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H.R. 5748: Childcare Expansion for Military Families Act of 2021

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H.R. 5748: Childcare Expansion for Military Families Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-27 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Childcare Expansion for Military Families Act of 2021

Plain summary

Childcare Expansion for Military Families Act of 2021 This bill addresses the provision of child care and development services by the Department of Defense (DOD) for children of members of the Armed Forces (military children). First, the bill requires DOD to establish a program to carry out minor military construction projects to construct child development centers, in amounts up to $15 million per project. DOD must establish procedures for the review and approval of requests from the military departments to implement construction projects for child development centers. DOD must conduct a comprehensive assessment of the availability of government-provided early childhood education and infant and early childhood mental health consultation services on and in the vicinity of certain military installations to identify and address the needs of military children. DOD is authorized to conduct one or more demonstration projects to evaluate improved approaches to the provision of educational and infant and early childhood mental health services to military children to evaluate the efficacy of such services to improve social-emotional development outcomes. DOD may authorize the development of a comprehensive professional development curricula for specified purposes. Finally, DOD must evaluate each demonstration project to assess the (1) extent of positive outcomes for military children, (2) improvements in services and continuity of care for such children, and (3) improved military family readiness and enhanced military retention.

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Official text

Childcare Expansion for Military Families Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] · 1 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] reported raising $1.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5748 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117