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110 STAT. 2248 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Upon request of the Secretary of Transportation, addresses for members of the Coast Guard shall be included in the centralized personnel locator service. (2) TYPE OF ADDRESS.— (A) RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.—Except as provided in subpsiragraph (B), the address for a member of the Armed Forces shown in the locator service shall be the residential address of that member. (B) DUTY ADDRESS. —The address for a member of the Armed Forces shown in the locator service shall be the duty address of that member in the case of a member— (i) who is permanently assigned overseas, to a vessel, or to a routinely deployable imit; or (ii) with respect to whom the Secretary concerned makes a determination that the member's residential address should not be disclosed due to national security or safety concerns. (3) UPDATING OF LOCATOR INFORMATION.—Within 30 days after a member listed in the locator service establishes a new residential address (or a new duty address, in the case of a member covered by paragraph (2)(B)), the Secretary concerned shall update the locator service to indicate the new address of the member. (4) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall make information regarding the address of a member of the Armed Forces listed in the locator service available, on request, to the Federal Parent Locator Service established under section 453 of the Social Security Act. 10 USC 704 note. (b) FACILITATING GRANTING OF LEAVE FOR ATTENDANCE AT HEARINGS. — (1) REGULATIONS.— The Secretary of each military department, and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, shall prescribe regulations to facilitate the granting of leave to a member of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of that Secretary in a case in which— (A) the leave is needed for the member to attend a hearing described in paragraph (2); (B) the member is not serving in or with a unit deployed in a contingency operation (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code); and (C) the exigencies of military service (as determined by the Secretary concerned) do not otherwise require that such leave not be granted. (2) COVERED HEARINGS. —Paragraph (1) applies to a hearing that is conducted by a court or pursuant to an administrative process established under State law, in connection with a civil action— (A) to determine whether a member of the Armed Forces is a natural parent of a child; or (B) to determine an obligation of a member of the Armed Forces to provide child support. (3) DEFINITIONS. —For purposes of this subsection— (A) The term "court" has the meaning given that term in section 1408(a) of title 10, United States Code.