S.Amdt. 368

SA 368. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 A of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. ____. PROGRAM TO USE MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION OF
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

(a) Thresholds on Construction Authorized.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
program to carry out minor military construction projects
under section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, to
construct or modify child development centers.
(2) Expansion of access to child care services.--Projects
considered under the program under this section shall
emphasize expanding access to and increasing availability of
child care from the Department of Defense.
(b) Increased Maximum Amounts Applicable to Minor
Construction Projects.--For the purpose of any military
construction project carried out under the program under this
section, the amounts specified in section 2805 of title 10,
United States Code, are modified as follows:
(1) The amount specified in subsection (a)(2) of such
section is deemed to be $15,000,000.
(2) The amount specified in subsection (c) of such section
is deemed to be $7,500,000.
(c) Notification and Approval Requirements.--The
notification and approval requirements under section 2805(b)
of title 10, United States Code, shall remain in effect for
construction projects carried out under the program under
this section.
(d) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the program under this section.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include a list and description of the construction projects
carried out under the program under this section, including
the location and cost of each project.
(e) Construction of Authority.--Nothing in this section may
be construed to limit any other authority provided by law for
a military construction project at a child development
center.
(f) Child Development Center Defined.--In this section, the
term ``child development center'' includes a facility, and
the utilities to support such facility, the function of which
is to support the daily care of children aged six weeks old
through five years old for full-day, part-day, and hourly
service.
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