Comptroller General study of child care services provided or paid for by the Department of Defense

(a) Study The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to assess the child care programs of the Department of Defense, including military child development centers, family home day care, the Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood program, and the Child Care in Your Home program. (b) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a). Such report shall include the following information, disaggregated by covered Armed Force: (1) The period of time military families in each priority category are on a waiting list from the time of submitting a request until the time of final approval. (2) The percentage of military families that submitted a request for child care services and did not receive an offer within 90 days of the date requested. (3) The average percentage of annual income a military family spends on child care per child. (4) The percentage of military families that require more than one child care program to meet child care needs. (5) The current amount of funds allocated to each covered Armed Force for the Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood and Child Care in Your Home programs. (6) How much of the amount described in paragraph (5) is spent on— (A) administration; and (B) child care services for military families. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered Armed Force means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force. (2) The terms military child development center and family home day care have the meaning given those terms in section 1800 of title 10, United States Code.