14 U.S.C. § 2921 — Definitions

Page 191 TITLE 14—COAST GUARD § 2922 Guard, for the primary and secondary schooling of dependents of Coast Guard personnel sta- tioned outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the locality are un- able to provide adequately for the education of those dependents. (b) Whenever the Secretary, under such regu- lations as he may prescribe, determines that schools located in the same area in which a Coast Guard facility is located are not acces- sible by public means of transportation on a reg- ular basis, he may provide, out of funds appro- priated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the transportation of dependents of Coast Guard personnel between the schools serving the area and the Coast Guard facility. (Added Pub. L. 91–278, § 1(14), June 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 306, § 657; amended Pub. L. 93–430, § 5, Oct. 1, 1974, 88 Stat. 1182; renumbered § 544 and amended Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 214(b)(1)(C), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3033; renumbered § 2906, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4230.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 2906 was renumbered section 5107 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 544 of this title as this section. 2014—Pub. L. 113–281 renumbered section 657 of this title as this section and, in subsec. (a), substituted ‘‘The Secretary may’’ for ‘‘Except as otherwise author- ized by the Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236–244), the Secretary may’’. 1974—Pub. L. 93–430 struck out ‘‘; transportation of’’ after ‘‘children’’ in section catchline, designated exist- ing provisions as subsec. (b), and added subsec. (a). SUBCHAPTER II—COAST GUARD CHILD CARE Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(c)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4231, inserted subchapter II designation and head- ing. § 2921. Definitions In this subchapter, the following definitions apply: (1) CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.—The term ‘‘child abuse and neglect’’ has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note). (2) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER EMPLOYEE.— The term ‘‘child development center em- ployee’’ means a civilian employee of the Coast Guard who is employed to work in a Coast Guard child development center without regard to whether the employee is paid from appropriated or nonappropriated funds. (3) COAST GUARD CHILD DEVELOPMENT CEN- TER.—The term ‘‘Coast Guard child develop- ment center’’ means a facility on Coast Guard property or on property under the jurisdiction of the commander of a Coast Guard unit at which child care services are provided for members of the Coast Guard. (4) COMPETITIVE SERVICE POSITION.—The term ‘‘competitive service position’’ means a posi- tion in the competitive service (as defined in section 2102 of title 5). (5) FAMILY HOME DAYCARE.—The term ‘‘fam- ily home daycare’’ means home-based child care services provided for a member of the Coast Guard by an individual who— (A) is certified by the Commandant as qualified to provide home-based child care services; and (B) provides home-based child care services on a regular basis in exchange for monetary compensation. (Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 214(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3031, § 551; renumbered § 2921, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4230.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat- ment Act, referred to in par. (1), is section 3 of Pub. L. 93–247, which is set out as a note under section 5101 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 551 of this title as this section. § 2922. Child development services (a)(1) The Commandant may make child devel- opment services available, in such priority as the Commandant considers to be appropriate and consistent with readiness and resources and in the best interests of dependents of members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard, for— (A) members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard; (B) surviving dependents of service members who have died on active duty, if such depend- ents were beneficiaries of a Coast Guard child development service at the time of the death of such members; (C) members of the armed forces (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10); and (D) Federal civilian employees. (2) Child development service benefits pro- vided under the authority of this section shall be in addition to benefits provided under other laws. (b)(1) The Commandant is authorized to use appropriated funds available to the Coast Guard to provide child development services. (2)(A) The Commandant is authorized to estab- lish, by regulations, fees to be charged parents for the attendance of children at Coast Guard child development centers. (B) Fees to be charged, pursuant to subpara- graph (A), shall be based on family income and whether a family is participating in an initia- tive established under section 2925(b), except that the Commandant may, on a case-by-base basis, establish fees at lower rates if such rates