S.Amdt. 493

SA 493. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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. 563. ELIGIBILITY AND PRIORITY OF CHILDREN FOR MILITARY
CHILD CARE SERVICES.

(a) Reorganization of Military Child Care Funding
Provisions.--Subchapter II of chapter 88 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) by transferring section 1793 so as to appear after
section 1791; and
(2) by redesignating such section, as so transferred, as
section 1791a.
(b) Eligibility and Priority.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter II of such chapter is further
amended by inserting after section 1792 the following new
section 1793:

``Sec. 1793. Child care services: eligibility and priority
for services of eligible children; services and youth
program services for children and youth otherwise
ineligible

``(a) Eligibility on Full-time Basis.--Children are
eligible for child care services at military child
development centers on a full-time basis as follows:
``(1) Children disproportionally affected by military
deployment of their parents (to be known as `Priority Group 1
Children'), including children as follows:
``(A) Children of a member of the armed forces who died in
line of duty on active duty.
``(B) Children of a member on active duty who previously
incurred a wound [or serious injury] in combat in line of
duty on active duty.
``(C) Children in a single-parent family in which the
parent is a regular member of the armed forces.
``(D) Children in a dual-parent family in which both
parents are regular members of the armed forces.
``(2) Children of deployable parents (to be know as
`Priority Group 2 Children'), including children as follows:
``(A) Children in a dual-parent family in which one of the
parents is a regular member of the armed forces.
``(B) Children of a member of the Selected Reserve.
``(C) Children of an employee of the Department of Defense
who is on, or is within 90 days of commencing, an assignment
overseas.
``(3) Children of parents who support Department of Defense
missions (to be known as `Priority Group 3 Children'),
including children as follows:
``(A) Children of a member of the Individual Ready Reserve.
``(B) Children of an employee of the Department of Defense
(other than an employee described in paragraph (2)(C)),
including children of an employee of a non-appropriated fund
instrumentality (NAFI) or otherwise paid for with non-
appropriated funds.
``(4) Children of other parents (to be known as `Priority
Group 4 Children'), including children as follows:
``(A) Children of a member or former member of the armed
forces who is in receipt of, or eligible for receipt of,
retired or retainer pay.
``(B) Children of an employee of the Federal Government
with a department or agency other than the Department of
Defense.

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``(C) Children of a contractor employee of the Department
who is otherwise eligible for child care services under this
subchapter.
``(b) Priority of Eligibility.--
``(1) In general.--Priority of eligibility under subsection
(a) shall be in the order of the paragraphs set forth under
that subsection, with actual eligibility for child care
services at any particular military child development center
dependent on the availability of space and resources at such
center.
``(2) Construction of multiple priorities.--If a child has
a priority of eligibility under subsection (a) under more
than one paragraph, the child's priority of eligibility under
that subsection shall be the higher priority of eligibility
under that subsection.
``(d) Regulations.--This section shall be administered in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
Defense for purposes of this section. The regulations shall
take into account the objective that the priority of
eligibility established by subsection (a) is intended to
support the policy and plans for the Department of Defense
for the support of military family readiness developed
pursuant to section 1781b of this title.''.
(2) Preservation of existing eligibility and priority.--
Nothing in the amendment made by paragraph (1) may be
construed as terminating, altering, or impairing the
eligibility or priority for child care services at military
child development centers of any military family in receipt
of such services at such a center as of the date of the
enactment of this Act for so long after such date as such
military family remains in receipt of such services at such
center without interruption.
(c) Restatement in Authority on Eligibility and Priority of
Authority for Provision of Child Care and Youth Program
Services to Children and Youth Otherwise Ineligible.--
(1) In general.--Section 1793 of title 10, United States
Code, as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is
further amended by inserting after subsection (b) the
following new subsection (c):
``(c) Child Care and Youth Program Services for Children
and Youth Otherwise Ineligible.--
``(1) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may authorize
participation in child care or youth programs of the
Department of Defense, to the extent of the availability of
space and services, by children and youth under the age of 19
who are not dependents of members of the armed forces or of
employees of the Department of Defense and are not otherwise
eligible for participation in those programs.
``(2) Limitation.--Authorization of participation in a
program under paragraph (1) shall be limited to situations in
which that participation promotes the attainment of the
objectives set forth in paragraph (3), as determined by the
Secretary.
``(3) Objectives.--The objectives for authorizing
participation in a program under paragraph (1) are as
follows:
``(A) To support the integration of children and youth of
military families into civilian communities.
``(B) To make more efficient use of Department of Defense
facilities and resources.
``(C) To establish or support a partnership or consortium
arrangement with schools and other youth services
organizations serving children of members of the armed
forces.''.
(2) Repeal of superseded authority.--Section 1799 of such
title is repealed.
(d) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections at the
beginning of subchapter II of chapter 88 of such title is
amended--
(1) by inserting after the item relating to section 1791
the following new item:

``1791a. Parent fees.'';
(2) by striking the item relating to section 1793 and
inserting the following new item:

``1793. Child care services: eligibility and priority for services of
eligible children; services and youth program services
for children and youth otherwise ineligible.''; and
(3) by striking the item relating to section 1799.
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