Military Spouse Employment and Child Care Readiness Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Latest action
- Jul 22, 2026
What it does
The Military Spouse Employment and Child Care Readiness Act would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress within 120 days of enactment assessing workforce, readiness, and policy challenges related to military child care and child development centers. The report would analyze the current workforce, including the percentage of military spouses and spouses of retired or separated service members employed in these centers, evaluate vacancy rates and staffing capacity, and assess the feasibility of increasing license transferability for military spouses during permanent change of station moves and allowing on-post housing residents to provide home-based childcare under…
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