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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1760 

To amend the statutory authorities of the Coast Guard to improve the 

quality of life for current and former Coast Guard personnel and their 

families, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2013 

Mr. BEGICH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend the statutory authorities of the Coast Guard to 

improve the quality of life for current and former Coast 

Guard personnel and their families, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 14, 

4 UNITED STATES CODE. 

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

6 ‘‘Coast Guard Quality of Life Act’’. 

7 (b) REFERENCES TO TITLE 14, UNITED STATES

8 CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever 


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1 in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

2 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi3 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 

4 section or other provision of title 14, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAL 

6 GOODS AND SERVICES. 

7 Notwithstanding section 1085 of title 10, United 

8 States Code, or any other requirements under chapter 55 

9 of that title providing for the reimbursement of inpatient 

10 or outpatient medical or dental care that the Department 

11 of Defense or a military department has provided to a 

12 member or former member of the Coast Guard or a de13 pendent thereof, the Secretary of the department in which 

14 the Coast Guard is operating, in lieu of such reimburse15 ment, shall transfer from funds appropriated for the oper16 ating expenses of the Coast Guard an amount determined 

17 by the Board of Actuaries to represent the value of care 

18 that the Department of Defense or a military department 

19 shall provide, during the fiscal year in which funds are 

20 made available, to a member or former member of the 

21 Coast Guard or a dependent thereof. 

22 SEC. 3. FLAG OFFICERS; DETERMINATION OF UNFITNESS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 11 is 

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 316. Flag officers; determination of unfitness 

2 ‘‘When the Coast Guard is not operating as a service 

3 in the Navy— 

4 ‘‘(1) section 1216(d) of title 10 shall not apply 

5 with respect to any member who is a flag officer 

6 being processed for retirement by reason of age or 

7 length of service; and 

8 ‘‘(2) the Secretary may, with respect to any 

9 member who is a flag officer being processed for re10 tirement by reason of age or length of service— 

11 ‘‘(A) retire such member under section 

12 1201 of title 10; 

13 ‘‘(B) place such member on the temporary 

14 disability retired list under section 1202 of title 

15 10; or 

16 ‘‘(C) separate such member from the Coast 

17 Guard under section 1203 of title 10; 

18 by reason of unfitness to perform the duties of the 

19 flag officer’s office, grade, rank, or rating without 

20 approval by the Secretary of Defense or the rec21 ommendation of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

22 for Health Affairs.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con24 tents for subchapter D of chapter 11 is amended by add25 ing at the end, the following: 

‘‘316. Flag officers; determination of fitness.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. COAST GUARD REMISSION OF INDEBTEDNESS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 461 is amended to read 

3 as follows: 

4 ‘‘§ 461. Remission of indebtedness 

5 ‘‘The Secretary or the Secretary’s designee may have 

6 remitted or cancelled any part of a person’s indebtedness 

7 to the United States or any instrumentality of the United 

8 States if— 

9 ‘‘(1) the indebtedness was incurred while the 

10 person served on active duty as a member of the 

11 Coast Guard; and 

12 ‘‘(2) the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee 

13 considers remitting or cancelling any part of the in14 debtedness to be in the best interest of the United 

15 States.’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

17 for chapter 13 is amended by striking the item relating 

18 to section 461 and inserting the following: 

‘‘461. Remission of indebtedness.’’. 

19 SEC. 5. COAST GUARD FAMILY SUPPORT AND CHILD CARE. 

20 (a) SECTION REDESIGNATIONS.— 

21 (1) REIMBURSEMENT FOR ADOPTION EX22 PENSES.—Chapter 13 of part I is amended by redes23 ignating section 514 as section 541. 


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1 (2) CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.—Chapter 

2 13 of part I is amended by redesignating section 

3 515 as section 552. 

