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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.
Key claim: The Defense Secretary would have to review each year how much financial assistance the Pentagon gives child-care and youth-program providers.
Abstract
(HR5400 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2025-09-16): Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Why this matters
Annual DoD review of child-care and youth-program subsidy levels would create a recurring oversight mechanism tied to actual provider costs, potentially informing future appropriations even though the bill itself makes no fiscal change. For military families, the assistance rates directly affect access and affordability of on- and off-installation care, a persistent readiness and retention issue.