[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 368. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. ____. PROGRAM TO USE MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
                   AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION OF 
                   CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

       (a) Thresholds on Construction Authorized.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
     program to carry out minor military construction projects 
     under section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, to 
     construct or modify child development centers.
       (2) Expansion of access to child care services.--Projects 
     considered under the program under this section shall 
     emphasize expanding access to and increasing availability of 
     child care from the Department of Defense.
       (b) Increased Maximum Amounts Applicable to Minor 
     Construction Projects.--For the purpose of any military 
     construction project carried out under the program under this 
     section, the amounts specified in section 2805 of title 10, 
     United States Code, are modified as follows:
       (1) The amount specified in subsection (a)(2) of such 
     section is deemed to be $15,000,000.
       (2) The amount specified in subsection (c) of such section 
     is deemed to be $7,500,000.
       (c) Notification and Approval Requirements.--The 
     notification and approval requirements under section 2805(b) 
     of title 10, United States Code, shall remain in effect for 
     construction projects carried out under the program under 
     this section.
       (d) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     the program under this section.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include a list and description of the construction projects 
     carried out under the program under this section, including 
     the location and cost of each project.
       (e) Construction of Authority.--Nothing in this section may 
     be construed to limit any other authority provided by law for 
     a military construction project at a child development 
     center.
       (f) Child Development Center Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``child development center'' includes a facility, and 
     the utilities to support such facility, the function of which 
     is to support the daily care of children aged six weeks old 
     through five years old for full-day, part-day, and hourly 
     service.
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