Public Law 107-67, Section 630
Affordable Child Care for Lower Income Federal Employees
AGENCY USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR CHILD CARE COSTS FOR LOWER INCOME EMPLOYEES
Sec. 630.
(a) IN GENERAL. - Hereafter, in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management, an Executive agency
which provides or proposes to provide child care services for Federal
employees may use appropriated funds (otherwise available to such agency
for salaries and expenses) to provide child care, in a Federal or leased
facility, or through contract, for civilian employees of such agency.
(b) AFFORDABILITY. - Amounts so provided with respect
to any such facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the affordability
of child care for lower income Federal employees using or seeking to use
the child care services offered by such facility or contractor.
(c) ADVANCES. - Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, amounts
paid to licensed or regulated child care providers may be in advance of
services rendered, covering agreed upon periods, as appropriate.
(d) REGULATIONS. - The Office of Personnel Management
shall, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue
regulations necessary to carry out this section.
(e) DEFINITION. - For purposes of this section, the term
“Executive agency” has the meaning given such term by section
105 of title 5, United States Code, but does not include the General Accounting
Office.
(f) NOTIFICATION. - None of the funds made available
in this or any other Act may be used to implement the provisions of this
section absent advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations.