Requires states whose improper payment rate for child care block grant funds exceeds 5 percent to submit a corrective action plan to the Secretary, and makes a state ineligible for those funds after two consecutive years above that rate unless it demonstrates progress.

• Requires a state whose improper payment rate exceeds 5 percent of its child care payments in a fiscal year to submit a corrective action plan for the Secretary's review and approval, aiming to bring the rate to 5 percent or less in later years.
• Requires states under a corrective action plan to file reports showing they follow the approved plan.
• Makes a state ineligible for Child Care and Development Block Grant funds if its rate exceeds 5 percent for two consecutive fiscal years, unless it shows the Secretary it will reach 5 percent or less or make significant progress on its plan.
• Redesignates the existing subsection (c) of section 658J of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act as subsection (e).

• Education and Workforce Committee (House)

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