ``Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing Known Deficiencies, and Overseeing Waste Nationwide Act of 2026'' or the ``CRACKDOWN Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. IMPROPER PAYMENT RATE REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN; CONDITIONAL INELIGIBILITY. Section 658J of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e), and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ``(c) Improper Payment Threshold Requiring Corrective Action Plan.--If for a fiscal year the improper payment rate of a State is more than 5 percent of the aggregate amount of payments made to carry out this subchapter by such State for such fiscal year, then such State shall submit to the Secretary-- ``(1) for review and approval a corrective action plan to reduce such rate to not more than 5 percent for each subsequent fiscal year; and ``(2) such reports as the Secretary may require to show that such State is complying with the requirements of such plan as approved by the Secretary. ``(d) Conditional Ineligibility.--If for each of 2 consecutive fiscal years the improper payment rate of a State determined under this section is more 5 percent, then such State shall be ineligible to receive funds under this subchapter unless such State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such State for the next fiscal year will-- ``(1) reduce such improper payment rate to not more than 5 percent for the next fiscal year; or ``(2) make significant progress to comply with the corrective action plan approved under subsection (c).''. Union Calendar No. 507 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7721 [Report No. 119-587] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act. _______________________________________________________________________ April 6, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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