; or (B) the placement of a minor child with the member for adoption or long-term foster care. (2) (A) The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, may authorize leave described under subparagraph (A) to be taken after the one-year period described in subparagraph (A) in the case of a member described in subsection (b) who, except for this subparagraph, would lose unused parental leave at the end of the one-year period described in subparagraph (A) as a result of— (i) operational requirements; (ii) professional military education obligations; or (iii) other circumstances that the Secretary determines reasonable and appropriate. (B) The regulations prescribed under clause (i) shall require that any leave authorized to be taken after the one-year period described in subparagraph (A) shall be taken within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary in which the department is operating, after cessation of the circumstances warranting the extended deadline. (b) A member described in this subsection is a member of the Coast Guard who is a member of— (1) the selected reserve who is entitled to compensation under section 206 of title 37