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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§1800 Definitions

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this part. Military child development center means a child care facility on a military installation or on property under a base commander, or any child care facility run by a military department. Family home day care means home-based child care for members of the armed forces provided by an individual certified by the military department and paid regularly. Child care employee means a civilian DoD worker employed at a military child development center, whether paid from appropriated or nonappropriated funds. Child care fee receipts means the nonappropriated money from fees members of the armed forces 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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102