4 (b) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—Part I is amended by in5 serting before section 541, as redesignated, the following: 

6 ‘‘CHAPTER 14—COAST GUARD FAMILY 

7 SUPPORT AND CHILD CARE AUTHORITIES 

8 ‘‘Subchapter A—General Provisions 

9 ‘‘§ 531. Work-life policies and programs 

10 ‘‘The Commandant is authorized— 

11 ‘‘(1) to establish a program for the purpose of 

12 developing and promulgating policies that promote 

13 or support the well-being of Coast Guard active 

14 duty, reserve, and civilian personnel, and their fami15 lies; 

16 ‘‘(2) to implement and oversee the policies 

17 under paragraph (1) as the Commandant considers 

18 necessary; and 

19 ‘‘(3) to perform such other duties as the Com20 mandant considers necessary to promote or support 

21 the well-being of Coast Guard active duty, reserve, 

22 and civilian personnel, and their families. 

23 ‘‘§ 532. Surveys of Coast Guard families 

24 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law, the Commandant, in order to determine the 


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1 effectiveness of Federal programs that promote or support 

2 the well-being of Coast Guard active duty, reserve, and 

3 civilian personnel, and their families, may survey— 

4 ‘‘(1) any Coast Guard active duty, reserve, or 

5 civilian personnel; 

6 ‘‘(2) any retired Coast Guard member or civil7 ian personnel; 

8 ‘‘(3) the immediate family of any member or 

9 personnel described under paragraph (1) or para10 graph (2); and 

11 ‘‘(4) any survivor of a deceased member. 

12 ‘‘(b) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—Participation in 

13 any survey conducted under this section shall be vol14 untary. 

15 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL RECORDKEEPING.—With respect to a 

16 survey authorized under subsection (a) that includes a 

17 person referred to in that subsection who is not an em18 ployee of the United States or is not otherwise considered 

19 an employee of the United States for the purposes of sec20 tion 3502(3)(A)(i) of title 44, the person shall be consid21 ered an employee of the United States for the purposes 

22 of that section. 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER B—COAST GUARD FAMILY 

2 SUPPORT’’. 

3 (c) COAST GUARD FAMILY SUPPORT.—Part I is 

4 amended by inserting after section 541, as redesignated, 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 542. Education and training opportunities for 

7 Coast Guard spouses 

8 ‘‘(a) TUITION ASSISTANCE; EDUCATION AND TRAIN9 ING.—The Commandant may provide, subject to the avail10 ability of appropriations, tuition assistance to an eligible 

11 spouse of a member of the Coast Guard in achieving— 

12 ‘‘(1) the education and training required for a 

13 degree or credential, that expands employment and 

14 portable career opportunities for the spouse, at an 

15 accredited college, university, or technical school in 

16 the United States; or 

17 ‘‘(2) the education prerequisites and profes18 sional licensure or credentialing required by a gov19 ernment or government-sanctioned licensing body for 

20 an occupation that expands employment and port21 able career opportunities for the spouse. 

22 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec23 tion— 

24 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE SPOUSE.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

2 spouse’ means the spouse of a member of the 

3 Coast Guard who is serving on active duty, in4 cluding a spouse who receives transitional sup5 port in the case of such a member who is dis6 charged due to domestic violence. 

7 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘eligible 

8 spouse’ does not include— 

9 ‘‘(i) a person who is married to, but 

10 legally separated from, a member of the 

11 Coast Guard under court order or statute 

12 of any State or territorial possession of the 

13 United States; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) a person who is eligible for tui15 tion assistance as a member of the armed 

16 forces. 

17 ‘‘(2) PORTABLE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.—The 

18 term ‘portable career opportunities’ includes an oc19 cupation requiring education, training, or both, that 

20 results in a credential that is recognized by an in21 dustry, profession, or specific type of business. 

22 ‘‘§ 543. Youth sponsorship initiatives 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant is authorized 

24 to establish, within any Coast Guard unit, an initiative 

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1 dren of members of the Coast Guard when the members 

2 receive permanent change of station orders. 

3 ‘‘(b) DESCRIPTION OF INITIATIVE.—A youth spon4 sorship initiative under this section shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) apply to a dependent child who resides in 

6 the new community due to a permanent change of 

7 station order; 

8 ‘‘(2) provide for the involvement of a dependent 

9 child of a member of the Coast Guard in the de10 pendent child’s new Coast Guard community; and 

11 ‘‘(3) primarily focus on children in their preteen 

12 and teenage years.’’. 

