S.Amdt. 2518

SA 2518. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Kaine) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 part II of subtitle F of title V, add the
following:

SEC. 577. RESPITE CHILDCARE FOR CERTAIN SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Respite Child Care Required.--The Secretary concerned
shall provide each spouse of a member of the Armed Forces
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary who is described in
subsection (b), and who has a child or children under the age
of 13 years, hourly respite childcare for each such child at
or in the vicinity of the installation to which the member
concerned is assigned.
(b) Spouses.--A spouse described in this subsection is any
spouse of a member of the Armed Forces as follows:
(1) A spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty
(other than active duty for training).
(2) A spouse who is participating in the Transition
Assistance Program under section 1144 of title 10, United
States Code.
(c) Limitation on Amount of Care Per Child.--The total
number of hours of childcare provided under subsection (a)
with respect to a particular child may not exceed 16 hours.
(d) Provision.--
(1) Providers.--Childcare shall be provided under
subsection (a) by the following, as elected by the Secretary
concerned:
(A) A childcare provider located on the installation
concerned.
(B) A childcare provider located in the vicinity of the
installation concerned and approved for the provision of
childcare under this section by the Secretary concerned.
(C) Any other childcare provider approved for the provision
of childcare under this section by the Secretary concerned.
(2) Provision at no cost to members or their families.--
Childcare shall be provided under subsection (a) at no cost
to the member of the Armed Forces concerned, the spouse, or
the member's family.
(e) Funding.--Funds for the provision of childcare under
subsection (a) shall be derived from amounts available to the
Secretaries concerned for the provision of childcare services
to members of the Armed Forces.
(f) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term
``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that term in
section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code.
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