14 USC § 2902 - Surveys of Coast Guard families

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2902"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2902 - Surveys of Coast Guard families"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2902"
section_name: "Surveys of Coast Guard families"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD FAMILY SUPPORT, CHILD CARE, AND HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "COAST GUARD FAMILIES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 214(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3029, § 532; renumbered § 2902, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4230; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(a)(47), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4750.)"
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# § 2902. Surveys of Coast Guard families

**(a)** **Authority.—** The Commandant, in order to determine the effectiveness of Federal policies, programs, and activities related to the families of Coast Guard members, may survey—

**(1)** any Coast Guard member;

**(2)** any retired Coast Guard member;

**(3)** the immediate family of any Coast Guard member or retired Coast Guard member; and

**(4)** any survivor of a deceased Coast Guard member.

**(b)** **Voluntary Participation.—** Participation in any survey conducted under subsection (a) shall be voluntary.

**(c)** **Federal Recordkeeping.—** Each individual surveyed under subsection (a) shall be considered an employee of the United States for purposes of section 3502(3)(A)(i) of title 44.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 214(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3029, § 532; renumbered § 2902, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4230; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(a)(47), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4750.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2902 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (c).  substituted “individual” for “person”.

2018— renumbered  as this section.