HR 6489
116th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Financial literacy
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Performance measurement
To improve military family readiness.
Introduced: April 10, 2020
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Became law
Apr 10, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 10, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to address military family readiness and resiliency.
Specifically, DOD must
- establish and implement a strategy regarding communication with military families;
- develop an Exceptional Family Member Program case-management model;
- if feasible, provide child care to service members or DOD employees working on rotating shifts at military installations;
- develop a policy and tracking mechanism for monitoring and prohibiting the overprescribing of opioids;
- conduct a pilot program to recruit military spouses into paid internships; and
- comply with various requirements for studies and reports.
The Government Accountability Office must report on disputes between military families and schools.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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