[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5015]
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  SA 3197. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2026 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 part II of subtitle F of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 562. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR 
                   CHILDCARE PROVIDER OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit the congressional defense committees a report 
     assessing the feasibility of establishing an interstate 
     compact for occupational licensure of childcare providers to 
     enable childcare providers affiliated with the Department of 
     Defense to transfer their qualifications between military 
     installations and States.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     address, at a minimum, the following:
       (1) The interests of State legislatures in an interstate 
     compact for occupational licensure of childcare providers.
       (2) The interests of childcare professional associations, 
     associations or federations of State childcare licensing 
     boards, a coalition of State childcare licensing boards, or 
     national childcare credentialing bodies in such a compact.
       (3) The barriers to childcare licensing organizations or 
     professional associations receiving grant funding from the 
     Department of Defense for the development of such a compact.
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