,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bebi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bf1     
#bjbc,mrs4 ,feinstein introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide       
support for military families with      
dependents in the ,exceptional ,family  
,member ,program4  #a4 ,support for     
military families with dependents in the
 ,exceptional ,family ,member ,program  
7a7 ,guarantee of medical1 education1   
and organization support  7#a7 ,in      
general ,the ,secretary of a military   
department shall ensure1 upon issuing   
relocation orders to an eligible member1
 that-- 7,a7 the member will not be     
required to relocate again-- 7i7 during 
the #f months after the issuance of such
 orders1 if the member is assigned to a 
duty station within the contiguous      
,united ,states2 or  7ii7 during the #h 
months after the issuance of such       
orders1 if the member is assigned to a  

duty station outside of the contiguous  
,united ,states2  7,b7 initial care     
appointments for the qualifying         
dependent of the member-- 7i7 will be   
scheduled not later than #fj days after 
the issuance of such orders2 and  7ii7  
will occur not later than #cj days after
 the dependent arrives at the new duty  
station of the member2 and  7,c7 the    
commander of the member at the new duty 
station of provides feedback to the     
member with respect to continuity of    
care for the dependent4  7#b7           
,facilitation of relocations ,the       
,secretary of each military department  
shall ensure the establishment of       
systematic and transparent methods to   
connect commands and eligible members to
 facilitate outgoing preparations       
relating to the relocations of such     
members and onboarding processes for    
such members at new duty stations1 with 
particular emphasis on coordination     
between commanders at the previous duty 
station and at the new duty station4    

7b7 ,guardianship grants ,the ,secretary
 of ,defense may provide to an eligible 
member a grant of #e1jjj for each       
qualifying dependent of the member who  
is under the age of #ah to be used for  
legal expenses related to handling      
guardianship of the dependent when the  
dependent achieves the age of #ah4  7c7 
,housing grants ,the ,secretary of each 
military department may provide to an   
eligible member1 after each permanent   
change of station of the member1 a      
reimbursable1 specially adapted housing 
grant of #h1jjj if-- 7#a7 the qualifying
 dependent of the member has a permanent
 and total disability2 and  7#b7 the    
,secretary determines that the          
disability reasonably requires          
adaptations to the residence of the     
member and the dependent at the new duty
 station4  7d7 ,specially adapted       
vehicle grant ,the ,secretary of each   
military department may provide to an   
eligible member one grant of #c1jjj for 
the purpose of adapting a passenger     

vehicle of the member to accommodate the
 mobility needs of the qualifying       
dependent of the member4  7e7           
,implementation ,the ,secretary of      
,defense and the ,secretaries of the    
military departments shall prescribe    
regulations and issue guidelines to     
ensure the effective implementation of  
this section4  7f7 ,annual reports ,not 
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 and annually
 thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,defense 
shall submit to the congressional       
defense committees a report describing--
 7#a7 the extent of compliance with the 
provisions of this section2  7#b7 the   
effectiveness of support provided under 
this section2 and  7#c7 any challenges  
encountered in carrying out this section
 and recommendations for improvement4   
7g7 ,funding ,the ,secretary of ,defense
 shall ensure that appropriate funding  
is provided to carry out this section4  
7h7 ,effective date2 applicability ,this
 section shall take on ,december #a1    

#bjbe1 and apply to all relocations of  
eligible members occurring on or after  
that date4  7i7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3 7#a7 ,eligible member ,the term
 eligible member means a member of the  
,armed ,forces with a qualifying        
dependent4  7#b7 ,qualifying dependent  
,the term qualifying dependent means a  
dependent of a member of the ,armed     
,forces who is in the ,exceptional      
,family ,member ,program4