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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3776 

To establish a safe-to-report policy within the Coast Guard, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 8 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 7), 2024 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mrs. BRITT) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish a safe-to-report policy within the Coast Guard, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coast Guard Academy 

5 Safe-to-Report Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COAST GUARD SAFE-TO-REPORT POLICY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant of the Coast 

8 Guard shall prescribe regulations to establish a safe-to9 report policy that— 


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1 (1) applies to— 

2 (A) all members of the Coast Guard (in3 cluding members of the reserve component of 

4 the Coast Guard); and 

5 (B) cadets at the United States Coast 

6 Guard Academy; and 

7 (2) is consistent with the safe-to-report policy 

8 prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under section 

9 539A of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

10 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

11 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note). 

12 (b) SAFE-TO-REPORT POLICY.—The safe-to-report 

13 policy established in accordance with the regulations pre14 scribed under subsection (a) shall set forth a procedure 

15 for the handling of minor collateral misconduct involving 

16 any individual described in paragraph (1) or (2) of that 

17 subsection who is the alleged victim of sexual assault or 

18 sexual harassment. 

19 (c) AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES.—The regula20 tions under subsection (a) shall specify aggravating cir21 cumstances that increase the gravity of minor collateral 

22 misconduct or the impact of such misconduct on good 

23 order and discipline. 

24 (d) TRACKING OF COLLATERAL MISCONDUCT INCI25 DENTS.—In conjunction with the issuance of regulations 


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1 under subsection (a), the Commandant shall develop and 

2 implement a process to track incidents of minor collateral 

3 misconduct that are subject to the safe-to-report policy. 

4 (e) DEFINITION OF MINOR COLLATERAL MIS5 CONDUCT.—In this section, the term ‘‘minor collateral 

6 misconduct’’ means any minor misconduct that is poten7 tially punishable under chapter 47 of title 10, United 

8 States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 

9 that— 

10 (1) is committed close in time to or during a 

11 sexual assault or instance of sexual harassment, and 

12 directly related to the incident that formed the basis 

13 of the allegation of sexual assault or sexual harass14 ment; 

15 (2) is discovered as a direct result of— 

16 (A) the report of sexual assault or sexual 

17 harassment; or 

18 (B) an investigation into a sexual assault 

19 or an instance of sexual harassment; and 

20 (3) does not involve aggravating circumstances 

21 (as specified in the regulations prescribed under sub22 section (c)) that increase the gravity of the minor 

23 misconduct or the impact of such misconduct on 

24 good order and discipline. 

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