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In 2001, the Bush Administration introduced new\nproposals and initiatives as part of the FY2002 budget, and the FY2002 appropriations process\naddressed the issue of funding levels for some of those proposals. \n The FY2002 appropriations act for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services\n(HHS) and Education (Ed) ( P.L. 107-116 ) included $2.1 billion in discretionary funding for the\nCCDBG ($100 million less than President Bush's FY2002 budget request) and did not include the\nAdministration's proposed $400 million set-aside for a new after-school certificate program within\nthe CCDBG.\n In its FY2003 budget request, the Administration proposed to maintain level funding for the\nCCDF, while increasing Head Start funding and eliminating the Early Learning Fund. At the close\nof the 107th Congress, a Labor/HHS/Ed appropriations bill had not been passed. Instead, funding\nwas provided temporarily (at FY2002 levels) through a series of continuing resolutions.\n The CCDBG provides child care subsidies to low-income families with children under age 13. \nIt is the primary source of federal child care assistance for low-income families, and is funded\nthrough both mandatory and discretionary funds, referred to in total as the Child Care and\nDevelopment Fund (CCDF). Authorization for both funding streams was due to expire at the end\nof FY2002. Reauthorization bills pertaining to welfare legislation (which includes mandatory child\ncare funding) and the CCDBG Act (which authorizes discretionary funding and sets program rules)\nwere introduced, and in the House, a consolidated bill was passed ( H.R. 4737 ). \nHowever, in the Senate, neither a welfare nor child care reauthorization bill made it further than\ncommittee approval during the 107th Congress. As a result, child care funding (and welfare funding)\nwas extended temporarily via continuing resolutions, leaving reauthorization legislation on the\nagenda for the incoming 108th Congress. \n With respect to other child care-related grants or tax provisions, earlier proposed bills and\ninitiatives reflected attempts to approach the overarching issues of child care availability,\naffordability, and quality with changes to the block grant and/or tax code. Although most of those\nearlier bills and initiatives failed to reach law, several similar bills were introduced in the 107th\nCongress, including an omnibus tax bill, which was signed into law, and contained changes to the\nDependent Care Tax Credit.\n Child care has become an area of increased focus during reauthorization debates, and the\n overall\nissue of early childhood development has received increased attention, with Congressional hearings,\nas well as a White House Summit on Early Childhood Cognitive Development. 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