Military Child Care Transparency and Expansion Act

Bill: 118-hr-1681
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Military Child Care Transparency and Expansion Act</b></p> <p>This bill addresses child care services provided by the Department of Defense (DOD). Specifically, the bill expands (from five to six locations) the DOD pilot program that provides financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces who pay for in-home child care.</p> <p>The bill also requires DOD to publish and maintain waiting lists for child care services at military child development centers.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1681 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2023 Mr. Kim of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To make certain improvements to child care services provided by the Secretary of Defense.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Child Care Transparency and Expansion Act . 2. Improvements to child care services provided by the Secretary of Defense (a) Expansion of pilot program To provide financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces for in-Home child care Section 589(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 10 U.S.C. 1791 note) is amended by striking five locations and inserting six locations . (b) Wait times for child care services at military child development centers (1) Publication Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall publish and maintain on a website of the Department of Defense, accessible by members of the Armed Forces, waiting lists for child care services at military child development centers. (2) Estimates On the website described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish a tool that uses data collected by the Secretary to estimate how long a member assigned to serve at a military installation will likely wait before receiving child care services at the military child development center of such installation.