Expansion of eligible child care providers for Department of Defense programs

(a) Removal of prior service requirement Section 1798(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon and inserting; and; (2) by striking paragraph (2); and (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). (b) National service volunteers (1) In general The Secretary of Defense may seek to enter into an interagency partnership with a Federal agency with the ability to place individuals described in paragraph (2) in military child development centers in accordance with national service laws and with all the benefits accorded to such individuals under those laws. (2) Individuals described An individual described in this paragraph is a participant, including a volunteer or national senior volunteer, under the national service laws who is trained in education services and is in compliance with hiring requirements for military child development centers. (3) Definitions In this subsection, the terms participant and national service laws have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511)).