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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 251
To ensure the safety of children placed in child care centers in Federal
facilities, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mrs. KELLY, Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs. MALONEY of
New York, and Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and
in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judici-
ary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
A BILL
To ensure the safety of children placed in child care centers
in Federal facilities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employees
Child Care Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act (except as otherwise provided in section
5):
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv-
ices.
(2) CHILD CARE ACCREDITATION ENTITY.—The
term ‘‘child care accreditation entity’’ means a non-
profit private organization or public agency that—
(A) is recognized by a State agency or by
a national organization that serves as a peer re-
view panel on the standards and procedures of
public and private child care or school accred-
iting bodies; and
(B) accredits a facility to provide child
care on the basis of—
(i) an accreditation or credentialing
instrument based on peer-validated re-
search;
(ii) compliance with applicable State
or local licensing requirements, as appro-
priate, for the facility;
(iii) outside monitoring of the facility;
and
(iv) criteria that provide assurances
of—
(I) use of developmentally appro-
priate health and safety standards at
the facility;
(II) use of developmentally ap-
propriate educational activities, as an
integral part of the child care pro-
gram carried out at the facility; and
(III) use of ongoing staff devel-
opment or training activities for the
staff of the facility, including related
skills-based testing.
(3) ENTITY SPONSORING A CHILD CARE FACIL-
ITY.—The term ‘‘entity sponsoring a child care facil-
ity’’ means a Federal agency that operates, or an
entity that enters into a contract or licensing agree-
ment with a Federal agency to operate, a child care
facility primarily for the use of Federal employees.
(4) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive
agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section
105 of title 5, United States Code, except that the
term—
(A) does not include the Department of
Defense and the Coast Guard; and
(B) includes the General Services Adminis-
tration, with respect to the administration of a
facility described in paragraph (5)(B).
(5) EXECUTIVE FACILITY.—The term ‘‘execu-
tive facility’’—
(A) means a facility that is owned or
leased by an Executive agency; and
(B) includes a facility that is owned or
leased by the General Services Administration
on behalf of a judicial office.
(6) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal
agency’’ means an Executive agency, a legislative of-
fice, or a judicial office.
(7) JUDICIAL FACILITY.—The term ‘‘judicial fa-
cility’’ means a facility that is owned or leased by a
judicial office (other than a facility that is also a fa-
cility described in paragraph (5)(B)).
(8) JUDICIAL OFFICE.—The term ‘‘judicial of-
fice’’ means an entity of the judicial branch of the
Federal Government.
(9) LEGISLATIVE FACILITY.—The term ‘‘legisla-
tive facility’’ means a facility that is owned or leased
by a legislative office.
(10) LEGISLATIVE OFFICE.—The term ‘‘legisla-
tive office’’ means an entity of the legislative branch
of the Federal Government.
(11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 658P of the Child Care
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 9858n).
SEC. 3. PROVIDING QUALITY CHILD CARE IN FEDERAL FA-
CILITIES.
(a) EXECUTIVE FACILITIES.—
(1) STATE
AND
LOCAL
LICENSING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any entity sponsoring
a child care facility in an executive facility
shall—
(i) comply with child care standards
described in paragraph (2) that are no less
stringent than applicable State or local li-
censing requirements that are related to
the provision of child care in the State or
locality involved; or
(ii) obtain the applicable State or local
licenses, as appropriate, for the facility.
(B) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this
Act—
(i) the entity shall comply, or make
substantial progress (as determined by the
Administrator) toward complying, with
subparagraph (A); and
(ii) any contract or licensing agree-
ment used by an Executive agency for the
provision of child care services in the child
care facility shall include a condition that
the child care be provided by an entity that
complies with the standards described in
subparagraph (A)(i) or obtains the licenses
described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
(2) HEALTH, SAFETY, AND FACILITY STAND-
ARDS.—The Administrator shall by regulation estab-
lish standards relating to health, safety, facilities, fa-
cility design, and other aspects of child care that the
Administrator determines to be appropriate for child
care in executive facilities, and require child care fa-
cilities, and entities sponsoring child care facilities,
in executive facilities to comply with the standards.
The standards shall include requirements that child
care facilities be inspected for, and be free of, lead
hazards.
(3) ACCREDITATION STANDARDS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
shall issue regulations requiring, to the max-
imum extent possible, any entity sponsoring an
eligible child care facility (as defined by the Ad-
ministrator) in an executive facility to comply
with standards of a child care accreditation en-
tity.
