Sponsor
Ro Khanna
Representative · D-CA
The bill increases oversight by requiring annual reviews to keep child-care assistance current, benefiting families if amounts rise or stay adequate, but it also creates administrative burden and risks reduced benefits that could raise parents' out-of-pocket costs.
Military parents and families will get annual reviews of child-care financial assistance, increasing the likelihood benefit levels are updated to reflect current child-care costs.
Military personnel will have greater transparency and oversight of how the Department of Defense sets provider payments due to required regular reviews.
Military parents and families could face higher out-of-pocket child-care costs if the mandated reviews lead the Secretary to lower the maximum monthly assistance per child.
Department of Defense staff and other federal employees will incur additional annual administrative workload to perform the mandated reviews, which could divert time and resources from other service delivery tasks.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Secretary to annually review the amount of financial assistance under 10 U.S.C. 1798, including the maximum monthly per-child amount paid to eligible providers.
Representative · D-CA
Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to annually review the amount of financial assistance for child care and youth program services providers provided by the Secretary.
Introduced September 16, 2025 by Ro Khanna · Last progress September 16, 2025
Requires the Secretary to conduct an annual review of the financial assistance paid under 10 U.S.C. 1798, including the maximum monthly per-child amount authorized to eligible providers. The review is intended to assess the level of assistance provided each year and document the maximum monthly payment per child.