13 (d) COAST GUARD CHILD CARE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL; DEFINITIONS.—Part I is 

15 amended by inserting before section 552, as redesig16 nated, the following: 

17 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER C—COAST GUARD CHILD CARE 

18 ‘‘§ 551. Definitions 

19 ‘‘In this subchapter: 

20 ‘‘(1) CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.—The term 

21 ‘child abuse and neglect’ has the meaning given the 

22 term in section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

23 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note). 

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1 ployee’ means a civilian employee of the Coast 

2 Guard who is employed to work in a Coast Guard 

3 child development center regardless of whether the 

4 employee is paid from appropriated or non5 appropriated funds. 

6 ‘‘(3) COAST GUARD CHILD DEVELOPMENT CEN7 TER.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Coast 

9 Guard child development center’ means a facil10 ity on Coast Guard property or on property 

11 under the jurisdiction of the commander of a 

12 Coast Guard unit, at which child care services 

13 are provided for members of the Coast Guard. 

14 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘Coast 

15 Guard child development center’ does not in16 clude a child care services facility for which 

17 space is allotted under section 590 of title 40. 

18 ‘‘(4) COMPETITIVE SERVICE POSITION.—The 

19 term ‘competitive service position’ means a position 

20 in the competitive service (as defined in section 

21 2102(a)(1) of title 5). 

22 ‘‘(5) FAMILY HOME DAYCARE.—The term ‘fam23 ily home daycare’ means home-based child care serv24 ices provided for a member of the Coast Guard by 

25 an individual who— 


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1 ‘‘(A) is certified by the Commandant as 

2 qualified to provide home-based child care serv3 ices; and 

4 ‘‘(B) provides home-based child care serv5 ices on a regular basis in exchange for mone6 tary compensation.’’. 

7 (2) CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.— 

8 (A) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense 

9 of the Congress that the amount of appro10 priated funds available during a fiscal year for 

11 operating expenses for Coast Guard child devel12 opment services should be, at a minimum, not 

13 less than the amount of child development cen14 ter fee receipts that are estimated to be col15 lected by the Coast Guard during that fiscal 

16 year. In this subparagraph, the term ‘‘child de17 velopment center fee receipts’’ means those 

18 nonappropriated funds derived from fees paid 

19 by members of the Coast Guard for child care 

20 services provided at Coast Guard child develop21 ment centers. 

22 (B) HEADINGS.—Section 552, as redesig23 nated, is amended— 

24 (i) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘IN

25 GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘The Commandant’’; 


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1 (ii) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting 

2 ‘‘FUNDING FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT

3 SERVICES.—’’ before ‘‘The Commandant’’; 

4 (iii) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by insert5 ing ‘‘PARENT FEES.—’’ before ‘‘The Com6 mandant’’; 

7 (iv) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by insert8 ing ‘‘WAIVER AUTHORITY.—’’ before ‘‘Fees 

9 to be charged’’; and 

10 (v) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by insert11 ing ‘‘FEE COLLECTION AND USE.—’’ be12 fore ‘‘The Commandant’’. 

13 (3) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER STANDARDS

14 AND INSPECTIONS.—Part I is amended— 

15 (A) in section 552, as redesignated— 

16 (i) by striking subsections (c) and (e); 

17 and 

18 (ii) by redesignating subsection (d) as 

19 subsection (c); and 

20 (B) by adding after section 552, as redes21 ignated, the following: 

22 ‘‘§ 553. Child development center standards and in23 spections 

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1 velopment center meets applicable health and safety 

2 standards. 

3 ‘‘(b) SAFETY STANDARDS.—The Commandant shall 

4 require that each child development center under this sub5 chapter meets such safety standards as the Commandant 

6 considers appropriate to ensure the health, safety, and 

7 welfare of the children and employees at the child develop8 ment center. 

9 ‘‘(c) INSPECTIONS.—The Commandant shall provide 

10 for regular and unannounced inspections of each child de11 velopment center under this subchapter to ensure compli12 ance with this section. 

