H.R. 7721

Summary

H.R. 7721, the CRACKDOWN Act of 2026, was introduced in the House on Feb 26, 2026 by Rep. Glenn Grothman (R). It last saw action on Apr 6, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507.

Record

Text

H.R. 7721 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 7721 IH: Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing Known Deficiencies, and Overseeing Waste Nationwide Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-02-26
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7721  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 26, 2026   Mr. Grothman  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing Known Deficiencies, and Overseeing Waste Nationwide Act   or the   CRACKDOWN Act of 2026  .
2.
Overpayment rate requiring corrective action plan; conditional ineligibility
Section 658J of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858h ) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e), and
(2)
by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
(c)
Overpayment threshold requiring corrective action plan
If for a fiscal year the overpayment rate of a State is more than 5 percent of the aggregate amount of payments made to carry out this subchapter by such State for such fiscal year, then such State shall submit to the Secretary—
(1)
for review and approval a corrective action plan to reduce such rate to not more than 5 percent for each subsequent fiscal year; and
(2)
such reports as the Secretary may require to show that such State is complying with the requirements of such plan as approved by the Secretary.
(d)
Conditional ineligibility
If for each of 2 consecutive fiscal years the overpayment rate of a State determined under this section is more 5 percent, then such State shall be ineligible to receive funds under this subchapter unless such State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such State for the next fiscal year will—
(1)
reduce such overpayment rate to not more than 5 percent for the next fiscal year; or
(2)
make significant progress to comply with the corrective action plan approved under subsection (c).
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To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act.

Sponsors

Rep. Glenn Grothman (R) sponsors H.R. 7721 alone.

Glenn Grothman

Rep. · R–WI-6 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 7721 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Reported By · Apr 6, 2026 · 824 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 7721, the latest H. Rept. 119-587.

• H. Rept. 119-587 — COMBATING REGULATORY ABUSE, CLOSING KNOWN DEFICIENCIES, AND OVERSEEING WASTE NATIONWIDE ACT OF 2026

Actions

H.R. 7721 has taken 6 actions since Feb 26, 2026, the latest on Apr 6, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 7721 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 7721 goes by 6 titles, 4 of them short titles.

• CRACKDOWN Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing Known Deficiencies, and Overseeing Waste Nationwide Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• CRACKDOWN Act of 2026 — Display Title
• CRACKDOWN Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Combating Regulatory Abuse, Closing Known Deficiencies, and Overseeing Waste Nationwide Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to implement an improper payment threshold under such Act. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 7721, the latest on May 13, 2026.

• H.R. 7721, CRACKDOWN Act of 2026 — 2026-05-13As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 6, 2026

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 31 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 7721 in 3 quarterly filings, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Education, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Defense.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 31.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 7721 under Families, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 7721’s is Families.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 7721 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Child care and development to State and local government operations.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 7721, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GROTHMAN:H.R. 7721.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H2333]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com