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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 329 

Amending the eligibility criteria for the Senate Employee Child Care Center. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2021 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the eligibility criteria for the Senate Employee 

Child Care Center. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SENATE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

4 (1) the term ‘‘Board’’ means the Board of Di5 rectors of the Center; 

6 (2) the term ‘‘Center’’ means the Senate Em7 ployee Child Care Center; 

8 (3) the term ‘‘Congressional employee’’ means a 

9 Congressional employee, as defined in section 2107 

10 of title 5, United States Code, who is not an em11 ployee of the Senate or an employee of the Center; 


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1 (4) the term ‘‘employee of the Senate’’ has the 

2 meaning given that term in section 207(e)(9) of title 

3 18, United States Code; and 

4 (5) the term ‘‘Federal employee’’ means an em5 ployee, as defined in section 2105 of title 5, United 

6 States Code, who is not an employee of the Senate, 

7 an employee of the Center, or a Congressional em8 ployee. 

9 (b) REIMBURSEMENT.—For fiscal year 2022, and 

10 each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Senate 

11 shall, from amounts in the appropriations account ‘‘Mis12 cellaneous Items’’ within the contingent fund of the Sen13 ate, reimburse the Center for the cost of the basic pay 

14 paid to the Executive Director and the cost of the basic 

15 pay paid to the Assistant Director of the Center. 

16 (c) ENROLLMENT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 

18 reimbursement under subsection (b), not later than 

19 120 days after the date on which no parent or 

20 guardian of a child enrolled at the Center is serving 

21 in a position as an employee of the Senate, an em22 ployee of the Center, a Congressional employee, or 

23 a Federal employee, the Center shall terminate the 

24 enrollment of the child at the Center. 


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1 (2) ORDER.—As a condition of receiving reim2 bursement under subsection (b), the Center shall 

3 provide enrollment— 

4 (A) first, to a child of an individual serving 

5 as a Senate employee or as an employee of the 

6 Center; 

7 (B) second, to a child of an individual 

8 serving as a Congressional employee; and 

9 (C) third, if there is an enrollment slot 

10 available in the Center, no child of an individual 

11 serving as an employee of the Senate, as an em12 ployee of the Center, or as a Congressional em13 ployee accepts the slot, and no currently en14 rolled child is ready to transition to the class in 

15 which the slot is available, to a child of an indi16 vidual serving as a Federal employee. 

17 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 

19 take effect on the date that is 180 days after 

20 the date of adoption of this resolution. 

21 (B) APPLICATION TO EMPLOYEES SEPA22 RATING FROM SERVICE BEFORE EFFECTIVE

23 DATE.—For purposes of applying paragraph (1) 

24 to a parent or guardian of a child enrolled at 

25 the Center who ceases serving in a position as 


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1 a Congressional employee, an employee of the 

2 Center, or Federal employee before the date on 

3 which paragraph (1) takes effect, the parent or 

4 guardian shall be deemed to have separated 

5 from such service on the date on which para6 graph (1) takes effect. 

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