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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 · Sec. 588

Sec. 588. 24-HOUR CHILD CARE

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## SEC. 588 24-HOUR CHILD CARE **[**[10 U.S.C. 1791 note](/us/usc/t10/s1791)**]** ###
(a)24-Hour Child Care If the Secretary of Defense determines it feasible, pursuant to the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary shall furnish child care to each child of a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense while that member or employee works on rotating shifts at a military installation. ###
(b)Feasibility Study; Report Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth the results of a study, conducted by the Secretary for purposes of this section, on the feasibility of furnishing child care described in subsection (a). ###
(c)Elements The report required by subsection
(b)shall include the following: ####
(1)The results of the study described in that subsection. ####
(2)If the Secretary determines that furnishing child care available as described in subsection
(a)is feasible, such matters as the Secretary determines appropriate in connection with furnishing such child care, including— #####
(A)an identification of the installations at which such child care would be beneficial to members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of the Department, or both; #####
(B)an identification of any barriers to making such child care available at the installations identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); #####
(C)an assessment whether the child care needs of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department described in subsection
(a)would be better met by an increase in assistance for child care fees; #####
(D)a description and assessment of the actions, if any, being taken to furnish such child care at the installations identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); and #####
(E)such recommendations for legislative or administrative action the Secretary determines appropriate to make such child care available at the installations identified pursuant to subparagraph (A), or at any other military installation.
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