,i #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #fcac ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,november #be1 #bjbe,ms4 ,tokuda 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,moore of ,utah1 ,ms4 ,jacobs1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,ms4 ,strickland1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4 ,bell1 ,mr4 ,schmidt1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mrs4 ,kiggans of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,davis of ,north ,carolina7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,armed ,services ,a ,,bill ,to require military child and youth programs to provide prompt notice of alleged or suspected neglect or abuse of children to the parents or guardians of those children1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,military ,child and ,youth ,program ,abuse and ,neglect ,notification ,act4 #b4 ,notification of suspected child abuse at providers of child care services or youth programs ,section #agid of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection3 7g7 ,notification of ,suspected ,child ,abuse 7#a7 ,the ,secretary of ,defense shall prescribe a policy that requires covered child and youth programs to-- 7,a7 not later than #bd hours after a program becomes aware of alleged or suspected abuse or neglect of a child occurring in such program1 notify the parents and guardians of such child of such alleged or suspected abuse or neglect2 and 7,b7 not later than #gb hours after a program becomes aware of alleged abuse or neglect of a child occurring in such program1 provide notice of such alleged abuse or neglect to-- 7i7 the ,committees on ,armed ,services of the ,senate and the ,house of ,representatives2 7ii7 if the alleged abuse or neglect occurs in one of the several ,states1 the ,senators that represent the ,state in which the alleged abuse or neglect occurred2 and 7iii7 if the alleged abuse or neglect occurs in a location represented by a ,member of1 or ,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1 the ,house of ,representatives1 the ,member of1 or ,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1 the ,house of ,representatives that represents such location4 7#b7 ,in this subsection1 the term covered child and youth program means a military child development center1 a ,department of ,defense youth program1 a family home day care1 or a provider of child care services or youth program services that receives financial assistance under section #agih4 4