---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 2921"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "2921"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/2921"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 29 — Coast Guard Family Support, Child Care, and Housing"
  - "Subchapter II — Coast Guard Child Care"
---

# §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](/usc/42/5101.md) note).
- (2) **Child development center employee.—** The term “child development center employee” means a civilian employee of the Coast Guard who is employed to work in a [Coast Guard child development center](#3) without regard to whether the employee is paid from appropriated or nonappropriated funds.
- (3) **Coast guard child development center.—** The term “Coast Guard child development 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 position in the competitive service (as defined in [section 2102 of title 5](/usc/5/2102.md)).
- (5) **Family home daycare.—** The term “family 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.

## Source credit

(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.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 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.