Sec. 2814. Improvement of Department of Defense child development centers and increased availability of child care for children of military personnel
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall complete an inspection of all facilities under the jurisdiction of that Secretary used as a child development center to identify any unresolved safety issues, including lead, asbestos, and mold, that adversely impact the facilities. Not later than 90 days after completing the safety inspections required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of the military department concerned shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the safety inspections.
The Secretary of a military department shall include in the report prepared by that Secretary the following: The identity and location of each child development center at which unresolved safety issues, including lead, asbestos, and mold, were found. For each identified child development center— a description of the safety issues found; and the proposed plan and schedule and projected cost to remediate the safety issues found. Each Secretary of a military department shall establish a plan to renovate facilities under the jurisdiction of that Secretary used as a child development center so that, no later December 31, 2031— no child development center is identified as being in poor or failing condition according to the facility condition index of that military department; and all facility projects involving a child development center that were included on the priority lists within Appendix C of the Department of Defense Report to the Congressional Defense Committees On Department of Defense Child Development Programs published in 2020 are completed.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report describing the facilities improvement plan established by that Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1). The report shall include the following: Details regarding the child development center facility improvement plan. An estimate of the funding required to complete the facility improvement plan before the deadline specified in paragraph (1).
The plan of the Secretary to obtain the funding necessary to complete the facility improvement plan. Any additional statutory authorities that the Secretary needs to complete the facility improvement plan before the deadline specified in paragraph (1). A plan to execute preventive maintenance on other child development center facilities to prevent more from degrading to poor or failing condition. Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 12 months thereafter until the date specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary of the military department concerned shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a status report on the progress made by that Secretary toward accomplishing the facility improvement plan established by that Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1).
Such a report shall include the following: Details about projects planned, funded, under construction, and completed under the facility improvement plan. Updated funding requirements to complete all child development center facility construction under the facility improvement plan. Any changes to the plan of the Secretary to obtain the funding necessary to complete the facility improvement plan. Any additional statutory authorities that the Secretary needs to complete the facility improvement plan before the deadline specified in paragraph (1).
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, each Secretary of a military department shall seek to enter into at least one agreement with a private entity to provide child care to the children of personnel (including members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense) under the jurisdiction of that Secretary. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding progress in carrying out paragraph (1).
Upon entering into an agreement under paragraph
(1)and annually thereafter until the termination of such agreement, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding such agreement. Such a report shall include— the terms of the agreement, including cost to the United States; the number of children described in paragraph
(1)projected to receive child care under such agreement; and if applicable, the actual number of children described in paragraph
(1)who received child care under such agreement served during the previous year. In this section, the term child development center has the meaning given that term in section 2871(2) of title 10, United States Code, and includes facilities identified as a child care center or day care center.