S.Amdt. 4811

SA 4811. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:
Sec. 8109. (a) Child Care for Certain Children Without
Access to Military Child Care.--
(1) In general.--In any case where the children of a
covered member of the Armed Forces are geographically
dispersed and do not have practical access to a military
child development center, the Secretary of Defense may, to
the extent funds are available for such purpose, provide such
funds as are necessary permit the member's family to secure
access for such children to State licensed child care and
development programs and activities in the private sector
that are similar in scope and quality to the child care and
development programs and activities the Secretary would
otherwise provide access to under subchapter II of chapter 88
of title 10, United States Code, and other applicable
provisions of law.
(2) Provision of funds.--Funds may be provided under
paragraph (1) in accordance with the provisions of section
1798 of title 10, United States Code, or by such other
mechanism as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(3) Priorities for allocation of funds in certain
circumstances.--The Secretary shall prescribe in regulations
priorities for the allocation of funds for the provision of
access to child care under paragraph (1) in circumstances
where funds are inadequate to provide all children described
in that paragraph with access to child care as described in
that paragraph.
(b) Preservation of Services and Programs.--The Secretary
shall provide for the attendance and participation of
children in military child development centers and child care
and development programs and activities under subsection (a)
in a manner that preserves the scope and quality of child
care and development programs and activities otherwise
provided by the Secretary.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amounts
appropriated by this Act, up to $25,000,000 may be available
to carry out this section.
(d) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) The term ``covered members of the Armed Forces'' means
members of the Armed Forces on active duty, including members
of the Reserves who are called or ordered to active duty
under a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B)
of title 10, United States Code, for Operation Enduring
Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(2) The term ``military child development center''has the
meaning given such term in section 1800(1) of title 10,
United States Code.
Sec. 8110. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as
the ``Help for Military Children Affected by War Act of
2006''.

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(b) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense is
authorized to award grants to eligible local educational
agencies for the additional education, counseling, and other
needs of military dependent children who are affected by war
or dramatic military decisions.
(c) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) Eligible local educational agency.--The term ``eligible
local educational agency'' means a local educational agency
that--
(A) had a number of military dependent children in average
daily attendance in the schools served by the local
educational agency during the school year preceding the
school year for which the determination is made, that--
(i) equaled or exceeded 20 percent of the number of all
children in average daily attendance in the schools served by
such agency during the preceding school year; or
(ii) was 1,000 or more, whichever is less; and
(B) is designated by the Secretary of Defense as impacted
by--
(i) Operation Iraqi Freedom;
(ii) Operation Enduring Freedom;
(iii) the global rebasing plan of the Department of
Defense;
(iv) the realignment of forces as a result of the base
closure process;
(v) the official creation or activation of 1 or more new
military units; or
(vi) a change in the number of required housing units on a
military installation, due to the Military Housing
Privatization Initiative of the Department of Defense.
(2) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational
agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
(3) Military dependent child.--The term ``military
dependent child'' means a child described in subparagraph (B)
or (D)(i) of section 8003(a)(1) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)).
(d) Use of Funds.--Grant funds provided under this section
shall be used for--
(1) tutoring, after-school, and dropout prevention
activities for military dependent children with a parent who
is or has been impacted by war-related action described in
clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subsection (c)(1)(B);
(2) professional development of teachers, principals, and
counselors on the needs of military dependent children with a
parent who is or has been impacted by war-related action
described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subsection
(c)(1)(B);
(3) counseling and other comprehensive support services for
military dependent children with a parent who is or has been
impacted by war-related action described in clause (i), (ii),
or (iii) of subsection (c)(1)(B), including the hiring of a
military-school liaison; and
(4) other basic educational activities associated with an
increase in military dependent children.
(e) Treatment of Funds.--Funds available to carry out this
section are in addition to any funds made available to local
educational agencies under section 582, 583 or 584 of this
Act or section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703).
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