Sec. 573. Pilot program to increase payments for child care services in high-cost areas
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Section 1798 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsection
(c)as subsection (d); and by inserting after subsection
(b)the following new subsection: The Secretary of Defense may establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible providers seeking to expand the capacity of such providers to provide care for infants and toddlers. A grant awarded under the pilot program established under paragraph
(1)shall— be in an amount determined by the Secretary, but in no case more than 75 percent of the estimated cost of the expansion for which the grant is provided; and require the recipient of a grant to— make available not less than half of any additional capacity for infants and toddlers to children of members of the armed forces that results from the expansion for which a grant is awarded for the 10-year period that begins on the date on which such expansion is completed; and certify that the recipient will not displace children enrolled on the date described in clause
(i)who are not children of members of the armed forces to meet the requirement of clause (i). The Secretary— shall award grants under the pilot program established under paragraph
(1)to not less than 10 eligible providers located in areas with high child care services costs, as determined by the Secretary; and may award grants under the pilot program established under paragraph
(1)to eligible providers located in other areas as the Secretary considers appropriate. Not later than one year after the establishment of the pilot program under this subsection, and semiannually thereafter until the date of the termination of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the pilot program that includes— the number of eligible providers participating in the pilot program, disaggregated by location; the number of additional infant and toddler enrollments at eligible providers made available under the pilot program, disaggregated by loacation; the determination of the Secretary as to whether grants provided under the pilot program— helped reduce child care costs for applicable military families; increased child care provider participation in the financial assistance available under this section; and increased access to infant and toddler care for military families; the determination of the Secretary with respect to the feasibility of expanding the pilot program to all communities; any challenges identified by the Secretary in carrying out the pilot program; legislation or administrative action that the Secretary determines necessary to make the pilot program permanent; and any other information the Secretary determines appropriate. Not later than 90 days after the date of the termination of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— the elements specified in subparagraphs
(A)through
(G)of paragraph (4); and the recommendation of the Secretary as to whether to make the pilot program permanent. The pilot program established under this subsection shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date on which such program is established. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. .