3.0.0 1434 2023-01-11T13:37:34Z 2023-01-11T13:37:34Z Senate S 2017-06-26 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-26T21:55:17Z 2017-06-26 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2017-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-06-26 True Armed Forces and National Security Child care and development Congressional oversight Department of Defense Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-11T17:31:51Z Availability of Child Care for Every Servicemember and Spouse Act or ACCESS Act

This bill declares that the hours of operation of each childcare development center of the Department of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, be set and maintained in a manner that takes into account the demands and circumstances of members of the Armed Forces who use such center to facilitate the performance of their military duties.

Each military department must: (1) provide for a childcare coordinator at each military installation at which are stationed significant numbers of members of the Armed Forces with accompanying dependent children, and (2) carry out a pilot program on collaboration between commanders of such military installations with private providers of childcare services.

]]> ACCESS Act Display Title ACCESS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance the military childcare programs and activities of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced ACCESS Act Short Titles as Introduced Availability of Child Care for Every Servicemember and Spouse Act Introduced in Senate 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1434is/xml/BILLS-115s1434is.xml 2017-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.