13 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL REPORTING.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant shall 

15 maintain and publicize a means by which an indi16 vidual can report— 

17 ‘‘(A) any suspected violation of— 

18 ‘‘(i) standards of operation; 

19 ‘‘(ii) health or safety standards; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) other law or standards; 

21 ‘‘(B) any suspected child abuse or neglect; 

22 or 

23 ‘‘(C) any other deficiency at a Coast Guard 

24 child development center or in family home 

25 daycare. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ANONYMOUS REPORTING.—The Com2 mandant shall ensure that a report under paragraph 

3 (1) can be made anonymously if so desired by the 

4 individual making the report. 

5 ‘‘(3) PROCEDURES.—The Commandant shall 

6 establish procedures for investigating a report under 

7 paragraph (1).’’. 

8 (4) ADDITIONAL CHILD CARE PROVISIONS.— 

9 Part I is amended by adding after section 553 the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘§ 554. Child development center employees 

12 ‘‘(a) TRAINING.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant shall 

14 prescribe a training program for Coast Guard child 

15 development center employees. Satisfactory comple16 tion of the training program shall be a condition of 

17 employment for an employee of a Coast Guard child 

18 development center. The Commandant shall require 

19 each employee complete the training program not 

20 later than 6 months after the date that the employee 

21 is employed as a Coast Guard child development 

22 center employee. 

23 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The training 

24 program shall include, at a minimum, instruction in 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Early childhood development. 

2 ‘‘(B) Activities and disciplinary techniques 

3 appropriate to children of different ages. 

4 ‘‘(C) Child abuse and neglect prevention 

5 and detection. 

6 ‘‘(D) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and 

7 other emergency medical procedures. 

8 ‘‘(3) USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRO9 GRAMS.—The Commandant may use Department of 

10 Defense training programs on a reimbursable or 

11 nonreimbursable basis, for purposes of complying 

12 with the requirements of this subsection. 

13 ‘‘(b) TRAINING AND CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) SPECIALIST REQUIRED.—The Com15 mandant shall require that at least 1 employee at 

16 each Coast Guard child development center be a spe17 cialist in training and curriculum development with 

18 appropriate credentials and experience. 

19 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The duties of the employee 

20 under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) Special teaching activities at the 

22 Coast Guard child development center. 

23 ‘‘(B) Daily oversight and instruction of 

24 other child care employees at the Coast Guard 

25 child development center. 


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1 ‘‘(C) Daily assistance in the preparation of 

2 lesson plans. 

3 ‘‘(D) Assisting with child abuse and ne4 glect prevention and detection at the Coast 

5 Guard child development center. 

6 ‘‘(E) Advising the director of the Coast 

7 Guard child development center on the perform8 ance of the other child care employees. 

9 ‘‘(3) COMPETITIVE SERVICE.—Each employee 

10 under paragraph (1) shall be an employee in a com11 petitive service position. 

12 ‘‘§ 555. Parent partnerships with child development 

13 centers 

14 ‘‘(a) PARENT BOARDS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) FORMATION.—The Commandant shall re16 quire that there be formed at each Coast Guard 

17 child development center a board of parents, to be 

18 composed of parents of children attending the cen19 ter. 

20 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—Each parent board shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) meet periodically with the staff and 

22 the commander of the unit served by the center 

23 at which the parent board is formed, for the 

24 purpose of discussing problems and concerns; 

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1 ‘‘(B) be responsible, together with the staff 

2 of that center, for coordinating the parent par3 ticipation initiative required under subsection 

4 (b). 

5 ‘‘(3) FACA.—A board of parents under this 

6 subsection shall not be subject to the Federal Advi7 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 

8 ‘‘(b) PARENT PARTICIPATION INITIATIVE.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant is au10 thorized to establish a parent participation initiative 

11 at each Coast Guard child development center to en12 courage and facilitate parent participation in edu13 cational and related activities at the center. 

14 ‘‘(2) FEE REDUCTION AUTHORITY.—The Com15 mandant, in the case of a parent who participates in 

16 an initiative adopted under paragraph (1), may es17 tablish fees at a lower rate than charged under sec18 tion 552(b)(2)(A) for that parent.’’. 

19 (e) COMMANDANT; GENERAL POWERS.—Section 

20 93(a)(7) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and to eligible spouses 

21 under section 542,’’ after ‘‘Coast Guard’’. 

