ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE.

SEC. 721. ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE. Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is amended—(1) in subsection (f), by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:“(2) Simplifying assumptions for school year 2020-2021.—For purposes of this section, a State agency may develop and use simplifying assumptions (including a State or local public health ordinance developed in response to COVID–19) and the best feasibly available data to determine the status of a school or covered child care facility as opened, closed, or operating with a reduced number of days or hours, establish State or regionally-based benefits levels, identify eligible children and children eligible for assistance under subsection (h), and establish eligibility periods for eligible children and children eligible for assistance under subsection (h).”; and(2) in subsection (h)—(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “or the area of a child’s residence” after “schools in the area of a covered child care facility”;(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “or for each day that a school in the area of a covered child care facility or the area of the child’s residence is closed or has reduced attendance or hours for at least 5 consecutive days” before the period at the end; and(C) by adding at the end the following:“(4) Deemed population.—For purposes of an approved State agency plan described in paragraph (1) or an approved 134 STAT. 2097 amendment to such a plan described in such paragraph, the Secretary of Agriculture shall deem any child who has not attained the age of 6 as a child who is enrolled in a covered child care facility.”; and(3) in subsection (j), by inserting “for State agencies, other agencies of the State, local units, and schools” after “administrative expenses”.