HERO Child Care for Military Families Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4335 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4335 To address the challenges of providing child care opportunities for military families, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To address the challenges of providing child care opportunities for military families, and for other purposes. 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 ``Helping Ensure Reliable Opportunities in Child Care for Military Families Act'' or the ``HERO Child Care for Military Families Act''. SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBLE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS. (a) Removal of Prior Service Requirement.--Section 1798(…