CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SEC. 222. CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. Section 515 of title 14, United States Code, is amended—(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:“(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 establish, 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 subparagraph (A), shall be based on family income, except that the Commandant may, on a case-by-base basis, establish fees at lower rates if such rates would not be competitive with rates at local child development centers.124 STAT. 2921“(C) The Commandant is authorized to collect and expend fees, established pursuant to this subparagraph, and such fees shall, without further appropriation, remain available until expended for the purpose of providing services, including the compensation of employees and the purchase of consumable and disposable items, at Coast Guard child development centers.“(3) The Commandant is authorized to use appropriated funds available to the Coast Guard to provide assistance to family home daycare providers so that family home daycare 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.”;(2) by repealing subsections (d) and (e); and(3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.