To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program for partnerships between covered basic needs banks and military installations to provide diapers and diapering supplies to military families, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6138 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6138

  To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program for 
      partnerships between covered basic needs banks and military 
  installations to provide diapers and diapering supplies to military 
                   families, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2025

 Mrs. Foushee (for herself, Mr. Mackenzie, Ms. Randall, Ms. Ross, Mr. 
  Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Norton, and Mrs. Sykes) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program for 
      partnerships between covered basic needs banks and military 
  installations to provide diapers and diapering supplies to military 
                   families, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MILITARY FAMILY ACCESS TO DIAPERS 
              AND DIAPERING SUPPLIES.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
pilot program to establish partnerships between covered basic needs 
banks and military installations to provide diapers and diapering 
supplies to military families in need of diapers and diapering 
supplies.
    (b) Engagement With National Diaper Bank Network.--In carrying out 
the pilot program established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
seek to enter into an agreement with the National Diaper Bank Network 
to provide technical assistance to covered basic needs banks and 
evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program.
    (c) Basics Needs Bank Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
basic needs bank'' means an organization that--
            (1) is a nonprofit entity;
            (2) distributes diapers and diapering supplies or other 
        material basic necessities to families directly or through a 
        distribution partner at no cost to the families;
            (3) is a member of the National Diaper Bank Network; and
            (4) has engaged in the distribution of diapers for not less 
        than 5 years.
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