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SEC. 627. CONSIDERATION OF SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY TO 
REDUCE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIRED 
PAY FOR NON-REGULAR SERVICE. 
Section 12731(f)(2)(B)(i) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under a provision of law 
referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) or under section 
12301(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 12301(d) or 12304b 
of this title, or under a provision of law referred to in sec-
tion 101(a)(13)(B)’’. 
SEC. 628. MODIFICATION TO AUTHORITY TO REIMBURSE 
FOR STATE LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION 
COSTS OF A SPOUSE OF A MEMBER ARISING 
FROM RELOCATION. 
Section 476(p) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘armed forces’’ 
and inserting ‘‘uniformed services’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$500’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$1,000’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
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‘‘(C) an analysis of whether the maximum reim-
bursement amount under paragraph (2) is sufficient 
to cover the average costs of relicensing described in 
paragraph (1).’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 
SEC. 629. IMPROVEMENTS TO CHILD CARE FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIAN PROVIDERS OF CHILD CARE 
SERVICES OR YOUTH PROGRAM SERVICES WHO PROVIDE 
SUCH SERVICES
TO SURVIVORS
OF MEMBERS
OF
THE 
ARMED FORCES WHO DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY.—Section 
1798(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, survivors of members of the armed forces who die 
in the line of duty while on active military, naval, or air 
service (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 38),’’ 
after ‘‘armed forces’’. 
(b) EXPANSION OF DIRECT HIRING AUTHORITY FOR 
CHILD CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS.—Section 559 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub-
lic Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 1792 note) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘FOR DE-
PARTMENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS’’; 
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(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense child development centers’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for the Department of Defense’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘in child devel-
opment centers’’. 
(c) ASSESSMENT
OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
VIDED TO CIVILIAN CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall assess the maximum amount of financial assist-
ance provided to eligible civilian providers of child 
care services or youth program services that furnish 
such service for members of the armed forces and em-
ployees of the United States under section 1798 of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended by sub-
section (a). Such assessment shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The determination of the Secretary 
whether the maximum allowable financial assist-
ance should be standardized across the Armed 
Forces. 
(B) 
Whether 
the 
maximum 
allowable 
amount adequately accounts for high-cost duty 
stations. 
(2) REPORT.—No later than June 1, 2020, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the Com-
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mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives regarding the results of the 
assessment under paragraph (1) and any actions 
taken by the Secretary to remedy identified shortfalls 
in assistance described in that paragraph. 
(d) ASSESSMENT OF CHILD CARE CAPACITY ON MILI-
TARY INSTALLATIONS.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall assess the capacity for child care at all military 
installations to ensure that members of the Armed 
Forces have meaningful access to child care during 
tours of duty. 
(2) REMEDIAL ACTION.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall take steps the Secretary determines nec-
essary to alleviate the waiting lists for child care de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2020, the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide a report to the 
Committees on Armed Forces of the Senate and the 
House of Representative regarding— 
(A) the assessment under paragraph (1); 
(B) action taken under paragraph (2); and 
(C) any additional resources (including ad-
ditional funding for and child care facilities and 
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workers) the Secretary determines necessary to 
increase access described in paragraph (1). 
(e) ASSESSMENT OF ACCESSIBILITY OF WEBSITES OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELATED TO CHILD CARE 
AND SPOUSAL EMPLOYMENT.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall review the functions and accessibility of websites 
of the Department of Defense designed for members of 
the Armed Forces and the families of such members 
to access information and services offered by the De-
partment regarding child care, spousal employment, 
and other family matters. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2020, the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives regarding the results of the 
assessment under paragraph (1) and actions taken to 
enhance accessibility of the websites. 
(f) PORTABILITY
OF BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS 
FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that the background investigation 
and training certification for a child care provider em-
ployed by the Department of Defense in a facility of the 
Department may be transferred to another facility of the 
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Department, without regard to which Secretary of a mili-
tary department has jurisdiction over either such facility. 
SEC. 630. CASUALTY ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS OF DE-
CEASED ROTC GRADUATES. 
Section 633 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2014 (10 U.S.C. 1475 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) ROTC GRADUATES.— 
‘‘(1) TREATED AS MEMBERS.—For purposes of 
this section, a graduate of a reserve officers’ training 
corps who dies before receiving a first duty assign-
ment shall be treated as a member of the Armed 
Forces who dies while on active duty. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection applies 
to deaths on or after the date of the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2020.’’. 
Subtitle D—Defense Resale Matters 
SEC. 631. GAO REVIEW OF DEFENSE RESALE OPTIMIZATION 
STUDY. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a review of the business case analysis 
performed as part of the defense resale optimization study 
conducted by the Reform Management Group, titled ‘‘Study 
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to Determine the Feasibility of Consolidation of the Defense 
Resale Entities’’ and dated December 4, 2018. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED; ELEMENTS.—Not later than 
April 1, 2020, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report regarding the review performed 
under this section. The report shall include evaluations of 
the following: 
(1) The descriptions and justifications for the as-
sumptions, analytical choices and data used by the 
Reform Management Group to calculate: 
(A) Pricing. 
