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who were considered by and not recommended for promotion 
by that promotion board. 
‘‘(2) Records and information shall be presented to a 
special selection review board for purposes of paragraph (1) 
in a manner that does not indicate or disclose the person or 
persons for whom the special selection review board was con-
vened. 
‘‘(3) In considering whether the recommendation for 
promotion of a person should be sustained under this section, 
a special selection review board shall, to the greatest extent 
practicable, apply standards used by the promotion board 
that recommended the person for promotion. 
‘‘(4) The recommendation for promotion of a person 
may be sustained under this section only if the special selec-
tion review board determines that the person— 
‘‘(A) ranks on an order of merit created by the spe-
cial selection review board as better qualified for pro-
motion than the sample officer highest on the order of 
merit list who was considered by and not recommended 
for promotion by the promotion board concerned; and 
‘‘(B) is comparable in qualification for promotion to 
those sample officers who were recommended for pro-
motion by that promotion board.
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‘‘(5) A recommendation for promotion of a person may 
be sustained under this section only by a vote of a majority 
of the members of the special selection review board. 
‘‘(6) If a special selection review board does not sustain 
a recommendation for promotion of a person under this sec-
tion, the person shall be considered to have failed of selection 
for promotion. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—(1) Each special selection review board 
convened under this section shall submit to the Secretary a 
written report, signed by each member of the board, con-
taining the name of each person whose recommendation for 
promotion it recommends for sustainment and certifying that 
the board has carefully considered the record and information 
of each person whose name was referred to it. 
‘‘(2) The provisions of sections 2117(a) of this title 
apply to the report and proceedings of a special selection re-
view board convened under this section in the same manner 
as they apply to the report and proceedings of a promotion 
board convened under section 2106 of this title. 
‘‘(f) APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS.—(1) If the report of 
a special selection review board convened under this section 
recommends the sustainment of the recommendation for pro-
motion to the next higher grade of a person whose name was 
referred to it for review under this section, and the President 
approves the report, the person shall, as soon as practicable,
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be appointed to that grade in accordance with section 2121 
of this title. 
‘‘(2) A person who is appointed to the next higher grade 
as described in paragraph (1) shall, upon that appointment, 
have the same date of rank, the same effective date for the 
pay and allowances of that grade, and the same position on 
the active-duty list as the person would have had pursuant 
to the original recommendation for promotion of the pro-
motion board concerned. 
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe reg-
ulations to carry out this section. 
‘‘(h) PROMOTION BOARD DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘promotion board’ means a selection board convened by 
the Secretary under section 2106 of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 21 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 2120 the 
following: 
‘‘2120a. Special selection review boards.’’. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Section 2118 of 
title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(e) If the Secretary makes a recommendation under 
this section that the name of an officer be removed from a 
report of a selection board and the recommendation is accom-
panied by information that was not presented to that selec-
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tion board, that information shall be made available to that 
officer. The officer shall then be afforded a reasonable oppor-
tunity to submit comments on that information to the offi-
cials making the recommendation and the officials reviewing 
the recommendation. If an eligible officer cannot be given ac-
cess to such information because of its classification status, 
the officer shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be pro-
vided with an appropriate summary of the information.’’. 
(d) DELAY OF PROMOTION.—Section 2121(f) of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f)(1) The promotion of an officer may be delayed with-
out prejudice if any of the following applies: 
‘‘(A) The officer is under investigation or pro-
ceedings of a court-martial or a board of officers are 
pending against the officer. 
‘‘(B) A criminal proceeding in a Federal or State 
court is pending against the officer. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary determines that credible infor-
mation of an adverse nature, including a substantiated 
adverse finding or conclusion described in section 
2115(a)(3), with respect to the officer will result in the 
convening of a special selection review board under sec-
tion 2120a of this title to review the officer and rec-
ommend whether the recommendation for promotion of 
the officer should be sustained.
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‘‘(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), a promotion may 
be delayed under this subsection until, as applicable— 
‘‘(i) the completion of the investigation or pro-
ceedings described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) a final decision in the proceeding described in 
subparagraph (B) is issued; or 
‘‘(iii) the special selection review board convened 
under section 2120a of this title issues recommendations 
with respect to the officer. 
