,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ihdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjbf ,ms4
 ,escobar introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct
 the ,secretary of ,defense to report to
 ,congress on the workforce1 readiness1 
and policy challenges associated with   
military child care and military child  
development centers1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,military ,spouse   
,employment and ,child ,care ,readiness 
,act4  #b4 ,report on strengthening the 
military child care workforce  7a7 ,in  
general ,not later than #abj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees 
a report assessing workforce1 readiness1
 and policy challenges associated with  
military child care and military child  
development centers4  7b7 ,contents ,the
 report under subsection 7a7 shall      

include the following3 7#a7 ,an analysis
 of the current workforce of military   
child development centers1 including--  
7,a7 the percentage of employees who are
 military spouses2 and  7,b7 the        
percentage of employees who are spouses 
of retired or separated members of the  
,armed ,forces4  7#b7 ,a feasibility    
assessment of increasing the            
transferability of licenses or          
certifications for military spouses     
employed at military child development  
centers when accompanying a service     
member on a permanent change of station4
  7#c7 ,an assessment of vacancy rates  
across military child development       
centers and the reasons for such        
vacancies4  7#d7 ,an assessment of the  
number of additional children who could 
be served by military child development 
centers if such centers were fully      
staffed4  7#e7 ,a feasibility assessment
 of permitting military spouses residing
 in on-post housing to provide childcare
 within their homes under a supervisory 

program coordinated by a military child 
development center4  7#f7               
,recommendations for incentives to      
attract and retain military spouses in  
the military child care workforce1      
including-- 7,a7 professional           
development opportunities2  7,b7 stipend
 or subsidy programs2 and  7,c7 flexible
 scheduling options4  7c7 ,congressional
 defense committees defined ,in this    
section1 the term congressional defense 
committees has the meaning given that   
term in section #aja7;a77#af7 of title  
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code4