(B) Sales assumptions. 
(C) Accuracy of methods employed to meas-
ure patron savings levels. 
(2) The timetable for consolidation of military 
exchanges and commissaries. 
(3) The recommendations for consolidation devel-
oped as part of the business case analysis, including 
the overall cost of consolidation. 
(4) The budget and oversight implications of 
merging non-appropriated funds and appropriated 
funds to implement the recommended reforms. 
(5) The extent to which the Reform Management 
Group coordinated with the Secretaries of the mili-
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tary departments and the chiefs of the Armed Forces 
in preparing the study. 
(6) The extent to which the Reform Management 
Group addressed concerns of the Secretaries of the 
military departments and the chiefs of the Armed 
Forces in the study. 
(7) If the recommendations in the business case 
analysis were implemented— 
(A) the ability of military exchanges and 
commissaries to provide earnings to support on- 
base morale, welfare, and recreation programs; 
and 
(B) the financial viability of the military 
exchanges and commissaries. 
(c) DELAY ON CONSOLIDATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense may not take any action to consolidate military ex-
changes and commissaries until the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives no-
tify the Secretary in writing of receipt and acceptance of 
the findings of the Comptroller General in the report re-
quired under this section. 
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TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 
Health Care Benefits 
SEC. 701. CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE PARITY UNDER THE 
TRICARE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1074d of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘FOR MEM-
BERS
AND
FORMER
MEMBERS’’ after ‘‘SERVICES 
AVAILABLE’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(b) CARE RELATED
TO PREVENTION
OF PREG-
NANCY.—Female covered beneficiaries shall be entitled to 
care related to the prevention of pregnancy described by 
subsection (d)(3). 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON COST SHARING FOR CERTAIN 
SERVICES.—Notwithstanding section 1074g(a)(6), section 
1075, or section 1075a of this title, or any other provision 
of law, cost sharing may not be imposed or collected for 
care related to the prevention of pregnancy provided pursu-
ant to subsection (a) or (b), including for any method of 
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contraception provided, whether provided through a facility 
of the uniformed services, the TRICARE retail pharmacy 
program, or the national mail-order pharmacy program.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1077(a)(13) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘section 1074d(b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 1074d(d)’’. 
SEC. 702. PREGNANCY PREVENTION ASSISTANCE AT MILI-
TARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR 
SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074o 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1074p. Provision of pregnancy prevention assist-
ance at military medical treatment facili-
ties 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall promptly furnish to sexual assault sur-
vivors at each military medical treatment facility the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Comprehensive, medically and factually ac-
curate, and unbiased written and oral information 
about all methods of emergency contraception ap-
proved by the Food and Drug Administration. 
‘‘(2) Notification of the right of the sexual as-
sault survivor to confidentiality with respect to the 
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information and care and services furnished under 
this section. 
‘‘(3) Upon request by the sexual assault survivor, 
emergency contraception or, if applicable, a prescrip-
tion for emergency contraception. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
information provided pursuant to subsection (a) is provided 
in language that— 
‘‘(1) is clear and concise; 
‘‘(2) is readily comprehensible; and 
‘‘(3) meets such conditions (including conditions 
regarding the provision of information in languages 
other than English) as the Secretary may prescribe in 
regulations to carry out this section. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘sexual assault survivor’ means 
any individual who presents at a military medical 
treatment facility and— 
‘‘(A) states to personnel of the facility that 
the individual experienced a sexual assault; 
‘‘(B) is accompanied by another person who 
states that the individual experienced a sexual 
assault; or 
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‘‘(C) whom the personnel of the facility rea-
sonably believes to be a survivor of sexual as-
sault. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘sexual assault’ means the conduct 
described in section 1565b(c) of this title that may re-
sult in pregnancy.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 1074o the following new item: 
‘‘1074p. Provision of pregnancy prevention assistance at military medical treat-
ment facilities.’’. 
SEC. 703. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR TRICARE RE-
SERVE SELECT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
THE SELECTED RESERVE. 
Section 1076d(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘Paragraph (1) does not apply’’ and 
inserting ‘‘During the period preceding January 1, 2030, 
paragraph (1) does not apply’’. 
SEC. 704. LEAD LEVEL SCREENINGS AND TESTINGS FOR 
CHILDREN. 
(a) TRICARE.— 
(1) WELL-BABY CARE.—Section 1077 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(i)(1) Beginning January 1, 2020, in furnishing 
well-baby care under subsection (a)(8), the Secretary shall 
ensure that the following care is made available: 
‘‘(A) With respect to a child who lives in housing 
built before 1978 at any time during the first 24 
months of the life of the child— 
‘‘(i) the first testing of the child for the level 
of lead in the blood of the child at approximately 
the age of 12 months; and 
‘‘(ii) the second such test at approximately 
the age of 24 months. 