(B) COMPLIANCE.—The regulations shall
require that, not later than 3 years after the
date of enactment of this Act—
(i) the entity shall comply, or make
substantial progress (as determined by the
Administrator) toward complying, with the
standards; and
(ii) any contract or licensing agree-
ment used by an Executive agency for the
provision of child care services in the child
care facility shall include a condition that
the child care be provided by an entity that
complies with the standards.
(4) EVALUATION AND COMPLIANCE.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
shall evaluate the compliance, with the require-
ments of paragraph (1) and the regulations
issued pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3), as
appropriate, of child care facilities, and entities
sponsoring child care facilities, in executive fa-
cilities. The Administrator may conduct the
evaluation of such a child care facility or entity
directly, or through an agreement with another
Federal agency or private entity, other than the
Federal agency for which the child care facility
is providing services. If the Administrator de-
termines, on the basis of such an evaluation,
that the child care facility or entity is not in
compliance with the requirements, the Adminis-
trator shall notify the Executive agency.
(B) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—On re-
ceipt of the notification of noncompliance issued
by the Administrator, the head of the Executive
agency shall—
(i) if the entity operating the child
care facility is the agency—
(I) not later than 2 business days
after the date of receipt of the notifi-
cation, correct any deficiencies that
are determined by the Administrator
to be life threatening or to present a
risk of serious bodily harm;
(II) not later than 4 months
after the date of receipt of the notifi-
cation, develop and provide to the Ad-
ministrator a plan to correct any
other deficiencies in the operation of
the facility and bring the facility and
entity into compliance with the re-
quirements;
(III) provide the parents of the
children receiving child care services
at the child care facility and employ-
ees of the facility with a notification
detailing the deficiencies described in
subclauses (I) and (II) and actions
that will be taken to correct the defi-
ciencies, and post a copy of the notifi-
cation in a conspicuous place in the
facility for 5 working days or until the
deficiencies are corrected, whichever is
later;
(IV) bring the child care facility
and entity into compliance with the
requirements and certify to the Ad-
ministrator that the facility and entity
are in compliance, based on an onsite
evaluation of the facility conducted by
an individual with expertise in child
care health and safety; and
(V) in the event that deficiencies
determined by the Administrator to be
life threatening or to present a risk of
serious bodily harm cannot be cor-
rected within 2 business days after
the date of receipt of the notification,
close the child care facility, or the af-
fected portion of the facility, until the
deficiencies are corrected and notify
the Administrator of the closure; and
(ii) if the entity operating the child
care facility is a contractor or licensee of
the Executive agency—
(I) require the contractor or li-
censee, not later than 2 business days
after the date of receipt of the notifi-
cation, to correct any deficiencies that
are determined by the Administrator
to be life threatening or to present a
risk of serious bodily harm;
(II) require the contractor or li-
censee, not later than 4 months after
the date of receipt of the notification,
to develop and provide to the head of
the agency a plan to correct any other
deficiencies in the operation of the
child care facility and bring the facil-
ity and entity into compliance with
the requirements;
(III) require the contractor or li-
censee to provide the parents of the
children receiving child care services
at the child care facility and employ-
ees of the facility with a notification
detailing the deficiencies described in
subclauses (I) and (II) and actions
that will be taken to correct the defi-
ciencies, and to post a copy of the no-
tification in a conspicuous place in the
facility for 5 working days or until the
deficiencies are corrected, whichever is
later;
(IV) require the contractor or li-
censee to bring the child care facility
and entity into compliance with the
requirements and certify to the head
of the agency that the facility and en-
tity are in compliance, based on an
onsite evaluation of the facility con-
ducted by an independent entity with
expertise in child care health and
safety; and
(V) in the event that deficiencies
determined by the Administrator to be
life threatening or to present a risk of
serious bodily harm cannot be cor-
rected within 2 business days after
the date of receipt of the notification,
close the child care facility, or the af-
fected portion of the facility, until the
deficiencies are corrected and notify
the Administrator of the closure,
which closure may be grounds for the
immediate termination or suspension
of the contract or license of the con-
tractor or licensee.
(C) COST REIMBURSEMENT.—The Execu-
tive agency shall reimburse the Administrator
for the costs of carrying out subparagraph (A)
for child care facilities located in an executive
facility other than an executive facility of the
General Services Administration. If an entity is
sponsoring a child care facility for 2 or more
Executive agencies, the Administrator shall allo-
cate the reimbursement costs with respect to
the entity among the agencies in a fair and eq-
uitable manner, based on the extent to which
each agency is eligible to place children in the
facility.