22 (f) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

23 (1) Section 652 of the National Defense Au24 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (14 U.S.C. 514 


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1 note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 514’’ each 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 541’’. 

3 (2) The table of contents for part I of title 14 

4 is amended— 

5 (A) by striking the item relating to section 

6 514; 

7 (B) by striking the item relating to section 

8 515; and 

9 (C) by adding after the item relating to 

10 section 518 the following: 

‘‘CHAPTER 14. COAST GUARD FAMILY SUPPORT AND CHILD CARE

AUTHORITIES

‘‘SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

‘‘531. Work-life policies and programs. 

‘‘532. Surveys of Coast Guard families 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER B. COAST GUARD FAMILY SUPPORT

‘‘541. Reimbursement for adoption expenses. 

‘‘542. Education and training opportunities for Coast Guard spouses. 

‘‘543. Youth sponsorship initiatives. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER C. COAST GUARD CHILD CARE

‘‘551. Definitions. 

‘‘552. Child development services. 

‘‘553. Child development center standards and inspections. 

‘‘554. Child development center employees. 

‘‘555. Parent partnerships with child development centers.’’. 

11 SEC. 6. TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COVERAGE OF 

12 TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MA13 TERIALS. 

14 Section 93(a)(7), as amended by section 5(e) of this 

15 Act, is further amended by inserting ‘‘and those textbooks, 

16 manuals, and other materials required as a part of such 


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1 training or courses of instruction’’ after ‘‘correspondence 

2 courses,’’. 

3 SEC. 7. OFFICER EVALUATION REPORTS. 

4 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

5 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com6 mandant of the Coast Guard shall provide the Committee 

7 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

8 and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

9 of the House of Representatives a written assessment of 

10 the Coast Guard’s current officer evaluation reporting sys11 tem. 

12 (b) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment 

13 required under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, 

14 an analysis of— 

15 (1) the extent to which the Coast Guard’s cur16 rent officer evaluation reports differ in length, form, 

17 and content from the officer fitness reports used by 

18 the Navy and other branches of the armed forces; 

19 (2) the extent to which such differences are the 

20 result of inherent differences in the Coast Guard 

21 and the Navy, and in the Coast Guard and other 

22 branches of the armed forces; 

23 (3) the feasibility of better aligning and con24 forming the Coast Guard’s officer evaluation reports 


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1 with the officer fitness reports of the Navy and 

2 other branches of the armed forces; and 

3 (4) the costs and benefits of such improved 

4 alignment and conformity, including with respect to 

5 Coast Guard administrative efficiency and the Coast 

6 Guard’s statutory mission of defense readiness, in7 cluding when operating as a service in the Navy. 

8 SEC. 8. HOUSING CHOICES FOR COAST GUARD FAMILIES 

9 WITH SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS. 

10 (a) SECTION REDESIGNATIONS.—Chapter 18 of part 

11 I is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating section 685 as section 682; 

13 (2) by redesignating section 687 as section 683; 

14 and 

15 (3) by redesignating section 688 as section 684. 

16 (b) HOUSING CHOICES FOR COAST GUARD FAMILIES

17 WITH SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS.—Chapter 18 of part I 

18 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 685. HOUSING CHOICES FOR COAST GUARD FAMILIES 

20 WITH SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS. 

21 ‘‘The remoteness or driving distance from a hospital 

22 of an area shall not be the basis, in policy, for preventing 

23 a member of the Coast Guard with a dependent with spe24 cial medical needs, such as diabetes, asthma, or moderate 

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1 Commandant has determined that such needs cannot be 

2 sufficiently met with appropriate services while residing in 

3 that area.’’. 

4 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (1) Section 682(b), as redesignated, is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘section 687’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

7 683’’. 

8 (2) The table of contents for part I of title 14 

9 is amended— 

10 (A) by striking the item relating to section 

11 685; 

12 (B) by striking the item relating to section 

13 687; 

14 (C) by striking the item relating to section 

15 688; and 

16 (D) by adding after the item relating to 

17 section 681 the following: 

‘‘682. Conveyance of real property. 

‘‘683. Coast Guard Housing Fund. 

