Title: A resolution amending the eligibility criteria for the Senate Employee Child Care Center.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution revises the eligibility criteria for the Senate Employee Child Care Center.
For FY2022, and each fiscal year afterwards, the Senate shall reimburse the Senate Employee Child Care Center for the cost of the basic pay paid to the Executive Director and the Assistant Director of the center.
As a condition of receiving such reimbursement, the center must terminate the enrollment of a child at the center within 120 days of the date on which the child does not have a parent or guardian who is serving as an employee of the Senate, an employee of the center, a congressional employee, or a federal employee.
As a condition of receiving reimbursement under this resolution, the center shall provide enrollment
Under the resolution, the center may provide enrollment to the child of a federal employee if

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 329 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 329

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


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                   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

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                               RESOLUTION


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

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SENATE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Board'' means the Board of Directors of the 
        Center;
            (2) the term ``Center'' means the Senate Employee Child 
        Care Center;
            (3) the term ``Congressional employee'' means a 
        Congressional employee, as defined in section 2107 of title 5, 
        United States Code, who is not an employee of the Senate or an 
        employee of the Center;
            (4) the term ``employee of the Senate'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 207(e)(9) of title 18, United States 
        Code; and
            (5) the term ``Federal employee'' means an employee, as 
        defined in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, who is 
        not an employee of the Senate, an employee of the Center, or a 
        Congressional employee.
    (b) Reimbursement.--For fiscal year 2022, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Senate shall, from amounts in the 
appropriations account ``Miscellaneous Items'' within the contingent 
fund of the Senate, reimburse the Center for the cost of the basic pay 
paid to the Executive Director and the cost of the basic pay paid to 
the Assistant Director of the Center.
    (c) Enrollment.--
            (1) In general.--As a condition of receiving reimbursement 
        under subsection (b), not later than 120 days after the date on 
        which no parent or guardian of a child enrolled at the Center 
        is serving in a position as an employee of the Senate, an 
        employee of the Center, a Congressional employee, or a Federal 
        employee, the Center shall terminate the enrollment of the 
        child at the Center.
            (2) Order.--As a condition of receiving reimbursement under 
        subsection (b), the Center shall provide enrollment--
                    (A) first, to a child of an individual serving as a 
                Senate employee or as an employee of the Center;
                    (B) second, to a child of an individual serving as 
                a Congressional employee; and
                    (C) third, if there is an enrollment slot available 
                in the Center, no child of an individual serving as an 
                employee of the Senate, as an employee of the Center, 
                or as a Congressional employee accepts the slot, and no 
                currently enrolled child is ready to transition to the 
                class in which the slot is available, to a child of an 
                individual serving as a Federal employee.
            (3) Effective date; application.--
                    (A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall take effect on 
                the date that is 180 days after the date of adoption of 
                this resolution.
                    (B) Application to employees separating from 
                service before effective date.--For purposes of 
                applying paragraph (1) to a parent or guardian of a 
                child enrolled at the Center who ceases serving in a 
                position as a Congressional employee, an employee of 
                the Center, or Federal employee before the date on 
                which paragraph (1) takes effect, the parent or 
                guardian shall be deemed to have separated from such 
                service on the date on which paragraph (1) takes 
                effect.
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