(5) DISCLOSURE OF PRIOR VIOLATIONS TO PAR-
ENTS AND FACILITY EMPLOYEES.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
shall issue regulations that require that each
entity sponsoring a child care facility in an ex-
ecutive facility, upon receipt by the child care
facility or the entity (as applicable) of a request
by any individual who is—
(i) a parent of any child enrolled at
the facility;
(ii) a parent of a child for whom an
application has been submitted to enroll at
the facility; or
(iii) an employee of the facility;
shall provide to the individual the copies and
description described in subparagraph (B).
(B) COPIES AND DESCRIPTION.—The enti-
ty shall provide—
(i) copies of all notifications of defi-
ciencies that have been provided in the
past with respect to the facility under
clause (i)(III) or (ii)(III), as applicable, of
paragraph (4)(B); and
(ii) a description of the actions that
were taken to correct the deficiencies.
(b) LEGISLATIVE FACILITIES.—
(1) ACCREDITATION.—The Chief Administra-
tive Officer of the House of Representatives, the Li-
brarian of Congress, and the head of a designated
entity in the Senate shall ensure that, not later than
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
corresponding child care facility obtains accredita-
tion by a child care accreditation entity, in accord-
ance with the accreditation standards of the entity.
(2) REGULATIONS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—If the corresponding
child care facility does not maintain accredita-
tion status with a child care accreditation enti-
ty, the Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives, the Librarian of Con-
gress, or the head of the designated entity in
the Senate shall issue regulations governing the
operation of the corresponding child care facil-
ity, to ensure the safety and quality of care of
children placed in the facility. The regulations
shall be no less stringent in content and effect
than the requirements of subsection (a)(1) and
the regulations issued by the Administrator
under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a),
except to the extent that appropriate adminis-
trative officers make the determination de-
scribed in subparagraph (B).
(B) MODIFICATION
MORE
EFFECTIVE.—
The determination referred to in subparagraph
(A) is a determination, for good cause shown
and stated together with the regulations, that a
modification of the regulations would be more
effective for the implementation of the require-
ments and standards described in subsection (a)
for the corresponding child care facilities, and
entities sponsoring the corresponding child care
facilities, in legislative facilities.
(3) CORRESPONDING CHILD CARE FACILITY.—
In this subsection, the term ‘‘corresponding child
care facility’’, used with respect to the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer, the Librarian, or the head of a des-
ignated entity described in paragraph (1), means a
child care facility operated by, or under a contract
or licensing agreement with, an office of the House
of Representatives, the Library of Congress, or an
office of the Senate, respectively.
(c) JUDICIAL BRANCH STANDARDS
AND COMPLI-
ANCE.—
(1) STATE
AND
LOCAL
LICENSING
REQUIRE-
MENTS
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND
FACILITY
STAND-
ARDS, AND ACCREDITATION STANDARDS.—The Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall issue regulations for child care
facilities, and entities sponsoring child care facilities,
in judicial facilities, which shall be no less stringent
in content and effect than the requirements of sub-
section (a)(1) and the regulations issued by the Ad-
ministrator under paragraphs (2) and (3) of sub-
section (a), except to the extent that the Director
may determine, for good cause shown and stated to-
gether with the regulations, that a modification of
such regulations would be more effective for the im-
plementation of the requirements and standards de-
scribed in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection
(a) for child care facilities, and entities sponsoring
child care facilities, in judicial facilities.
(2) EVALUATION AND COMPLIANCE.—
(A) DIRECTOR
OF
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.—The
Director of the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts shall have the same au-
thorities and duties with respect to the evalua-
tion of, compliance of, and cost reimbursement
for child care facilities, and entities sponsoring
child care facilities, in judicial facilities as the
Administrator has under subsection (a)(4) with
respect to the evaluation of, compliance of, and
cost reimbursement for such centers and enti-
ties sponsoring such centers, in executive facili-
ties.
(B) HEAD OF A JUDICIAL OFFICE.—The
head of a judicial office shall have the same au-
thorities and duties with respect to the compli-
ance of and cost reimbursement for child care
facilities, and entities sponsoring child care fa-
cilities, in judicial facilities as the head of an
Executive agency has under subsection (a)(4)
with respect to the compliance of and cost reim-
bursement for such centers and entities spon-
soring such centers, in executive facilities.
(d) APPLICATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this section, if 8 or more child care facilities are
sponsored in facilities owned or leased by an Executive
agency, the Administrator shall delegate to the head of
the agency the evaluation and compliance responsibilities
assigned to the Administrator under subsection (a)(4)(A).
