[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1681 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1681

  To make certain improvements to child care services provided by the 
                         Secretary of Defense.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To make certain improvements to child care services provided by the 
                         Secretary of Defense.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Child Care Transparency and 
Expansion Act''.

SEC. 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.
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