Ro Khanna (D-CA)
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.
A Democratic bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
Yes· 3 of 9
- Scored +5
Would children be better off under this?
Ensures regular review of child care financial assistance limits to better support children in military families.
- Scored +5
Does this make child care cost less?
The bill requires an annual review of financial assistance limits for military child care and youth programs, potentially improving childcare support.
- Scored +4
Would people in middle age be better off under this?
Benefits military parents by potentially improving the adequacy of child care financial assistance.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
* Section 1 also mandates that the annual review includes the maximum amount of financial assistance per month per child authorized for eligible providers. This could be a positive outcome for families because it keeps a regular check on the monthly child care support limits.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would children be better off under this? — Ensures regular review of child care financial assistance limits to better support children in military families. Would people in middle age be better off under this? — Benefits military parents by potentially improving the adequacy of child care financial assistance. Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together? — Supports military families and service members with children through enhanced oversight of child care programs. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — May help lower-income military families by ensuring child care assistance is regularly evaluated for adequacy. Would middle-income households be better off under this? — Supports military families by reviewing child care assistance programs annually. Would women be better off under this? — Often disproportionately impacts working mothers in the military by overseeing child care support.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this make child care cost less? — The bill requires an annual review of financial assistance limits for military child care and youth programs, potentially improving childcare support.
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive? — Provides indirect support to military families through better oversight of child care financial assistance.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — Mandates regular reporting and review of financial assistance programs by the Department of Defense.
- 9/16/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- Introduced in House
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.