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U.S.
Office of Personnel Management
Guide
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Public Law 106-58, Section 643
Affordable Child Care for Lower Income Federal Employees
AGENCY USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS
FOR CHILD CARE COSTS
FOR LOWER INCOME EMPLOYEES
Sec. 643. (a) IN GENERAL. - Upon promulgation of the regulations required under subsection (c), 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) 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) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
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