Sec. 585. MILITARY CHILD CARE AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER MATTERS

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## SEC. 585 MILITARY CHILD CARE AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER MATTERS ###

(a)Center Fees Matters Section 1793 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(c) Family Discount > > In the case of a family with two or more children attending a child development center, the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection

(a)may require that installations commanders charge a fee for attendance at the center of any child of the family after the first child of the family in amount equal to 85 percent of the amount of the fee otherwise chargeable for the attendance of such child at the center.” > . ###

(b)Reports on Installations With Extreme Imbalance Between Demand for and Availability of Child Care Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall submit to Congress a report on the military installations under the jurisdiction of such Secretary with an extreme imbalance between demand for child care and availability of child care. Each report shall include, for the military department covered by such report, the following: ####

(1)The name of the five installations of the military department experiencing the most extreme imbalance between demand for child care and availability of child care. ####

(2)For each installation named pursuant to subparagraph (A), the following: #####

(A)An assessment whether civilian employees at child development centers at such installation have rates of pay and benefits that are competitive with other civilian employees on such installation and with the civilian labor pool in the vicinity of such installation. #####

(B)A description and assessment of various incentives to encourage military spouses to become providers under the Family Child Care program at such installation. #####

(C)Such recommendations at the Secretary of the military department concerned considers appropriate to address the imbalance between demand for child care and availability of child care at such installation, including recommendations to enhance the competitiveness of civilian child care positions at such installation with other civilian positions at such installation and the civilian labor pool in the vicinity of such installation.