‘‘684. Reports. 

‘‘685. Housing choices for Coast Guard families with special medical needs.’’. 

18 SEC. 9. AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT COAST GUARD CHILD 

19 DEVELOPMENT CENTER FACILITIES. 

20 (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 681 is amend21 ed— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘housing or military unac2 companied housing,’’ and inserting ‘‘housing, 

3 military unaccompanied housing, or Coast 

4 Guard child development center facilities,’’; and 

5 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(3) Coast Guard child development center fa7 cilities.’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘housing or 

9 military unaccompanied housing’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘housing, military unaccompanied housing, or Coast 

11 Guard child development center facilities’’. 

12 (b) CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY.—Section 

13 682, as redesignated, is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘housing and 

15 military unaccompanied housing’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘housing, military unaccompanied housing, and 

17 Coast Guard child development center facilities’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘housing 

19 and military unaccompanied housing’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘housing, military unaccompanied housing, and 

21 Coast Guard child development center facilities’’; 

22 and 

23 (3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘housing or 

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1 ‘‘housing, military unaccompanied housing, or Coast 

2 Guard child development center facilities’’. 

3 (c) COAST GUARD HOUSING FUND.—Section 683, as 

4 redesignated, is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘housing or 

6 military unaccompanied housing’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘housing, military unaccompanied housing, or Coast 

8 Guard child development center facilities’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘housing 

10 and military unaccompanied housing’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘housing, military unaccompanied housing, and 

12 Coast Guard child development center facilities’’; 

13 and 

14 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘housing and 

15 military unaccompanied housing’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘housing, military unaccompanied housing, and 

17 Coast Guard child development center facilities’’. 

18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 680 is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

20 (4) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively; 

21 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redes22 ignated, the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) The term ‘Coast Guard child development 

24 center facilities’ means buildings and ancillary sup25 porting facilities constructed and maintained by the 


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1 Coast Guard to provide child care services for mem2 bers of the Coast Guard.’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by strik4 ing ‘‘housing and military unaccompanied housing’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘housing, military unaccompanied 

6 housing, and Coast Guard child development center 

7 facilities’’; and 

8 (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by strik9 ing ‘‘housing and military unaccompanied housing’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘housing, military unaccompanied 

11 housing, and Coast Guard child development center 

12 facilities’’. 

13 SEC. 10. POST-SERVICE MARITIME EMPLOYMENT OPPOR14 TUNITIES. 

15 (a) MERCHANT MARINE POST-SERVICE CAREER OP16 PORTUNITIES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

17 enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall take steps 

18 to promote better awareness, on an ongoing basis, among 

19 Coast Guard personnel regarding post-service use of Coast 

20 Guard training, education, and practical experience as 

21 qualifying experience in satisfaction of requirements for 

22 merchant mariner credentials under section 11.213 of title 

23 46, Code of Federal Regulations. 


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1 (b) TIMELY PROVISION OF SEA SERVICE LET2 TERS.—Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is 

3 amended by inserting after section 427 the following: 

4 ‘‘§ 428. Timely provision of sea service letters 

5 ‘‘A member of the Coast Guard who retires or sepa6 rates from the Service and who is eligible to receive a sea 

7 service letter shall be provided such sea service letter, at 

8 the member’s request, on or before the member’s retire9 ment or separation date.’’. 

10 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 The table of contents for chapter 11 of title 14 is amended 

12 by inserting after the item relating to section 427 the fol13 lowing: 

‘‘428. Timely provision of sea service letters.’’. 

14 SEC. 11. RETIRED SERVICE MEMBERS AND FAMILY MEM15 BERS SERVING ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 is amended by adding 

17 at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘§ 679. Retired service members and family members 

19 serving on advisory committees 

20 ‘‘A committee within the Coast Guard that advises 

21 or assists the Coast Guard in the performance of any func22 tion that affects members of military families and includes 

23 in its membership a retired Coast Guard member or a 

24 member of a military family shall not be considered an 

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1 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) solely because of such member2 ship.’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

4 for chapter 17 is amended by inserting after the item re5 lating to section 678 the following: 

‘‘679. Retired service members and family members serving on advisory committees.’’. 

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