S.Amdt. 5591
What it does: Adds SEC. 572. RESPITE CARE FOR SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYING TO COMBAT ZONES at the end of subtitle F of title V
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 572. RESPITE CARE FOR SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYING TO COMBAT ZONES at the end of subtitle F of title V
Adds a sectionIn S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate
"(B) The term 'portable career' includes an occupation identified by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, as requiring education and training that results in a credential that is recognized nationwide by industry or specific businesses.".
Inserted: SEC. 572. RESPITE CARE FOR SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYING TO COMBAT ZONES.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a program designed to ensure access to and affordability of respite care for military spouses caring for children under the age of 13 throughout the period of the member's deployment to the combat zone.
Inserted: (b) Access.--For purposes of subsection (a), a spouse shall be treated as having access to respite care where available throughout the period of a member's deployment to a combat zone if--
Inserted: (1) access to high quality respite care is reserved to the maximum extent possible and is available at the child development program at the permanent duty station of the member concerned during the entirety of such period;
Inserted: (2) the Secretary of Defense provides (whether by partial or full subsidy, payment or reimbursement) for access to high quality respite care from an approved non-DoD source during the entirety of such period; or
Inserted: (3) access to high quality respite care throughout such period is achieved by a combination of the mechanisms described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
Inserted: (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the program initiated under subsection (a), including a description of how respite care will be made available to spouses described in subsection (a) whether residing on a military installation or off a military installation.
Inserted: The report may also include, as appropriate, recommendations for changes in legislation to improve the affordability and access to high quality respite care services for spouses with children under age 13 throughout the period of the member's deployment to a combat zone.
Inserted: (d) Respite Care Defined.--In this section, the term "respite care" means short-term, temporary relief to those who are caring for dependent children.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:
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SA 5591. Mr. BAUCUS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:
SEC. 572. RESPITE CARE FOR SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYING TO COMBAT ZONES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a program designed to ensure access to and affordability of respite care for military spouses caring for children under the age of 13 throughout the period of the member's deployment to the combat zone.
(b) Access.--For purposes of subsection (a), a spouse shall be treated as having access to respite care where available throughout the period of a member's deployment to a combat zone if--
(1) access to high quality respite care is reserved to the maximum extent possible and is available at the child development program at the permanent duty station of the member concerned during the entirety of such period;
(2) the Secretary of Defense provides (whether by partial or full subsidy, payment or reimbursement) for access to high quality respite care from an approved non-DoD source during the entirety of such period; or
(3) access to high quality respite care throughout such period is achieved by a combination of the mechanisms described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the program initiated under subsection (a), including a description of how respite care will be made available to spouses described in subsection (a) whether residing on a military installation or off a military installation.
The report may also include, as appropriate, recommendations for changes in legislation to improve the affordability and access to high quality respite care services for spouses with children under age 13 throughout the period of the member's deployment to a combat zone.
(d) Respite Care Defined.--In this section, the term “respite care” means short-term, temporary relief to those who are caring for dependent children.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 15, 2008