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, STUDIES, AND RE-
VIEWS.—The Administrator may provide technical assist-
ance, and conduct and provide the results of studies and
reviews, for Executive agencies, and entities sponsoring
child care facilities in executive facilities, on a reimburs-
able basis, in order to assist the entities in complying with
this section. The Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives, the Librarian of Congress, the
head of the designated Senate entity described in sub-
section (b), and the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts, may provide technical assist-
ance, and conduct and provide the results of studies and
reviews, or request that the Administrator provide tech-
nical assistance, and conduct and provide the results of
studies and reviews, for legislative offices and judicial of-
fices, as appropriate, and entities operating child care fa-
cilities in legislative facilities or judicial facilities, as ap-
propriate, on a reimbursable basis, in order to assist the
entities in complying with this section.
(f) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—
(1) COMPOSITION.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish an interagency council, comprised of—
(A) representatives of all Executive agen-
cies described in subsection (d) and other Exec-
utive agencies at the election of the heads of the
agencies;
(B) a representative of the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer of the House of Representatives,
at the election of the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer;
(C) a representative of the head of the des-
ignated Senate entity described in subsection
(b), at the election of the head of the entity;
(D) a representative of the Librarian of
Congress, at the election of the Librarian; and
(E) a representative of the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States
Courts, at the election of the Director.
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The council shall facilitate
cooperation and sharing of best practices, and de-
velop and coordinate policy, regarding the provision
of child care, including the provision of areas for
nursing mothers and other lactation support facili-
ties and services, in the Federal Government.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$900,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be
necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
SEC. 4. FEDERAL CHILD CARE EVALUATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall
jointly prepare and submit to Congress a report that eval-
uates child care provided by entities sponsoring child care
facilities in executive facilities, legislative facilities, or judi-
cial facilities.
(b) CONTENTS.—The evaluation shall contain, at a
minimum—
(1) information on the number of children re-
ceiving child care described in subsection (a), ana-
lyzed by age, including information on the number
of those children who are age 6 through 12;
(2) information on the number of families not
using child care described in subsection (a) because
of the cost of the child care; and
(3) recommendations for improving the quality
and cost effectiveness of child care described in sub-
section (a), including recommendations of options
for creating an optimal organizational structure and
using best practices for the delivery of the child
care.
SEC. 5. CHILD CARE SERVICES FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to services authorized
to be provided by an agency of the United States pursuant
to section 616 of the Act of December 22, 1987 (40
U.S.C. 490b), an Executive agency that provides or pro-
poses to provide child care services for Federal employees
may use agency funds to provide the child care services,
in a facility that is owned or leased by an Executive agen-
cy, or through a contractor, for civilian employees of the
agency.
(b) AFFORDABILITY.—Funds so used with respect to
any such facility or contractor shall be applied to improve
the affordability of child care for lower income Federal
employees using or seeking to use the child care services
offered by the facility or contractor.
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator after con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement, shall, within 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, issue regulations necessary to carry out
this section.
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given the term
by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does
not include the General Accounting Office.
SEC. 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHILD
CARE PROVIDED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL CHILD CARE CEN-
TERS FOR ONSITE CONTRACTORS; PERCENTAGE GOAL.—
Section 616 of the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C.
490b) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘officer or agency of the
United States’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal agency
or officer of a Federal agency’’; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(2) the officer or agency determines that the
space will be used to provide child care and related
services to—
‘‘(A) children of Federal employees or on-
site Federal contractors; or
‘‘(B) dependent children who live with
Federal employees or onsite Federal contrac-
tors; and
‘‘(3) the officer or agency determines that the
individual or entity will give priority for available
child care and related services in the space to Fed-
eral employees and onsite Federal contractors.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e)(1)(A) The Administrator of General Services
shall confirm that at least 50 percent of aggregate enroll-
ment in Federal child care centers governmentwide are
children of Federal employees or onsite Federal contrac-
tors, or dependent children who live with Federal employ-
ees or onsite Federal contractors.
‘‘(B) Each provider of child care services at an indi-
vidual Federal child care center shall maintain 50 percent
of the enrollment at the center of children described under
subparagraph (A) as a goal for enrollment at the center.
‘‘(C)(i) If enrollment at a center does not meet the
percentage goal under subparagraph (B), the provider
shall develop and implement a business plan with the
sponsoring Federal agency to achieve the goal within a
reasonable timeframe.
‘‘(ii) The plan shall be approved by the Administrator
of General Services based on—
‘‘(I) compliance of the plan with standards es-
tablished by the Administrator; and
‘‘(II) the effect of the plan on achieving the ag-
gregate Federal enrollment percentage goal.
