CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE

SEC. 601. CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE (a) In General.— The Secretary of Defense may provide assistance for families of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict in order to ensure that the children of such families obtain needed child care services. The assistance authorized by this section should be directed primarily toward providing needed child care services for children of such personnel who are serving in the Persian Gulf area or who have been otherwise deployed, assigned, or ordered to active duty in connection with Operation Desert Storm. (b) Authorization of Appropriations.— Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated from the Defense Cooperation Account 105 STAT. 106for fiscal year 1991 under section 101(a), $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of this section. The costs of carrying out such provisions are incremental costs associated with Operation Desert Storm. (c) Supplementation of Other Public Funds.— Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (b) that are made available to carry out this section may be used only to supplement, and not to supplant, the amount of any other Federal, State, or local government funds otherwise expended or authorized for the support of child care programs for members of the Armed Forces.