§ 515. — Child development services.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC515]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 13--PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
Sec. 515. Child development services
(a) The Commandant may make child development services available for
members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard, and thereafter as
space is available for members of the Armed Forces and Federal civilian
employees. Child development service benefits provided under the
authority of this section shall be in addition to benefits provided
under other laws.
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commandant may
require that amounts received as fees for the provision of services
under this section at Coast Guard child development centers be used only
for compensation of employees at those centers who are directly involved
in providing child care.
(2) If the Commandant determines that compliance with the limitation
in paragraph (1) would result in an uneconomical and inefficient use of
such fee receipts, the Commandant may (to the extent that such
compliance would be uneconomical and inefficient) use such receipts--
(A) for the purchase of consumable or disposable items for Coast
Guard child development centers; and
(B) if the requirements of such centers for consumable or
disposable items for a given fiscal year have been met, for other
expenses of those centers.
(c) The Commandant shall provide for regular and unannounced
inspections of each child development center under this section and may
use Department of Defense or other training programs to ensure that all
child development center employees under this section meet minimum
standards of training with respect to early childhood development,
activities and disciplinary techniques appropriate to children of
different ages, child abuse prevention and detection, and appropriate
emergency medical procedures.
(d) Of the amounts available to the Coast Guard each fiscal year for
operating expenses (and in addition to amounts received as fees), the
Secretary may use for child development services under this section an
amount not to exceed the total amount the Commandant estimates will be
received by the Coast Guard in the fiscal year as fees for the provision
of those services.
(e) The Commandant may use appropriated funds available to the Coast
Guard to provide assistance to family home day care providers so that
family home day care services can be provided to uniformed service
members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard at a cost comparable
to the cost of services provided by Coast Guard child development
centers.
(f) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement this
section. The regulations shall establish fees to be charged for child
development services provided under this section which take into
consideration total family income.
(g) For purposes of this section, the term ``child development
center'' does not include a child care services facility for which space
is allotted under section 616 of the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C.
490b).
(Added Pub. L. 104-324, title II, Sec. 201(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat.
3906.)
References in Text
Section 616 of the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b),
referred to in subsec. (g), is section 101(m) [title VI, Sec. 616] of
Pub. L. 100-202, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-390, 1329-423, as
amended, which was classified to section 490b of former Title 40, Public
Buildings, Property, and Works, and was repealed and reenacted as
section 590(a)-(d) and (f) of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and
Works, by Pub. L. 107-217, Secs. 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062,
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