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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§1800 Definitions

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 88— - MILITARY FAMILY PROGRAMS AND MILITARY CHILD CARE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - MILITARY CHILD CARE › § 1800

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this subchapter. "Military child development center" means a child care site on a military base or on property run by the base commander, or any child care run by a military department secretary. "Family home day care" means home-based child care for service members by someone the military department has certified and who is paid regularly. "Child care employee" means a civilian DoD worker who works in a military child development center, whether paid from regular funds or nonappropriated funds. "Child care fee receipts" means nonappropriated money that comes from fees service members pay for child care at those centers.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1800

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In this subchapter:
(1)The term “military child development center” means a facility on a military installation (or on property under the jurisdiction of the commander of a military installation) at which child care services are provided for members of the armed forces or any other facility at which such child care services are provided that is operated by the Secretary of a military department.
(2)The term “family home day care” means home-based child care services that are provided for members of the armed forces by an individual who (A) is certified by the Secretary of the military department concerned as qualified to provide those services, and (B) provides those services on a regular basis for compensation.
(3)The term “child care employee” means a civilian employee of the Department of Defense who is employed to work in a military child development center (regardless of whether the employee is paid from appropriated funds or nonappropriated funds).
(4)The term “child care fee receipts” means those nonappropriated funds that are derived from fees paid by members of the armed forces for child care services provided at military child development centers.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–65 renumbered section 1798 of this title as this section.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1800

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73