# 119-hr-5363: Expanding Childcare in Rural America Act of 2025

119-hr-5363, Expanding Childcare in Rural America Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5363
- Congress: 119
- Title: Expanding Childcare in Rural America Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-25

## Summary

**Expands childcare access in rural and farming communities by creating a USDA-led initiative that prioritizes loans, grants, and technical assistance for 2026 through 2030.** It targets availability, quality, and cost of early care in agricultural areas and requires formal evaluation and reporting on outcomes. - Families: Targets help to increase availability and affordability of early care in agricultural and rural communities, with priority for farming-dependent counties. - Childcare providers: Gives priority access to multiple USDA rural loan and grant programs for facility purchase, construction, renovation, and provider supports. - Local groups and intermediaries: Allows awards through childcare resource and referral organizations, staffed family child care networks, community development financial institutions, and nonprofits with proven expertise. - Rural communities: Requires balanced geographic distribution and favors communities identified as farming-dependent under the 2015 Economic Research Service typology. - Accountability: USDA must complete a comprehensive evaluation of Initiative projects within 2 years and report the findings to Congressional agriculture committees within 3 years.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2026-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More childcare help for rural families: benefit, medium. This bill would create the Expanding Childcare in Rural America Initiative at the Department of Agriculture for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. The Secretary would prioritize loans and grants that increase childcare availability, quality, or lower costs in agricultural and rural communities. Priori…

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- 119-hr-2192: Air America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-5469: SHINE for Autumn Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5363 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5363)

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- [119-hr-2192: Air America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2192)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-5469: SHINE for Autumn Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5469)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5363 (as of 2026-07-25).