Amendment101st Congress
Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to: authorize additional funds for the Head Start program, but permit only 50% of those funds to be used to expand Head Start into a full-day, year-round program; provide $2.25 billion in additional funds over five years for the Title XX block grant program earmarked for child care; require States receiving Title XX funds to establish a voucher system for child care with religious based institutions eligible to participate; and expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and provide an additional credit for families with infants.
- Amendment Number
- 401
- Description
- Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to: authorize additional funds for the Head Start program, but permit only 50% of those funds to be used to expand Head Start into a full-day, year-round program; provide $2.25 billion in additional funds over five years for the Title XX block grant program earmarked for child care; require States receiving Title XX funds to establish a voucher system for child care with religious based institutions eligible to participate; and expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and provide an additional credit for families with infants.
- Purpose
- An amendment in the nature of a substitute to authorize additional funds for Head Start but to permit only 50% of those funds to be used to expand Head Start into a full-day, year-round program. The amendment does not authorize a separate program to provide school-based day care for pre-schoolers and for school aged children before and after school, and does not contain provisions to require states to develop standards that assure the quality of day care. The amendment does provide $2.25 billion in additional funds overfive years for the Title XX block grant program, and earmarks these funds for child care. The amendment also increases the Earned Income Tax Credit, adjusts it for family size, but adds an additional credit for families with infants. It makes the federal excise tax on telephones permanent and phases out the Dependent Care Tax Credit for upper income families. Finally, the substitute exempts earnings derived from performing child care services by individuals 65 or older from the Social Security excess earnings test.
- Congress
- 101
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Mar 29, 1990
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Stenholm amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 195 - 225 (Roll no. 57).
- Latest Action Time
- 18:18:05
- Submitted Date
- Mar 29, 1990
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 1, 2021