(b) REQUIREMENT FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON ASSIST-
ANCE FOR CHILD CARE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS RECEIV-
ING READJUSTMENT COUNSELING AND RELATED MEN-
TAL HEALTH SERVICES.— 
(1) PILOT
PROGRAM
REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a pilot 
program to assess the feasibility and advisability of 
providing, subject to paragraph (2), assistance to 
qualified veterans described in paragraph (3) to ob-
tain child care so that such veterans can receive re-
adjustment counseling and related mental health 
services. 
(2) LIMITATION ON PERIOD OF PAYMENTS.— 
Assistance may only be provided to a qualified vet-
eran under the pilot program required by paragraph 
(1) for receipt of child care during the period that 
the qualified veteran receives readjustment coun-
seling and related health care services at a Vet Cen-
ter. 
(3) QUALIFIED
VETERANS.—For purposes of 
this subsection, a qualified veteran is a veteran who 
is— 
(A) the primary caretaker of a child or 
children; and 
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(B)(i) receiving from the Department reg-
ular readjustment counseling and related men-
tal health services; or 
(ii) in need of readjustment counseling and 
related mental health services from the Depart-
ment, and but for lack of child care services, 
would receive such counseling and services from 
the Department. 
(4) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the pilot program under this subsection in no fewer 
than three Readjustment Counseling Service Regions 
selected by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot 
program. 
(5) DURATION.—The pilot program under this 
subsection shall be carried out until the end of the 
two-year period beginning on the day on which the 
Secretary begins carrying out the pilot program at 
the last Readjustment Counseling Service Region se-
lected under paragraph (4) at which the Secretary 
begins carrying out the pilot program. 
(6) FORMS OF CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Child care assistance 
under this subsection may include the following: 
(i) Stipends for the payment of child 
care offered by licensed child care centers 
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(either directly or through a voucher pro-
gram) which shall be, to the extent prac-
ticable, modeled after the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Child Care Subsidy Pro-
gram established pursuant to section 630 
of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 
107–67; 115 Stat. 552). 
(ii) Payments to private child care 
agencies. 
(iii) Collaboration with facilities or 
programs of other Federal departments or 
agencies. 
(iv) Such other forms of assistance as 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(B) AMOUNTS OF STIPENDS.—In the case 
that child care assistance under this subsection 
is provided as a stipend under subparagraph 
(A)(i), such stipend shall cover the full cost of 
such child care. 
(7) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the completion of the pilot program required by 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the pilot program. The report shall 
include the findings and conclusions of the Secretary 
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as a result of the pilot program, and shall include 
such recommendations for the continuation or ex-
pansion of the pilot program as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(8) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the pilot pro-
gram required by paragraph (1) $1,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2014 and 2015. 
(9) VET
CENTER
DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Vet Center’’ means a center for readjust-
ment counseling and related mental health services 
for veterans under section 1712A of title 38, United 
States Code. 
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