‘‘(2) The Administrator of General Services Adminis-
tration may enter into public-private partnerships or con-
tracts with nongovernmental entities to increase the ca-
pacity, quality, affordability, or range of child care and
related services and may, on a demonstration basis, waive
subsection (a)(3) and paragraph (1) of this subsection.’’.
(b) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF TRAINING PROGRAMS.—
Section 616(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(b)(3)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) If a Federal agency has a child care facility in
a Federal space, or is a sponsoring agency for a child care
facility in a Federal space, the agency or the General Serv-
ices Administration may pay accreditation fees, including
renewal fees, for that center to be accredited. Any Federal
agency that provides or proposes to provide child care
services for children referred to in subsection (a)(2), may
reimburse any Federal employee or any person employed
to provide the services for the costs of training programs,
conferences, and meetings and related travel, transpor-
tation, and subsistence expenses incurred in connection
with those activities. Any per diem allowance made under
this section shall not exceed the rate specified in regula-
tions prescribed under section 5707 of title 5, United
States Code.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
Section 616(c) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(c)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘Federal’’ before ‘‘child care
centers’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘Federal workers’’ and inserting
‘‘Federal employees’’.
(d) PROVISION OF CHILD CARE BY PRIVATE ENTI-
TIES.—Section 616(d) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(d))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d)(1) If a Federal agency has a child care facility
in a Federal space, or is a sponsoring agency for a child
care facility in a Federal space, the agency, the child care
center board of directors, or the General Services Adminis-
tration may enter into an agreement with 1 or more pri-
vate entities under which the private entities would assist
in defraying the general operating expenses of the child
care providers including salaries and tuition assistance
programs at the facility.
‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if a Federal agency does not have a child care program,
or if the Administrator of General Services has identified
a need for child care for Federal employees at a Federal
agency providing child care services that do not meet the
requirements of subsection (a), the agency or the Adminis-
trator may enter into an agreement with a non-Federal,
licensed, and accredited child care facility, or a planned
child care facility that will become licensed and accredited,
for the provision of child care services for children of Fed-
eral employees.
‘‘(B) Before entering into an agreement, the head of
the Federal agency shall determine that child care services
to be provided through the agreement are more cost effec-
tively provided through the arrangement than through es-
tablishment of a Federal child care facility.
‘‘(C) The Federal agency may provide any of the
services described in subsection (b)(3) if, in exchange for
the services, the facility reserves child care spaces for chil-
dren referred to in subsection (a)(2), as agreed to by the
parties. The cost of any such services provided by a Fed-
eral agency to a Federal child care facility on behalf of
another Federal agency shall be reimbursed by the receiv-
ing agency.
‘‘(3) This subsection does not apply to residential
child care programs.’’.
(e) PILOT PROJECTS.—Section 616 of such Act (40
U.S.C. 490b) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(f)(1) Upon approval of the agency head, a Federal
agency may conduct a pilot project not otherwise author-
ized by law for no more than 2 years to test innovative
approaches to providing alternative forms of quality child
care assistance for Federal employees. A Federal agency
head may extend a pilot project for an additional 2-year
period. Before any pilot project may be implemented, a
determination shall be made by the agency head that initi-
ating the pilot project would be more cost-effective than
establishing a new Federal child care facility. Costs of any
pilot project shall be paid solely by the agency conducting
the pilot project.
‘‘(2) The Administrator of General Services shall
serve as an information clearinghouse for pilot projects
initiated by other Federal agencies to disseminate infor-
mation concerning the pilot projects to the other Federal
agencies.
‘‘(3) Within 6 months after completion of the initial
2-year pilot project period, a Federal agency conducting
a pilot project under this subsection shall provide for an
evaluation of the impact of the project on the delivery of
child care services to Federal employees, and shall submit
the results of the evaluation to the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services. The Administrator shall share the results
with other Federal agencies.’’.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 616 of such Act (40
U.S.C. 490b) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(h) In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘Executive agency’ in section 2 of
the Federal Employees Child Care Act.
‘‘(2) The terms ‘Federal building’ and ‘Federal
space’ have the meanings given the term ‘executive
facility’ in such section 2.
‘‘(3) The term ‘Federal child care center’
means a child care center in an executive facility, as
defined in such section 2.
‘‘(4) The terms ‘Federal contractor’ and ‘Fed-
eral employee’ mean a contractor and an employee,
respectively, of an Executive agency, as defined in
such section 2.’’.
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