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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2276 

To amend title 14, United States Code, to direct the Coast Guard to submit 

a report to Congress on efforts to increase gender diversity, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Mr. PAPPAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 14, United States Code, to direct the Coast 

Guard to submit a report to Congress on efforts to 

increase gender diversity, 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 ‘‘Fair and Equal Treat5 ment of Women in the Coast Guard Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORTS ON GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE COAST 

7 GUARD. 

8 (a) ACTION PLAN.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

3 Commandant of the Coast Guard shall— 

4 (A) determine which recommendations in 

5 the RAND gender diversity report can prac6 ticably be implemented to promote gender di7 versity in the Coast Guard; and 

8 (B) submit a report to the Committee on 

9 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

10 of Representatives and the Committee on Com11 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen12 ate on the actions the Coast Guard has taken 

13 or plans to take to implement such rec14 ommendations. 

15 (2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

16 ‘‘RAND diversity report’’ means the RAND Cor17 poration’s Homeland Security Operational Analysis 

18 Center 2019 report entitled ‘‘Improving Gender Di19 versity in the U.S. Coast Guard: Identifying Bar20 riers to Female Retention’’. 

21 (b) RECURRING REPORT.—Chapter 51 of title 14, 

22 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

23 following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 5109. Report on gender diversity in the Coast 

2 Guard 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 15, 

4 2022, and biennially thereafter, the Commandant shall 

5 submit a report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard 

6 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

7 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

8 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 

9 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub10 section (a) shall contain the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) GENDER DIVERSITY OVERVIEW.—An over12 view of Coast Guard active duty and Reserve mem13 bers, including the number of officers and enlisted 

14 members and the percentages of men and women in 

15 each. 

16 ‘‘(2) RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.—(A) An 

17 analysis of the changes in the recruitment and reten18 tion of women over the previous two years. 

19 ‘‘(B) A discussion of any changes to Coast 

20 Guard recruitment and retention over the previous 

21 two years that were aimed at increasing the recruit22 ment and retention of female members. 

23 ‘‘(3) PARENTAL LEAVE.—(A) The number of 

24 men and women who took parental leave during each 

25 year covered by the report, including the average 

26 length of such leave periods. 


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1 ‘‘(B) A discussion of the ways in which the 

2 Coast Guard worked to mitigate the impacts of pa3 rental leave on Coast Guard operations and on the 

4 careers of the members taking such leave. 

5 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.—An analysis of current 

6 gender-based limitations on Coast Guard career op7 portunities, including discussion of— 

8 ‘‘(A) shipboard opportunities; 

9 ‘‘(B) opportunities to serve at remote 

10 units; and 

11 ‘‘(C) any other limitations on the opportu12 nities of female members. 

13 ‘‘(5) PROGRESS UPDATE.—An update on the 

14 Coast Guard’s progress on the implementation of the 

15 action plan required under section 2 of the Fair and 

16 Equal Treatment of Women in the Coast Guard 

17 Act.’’. 

18 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap19 ter 51 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by add20 ing at the end the following: 

‘‘5109. Report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard.’’. 

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