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S 1434 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Child care and development Congressional oversight Department of Defense Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents

ACCESS Act

Introduced: June 26, 2017 Introduced by: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 26, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Availability of Child Care for Every Servicemember and Spouse Act or ACCESS Act

This bill declares that the hours of operation of each childcare development center of the Department of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, be set and maintained in a manner that takes into account the demands and circumstances of members of the Armed Forces who use such center to facilitate the performance of their military duties.

Each military department must: (1) provide for a childcare coordinator at each military installation at which are stationed significant numbers of members of the Armed Forces with accompanying dependent children, and (2) carry out a pilot program on collaboration between commanders of such military installations with private providers of childcare services.

What's happening now June 26, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1