S.Amdt. 3197

SA 3197. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2026 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. 562. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR
CHILDCARE PROVIDER OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit the congressional defense committees a report
assessing the feasibility of establishing an interstate
compact for occupational licensure of childcare providers to
enable childcare providers affiliated with the Department of
Defense to transfer their qualifications between military
installations and States.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
address, at a minimum, the following:
(1) The interests of State legislatures in an interstate
compact for occupational licensure of childcare providers.
(2) The interests of childcare professional associations,
associations or federations of State childcare licensing
boards, a coalition of State childcare licensing boards, or
national childcare credentialing bodies in such a compact.
(3) The barriers to childcare licensing organizations or
professional associations receiving grant funding from the
Department of Defense for the development of such a compact.
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