‘‘(B) With respect to a child not covered by sub-
paragraph (A) whose parent or guardian, at any 
time during the first 24 months of the life of the child, 
has a military occupational specialty that the Sec-
retary determines poses an elevated risk of lead expo-
sure— 
‘‘(i) the first testing of the child for the level 
of lead in the blood of the child at approximately 
the age of 12 months; and 
‘‘(ii) the second such test at approximately 
the age of 24 months. 
‘‘(C) With respect to a child not covered by sub-
paragraph (A) or (B)— 
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‘‘(i) the first screening of the child for an 
elevated risk of lead exposure at approximately 
the age of 12 months; and 
‘‘(ii) the second such screening at approxi-
mately the age of 24 months. 
‘‘(D) With respect to a child covered by subpara-
graph (C) whose screening indicates an elevated risk 
of lead exposure, testing of the child for the level of 
lead in the blood of the child. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall ensure that any care provided 
to a child pursuant to this chapter for lead poisoning, in-
cluding the care under paragraph (1), is carried out in ac-
cordance with applicable advice from the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention. 
‘‘(3)(A) With respect to a child who receives a test 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide the results 
of the test to the parent or guardian of the child. 
‘‘(B) With respect to a child who receives a test under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide the results of the 
test and the address at which the child resides to— 
‘‘(i) the relevant health department of the State 
in which the child resides if the child resides in the 
United States; or 
‘‘(ii) the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion if the child resides outside the United States. 
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‘‘(C) In providing information regarding a child to a 
State or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
under subparagraph (B), the Secretary may not provide 
any identifying information or health information of the 
child that is not specifically authorized in such subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘State’ means each 
of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of 
the United States.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Subsection 
(a)(8) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘includ-
ing well-baby care that includes one screening of an 
infant for the level of lead in the blood of the infant’’ 
and inserting ‘‘including, in accordance with sub-
section (i), well-baby care that includes screenings 
and testings for lead exposure and lead poisoning’’. 
(3) STUDY.—Not later than January 1, 2021, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report detailing the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The number of children who were tested 
for the level of lead in the blood of the child pur-
suant to subparagraph (A) of subsection (i)(1) of 
section 1077 of title 10, United States Code, as 
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added by paragraph (1), and of such number, the 
number who were found to have elevated blood 
lead levels. 
(B) The number of children who were tested 
for the level of lead in the blood of the child pur-
suant to subparagraph (B) of such subsection 
(i)(1), and of such number, the number who were 
found to have lead poisoning. 
(C) The number of children who were 
screened for an elevated risk of lead exposure 
pursuant to subparagraph (C) of such subsection 
(i)(1). 
(D) The number of children who were tested 
for the level of lead in the blood of the child pur-
suant to subparagraph (D) of such subsection, 
and of such number, the number who were found 
to have elevated blood lead levels. 
(E) The treatment provided to children pur-
suant to chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
Code, for lead poisoning. 
(4) GAO REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 
2022, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the effectiveness of screening, testing, and 
treating children for lead exposure and lead poisoning 
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pursuant to chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(b) NOTIFICATION OF HOUSING.—Section 403 of title 
37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(p) RECORDS REGARDING HOUSING
AND LEAD- 
BASED PAINT.—(1) The Secretary concerned shall keep a 
record of whether the following housing was built before, 
during, or after 1978: 
‘‘(A) Quarters of the United States under the ju-
risdiction of that Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(B) A housing facility under the jurisdiction of 
that Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(C) Other housing in which a member of the 
uniformed service of that Secretary concerned resides. 
‘‘(2) As a condition of receipt of a basic allowance for 
housing under this section, a member of the uniformed serv-
ices shall notify the Secretary concerned whether the hous-
ing in which that member resides was built before, during, 
or after 1978.’’. 
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PROGRAM
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER; PROGRAM 
MANAGER.—The terms ‘‘program executive officer’’ 
and ‘‘program manager’’ have the meanings given 
those terms, respectively, in section 1737 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) SERVICE
ACQUISITION
EXECUTIVE.—The 
terms ‘‘military department’’, ‘‘Defense Agency’’, and 
‘‘service acquisition executive’’ have the meanings 
given those terms, respectively, in section 101 of title 
10, United States Code. 
(3) MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ has 
the meaning given in section 2430 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(4) DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘de-
fense business system’’ has the meaning given in sec-
tion 2222(i)(1) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 803. MODIFICATIONS TO COST OR PRICING DATA FOR 
CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS. 
(a) COST OR PRICING DATA FOR CERTAIN COMMER-
CIAL PRODUCTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2306a(b)(4) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
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