Sec. 606. Reimbursement of certain child care costs incident to a permanent change of station or assignment
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Section 451(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting , or as a designated child care provider if child care is not available to a member of the armed forces at a military child development center (as that term is defined in section 1800 of title 10) at the permanent duty location of such member not later than 30 days after the member arrives at such location before the period; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The term designated child care provider means an adult selected by a member of the armed forces to provide child care to a dependent child of such member. .
Section 453 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: From amounts otherwise made available for a fiscal year to provide travel and transportation allowances under this chapter, the Secretary concerned may reimburse a member of the armed forces for travel expenses for a designated child care provider when— the member is reassigned, either as a permanent change of station or permanent change of assignment, to a new duty station; the movement of the member’s dependents is authorized at the expense of the United States under this section as part of the reassignment; child care is not available at a military child development center (as that term is defined in section 1800 of title 10) at such duty station not later than 30 days after the member arrives at such duty station; and the dependent child is on the wait list for child care at such military child development center.
Reimbursement provided to a member under this subsection may not exceed— $500 for a reassignment between duty stations within the continental United States; and $1,500 for a reassignment involving a duty station outside of the continental United States. A member may not apply for reimbursement under this subsection later than one year after a reassignment described in paragraph (1). In the event a household contains two or more members eligible for reimbursement under this subsection, reimbursement may be paid to one member among such members as such members shall jointly elect. .