S.Amdt. 736

SA 736. Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 appropriate place in subtitle F of title V, insert
the following:

SEC. __. TASK FORCE.

Section 658H of the Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k);
(2) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ``subsection
(j)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection (k)(1)''; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
``(j) Task Force To Assist in Improving Child Safety.--
``(1) Establishment.--There is established a task force, to
be known as the Interagency Task Force for Child Safety
(referred to in this section as the `Task Force') to
identify, evaluate, and recommend best practices and
technical assistance to assist Federal and State agencies in
fully implementing the requirements of subsection (b) for
child care staff members.
``(2) Composition.--Not later than 60 days after the date
of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020, the President shall appoint the members of
the Task Force, which shall include--
``(A) the Director of the Office of Child Care of the
Department of Health and Human Services, the Associate
Commissioner of the Children's Bureau of the Department of
Health and Human Services, the Director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, or their designees; and
``(B) such other Federal officials as may be designated by
the President.
``(3) Chairperson.--The chairperson of the Task Force shall
be the Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children
and Families.
``(4) Consultation.--The Task Force shall consult with
representatives from State child care agencies, State child
protective services, State criminal justice agencies, and
other relevant stakeholders on identifying problems in
implementing, and proposing solutions to implement, the
requirements of subsection (b), as described in that
subsection.
``(5) Task force duties.--The Task Force shall--
``(A) develop recommendations for improving implementation
of the requirements of subsection (b), including
recommendations about how the Task Force and member agencies
will collaborate and coordinate efforts to implement such
requirements, as described in subsection (b); and
``(B) develop recommendations in which the Task Force
identifies best practices and evaluates technical assistance
to assist relevant Federal and State agencies in implementing
subsection (b), which identification and evaluation shall
include--
``(i) an analysis of available research and information at
the Federal and State level regarding the status of the
interstate requirements of subsection (b) for child care
staff members who have resided in one or more States during
the previous 5 years and who seek employment in a child care
program in a different State;
``(ii) a list of State agencies that are not responding to
interstate requests covered by subsection (b) for relevant
information on child care staff members;
``(iii) identification of the challenges State agencies are
experiencing in responding to such interstate requests;
``(iv) an analysis of the length of time it takes the State
agencies in a State to receive such results from State
agencies in another State in response to such an interstate
request in accordance with subsection (b);
``(v) an analysis of the average processing time for the
interstate requests, in accordance with subsection (b);
``(vi) identification of the fees associated with the
interstate requests in each State to meet requirements in
accordance with subsection (b);
``(vii) a list of States that are participating in the
National Fingerprint File program, as administered by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and an analysis of reasons
States have or have not chosen to participate in the program,
including barriers to participation such as barriers related
to State regulatory requirements and statutes; and
``(viii) a list of States that have closed record laws or
systems that prevent the States from sharing complete
criminal records data or information with State agencies in
another State.
``(6) Meetings.--Not later than 3 months after the date of
enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020, the Task Force shall hold its first
meeting.

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``(7) Final report.--Not later than 1 year after the first
meeting of the Task Force, the Task Force shall submit to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of
Representatives a final report containing all of the
recommendations required by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (5).
``(8) Sunset.--The Task Force shall terminate 1 year after
submitting its final report, but not later than the end of
fiscal year 2021.''.
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