To require the Comptroller General of the United States to report to Congress on financial assistance for child care available to deployed members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.
What it does: Adds SEC. 557. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle F of title V
Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)What it changes
1 change to S. 1390 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 557. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle F of title V
Adds a sectionIn S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(4) attorneys providing legal assistance as described in paragraph (3)(F)(ii) should provide members of the Armed Forces a full explanation of the dangers of not involving the non- custodial parent and discuss appropriate courses of action.
Inserted: SEC. 557. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representative a report on financial assistance for child care provided by the Department of Defense, including through the Operation: Military Child Care and Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood programs, to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are deployed in connection with a contingency operation.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the following:
Inserted: (1) The types of financial assistance for child care made available by the Department of Defense to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are deployed in connection with a contingency operation.
Inserted: (2) The extent to which such members have taken advantage of such assistance since such assistance was first made available.
Inserted: (3) The formulas used for calculating the amount of such assistance provided to such members.
Inserted: (4) The funding allocated to such assistance.
Inserted: (5) The remaining costs of child care to families of such members that are not covered by the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (6) Any barriers to access to such assistance faced by such members and the families of such members.
Inserted: (7) The different criteria used by different States with respect to the regulation of child care services and the potential impact differences in such criteria may have on the access of such members to such assistance.
Inserted: (8) The different standards and criteria used by different programs of the Department of Defense for providing such assistance with respect to child care providers and the potential impact differences in such standards and criteria may have on the access of such members to such assistance.
Inserted: (9) Any other matters the Comptroller General determines relevant to the improvement of financial assistance for child care made available by the Department of Defense to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are deployed in connection with a contingency operation.
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At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:
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SA 1658. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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. 557. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representative a report on financial assistance for child care provided by the Department of Defense, including through the Operation: Military Child Care and Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood programs, to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are deployed in connection with a contingency operation.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the following:
(1) The types of financial assistance for child care made available by the Department of Defense to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are deployed in connection with a contingency operation.
(2) The extent to which such members have taken advantage of such assistance since such assistance was first made available.
(3) The formulas used for calculating the amount of such assistance provided to such members.
(4) The funding allocated to such assistance.
(5) The remaining costs of child care to families of such members that are not covered by the Department of Defense.
(6) Any barriers to access to such assistance faced by such members and the families of such members.
(7) The different criteria used by different States with respect to the regulation of child care services and the potential impact differences in such criteria may have on the access of such members to such assistance.
(8) The different standards and criteria used by different programs of the Department of Defense for providing such assistance with respect to child care providers and the potential impact differences in such standards and criteria may have on the access of such members to such assistance.
(9) Any other matters the Comptroller General determines relevant to the improvement of financial assistance for child care made available by the Department of Defense to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are deployed in connection with a contingency operation.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1658 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sanders.(consideration: CR S8025-8029; text: CR S8029)
July 23, 2009
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1658 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sanders.(consideration: CR S8025-8029; text: CR S8029)
July 23, 2009
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1658 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2009
Amendment SA 1658 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sanders. (consideration: CR S8025-8029; text: CR S8029) To require the Comptroller General of the United States to report to Congress on financial assistance for child care available to deployed members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.
July 23, 2009
Amendment SA 1658 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2009
Senate amendment submitted
July 21, 2009