Expanding Access to Military Child Care Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2193 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2193 To establish a pilot program to expand early child care options for members of the Armed Forces and their families. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 26 (legislative day, June 24), 2025 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a pilot program to expand early child care options for members of the Armed Forces and their families. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Access to Military Child Care Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO EXPAND EARLY CHILD CARE OPTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES. (a) Pilot Program.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall direct the Secretaries of the milit…