---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 2901"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "2901"
heading: "Work-life policies and programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/2901"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 29 — Coast Guard Family Support, Child Care, and Housing"
  - "Subchapter I — Coast Guard Families"
---

# §2901. Work-life policies and programs


The Commandant is authorized—

- (1) to establish an office for the purpose of developing, promulgating, and coordinating policies, programs, and activities related to the families of Coast Guard members;
- (2) to implement and oversee policies, programs, and activities described in [paragraph (1)](#1) as the Commandant considers necessary; and
- (3) to perform such other duties as the Commandant considers necessary.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 214(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3029, § 531; renumbered § 2901, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4230.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2901 was renumbered section 5101 of this title.

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 531 of this title as this section.