‘‘(B) Unless the Secretary determines that a further 
delay is necessary in the public interest, a promotion 
may not be delayed under this subsection for more than 
one year after the date the officer would otherwise have 
been promoted. 
‘‘(3) An officer whose promotion is delayed under this 
subsection and who is subsequently promoted shall be given 
the date of rank and position on the active duty promotion 
list in the grade to which promoted that he would have held 
had his promotion not been so delayed.’’. 
SEC. 11246. PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO DIVERSIFY COAST 
GUARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commandant shall establish 
a program for the purpose of increasing the number of indi-
viduals in the enlisted ranks of the Coast Guard who are— 
(1) underrepresented minorities; or
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(2) from rural areas. 
(b) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out the program estab-
lished under subsection (a), the Commandant shall— 
(1) seek to enter into 1 or more partnerships with 
eligible institutions— 
(A) to increase the visibility of Coast Guard ca-
reers; 
(B) to promote curriculum development— 
(i) to enable acceptance into the Coast 
Guard; and 
(ii) to improve success on relevant exams, 
such as the Armed Services Vocational Apti-
tude Battery; and 
(C) to provide mentoring for students entering 
and beginning Coast Guard careers; and 
(2) enter into a partnership with an existing Junior 
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps for the purpose of pro-
moting Coast Guard careers. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘eligible in-
stitution’’ means an institution— 
(A) that is— 
(i) an institution of higher education (as 
such term is defined in section 101 of the
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Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001)); or 
(ii) a junior or community college (as such 
term is defined in section 312 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058); and 
(B) that is— 
(i) a part B institution (as such term is 
defined in section 322 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061)); 
(ii) a Tribal College or University (as such 
term is defined in section 316(b) of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1059c(b))); 
(iii) a Hispanic-serving institution (as 
such term is defined in section 502 of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1101a)); 
(iv) an Alaska Native-serving institution 
or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as 
such term is defined in section 317(b) of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))); 
(v) a Predominantly Black institution (as 
such term is defined in section 371(c) of that 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c))); 
(vi) an Asian American and Native Amer-
ican Pacific Islander-serving institution (as de-
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fined in section 320(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1059g(b))); or 
(vii) a Native American-serving nontribal 
institution (as defined in section 319(b) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)). 
(2) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ means 
an area that is outside of an urbanized area, as deter-
mined by the Bureau of the Census. 
SEC. 11247. EXPANSION OF COAST GUARD JUNIOR RESERVE OF-
FICERS’ TRAINING CORPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 320 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) SCOPE.—Beginning on December 31, 2025, the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating shall maintain at all times a Junior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps program with not fewer than 1 such program 
established in each Coast Guard district.’’. 
(b) COST ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to
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Congress an estimate of the costs associated with imple-
menting the amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 11248. IMPROVING REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND RA-
CIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES AMONG COAST 
GUARD ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, in consultation with the Advi-
sory Board on Women at the Coast Guard Academy estab-
lished under section 1904 of title 14, United States Code, 
and the minority outreach team program established by sec-
tion 1905 of such title, the Commandant shall— 
(1) determine which recommendations in the RAND 
representation report may practicably be implemented to 
promote improved representation in the Coast Guard 
of— 
(A) women; and 
(B) racial and ethnic minorities; and 
(2) submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the actions the Commandant 
has taken, or plans to take, to implement such rec-
ommendations. 
(b) CURRICULUM AND TRAINING.—In the case of any 
action the Commandant plans to take to implement rec-
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ommendations described in subsection (a)(1) that relate to 
modification or development of curriculum and training, such 
modified curriculum and trainings shall be provided at— 
(1) officer accession points, including the Coast 
Guard Academy and the Leadership Development Cen-
ter; 
(2) enlisted member accession at the United States 
Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in Cape May, 
New Jersey; and 
(3) the officer, enlisted member, and civilian leader-
ship courses managed by the Leadership Development 
Center. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF
RAND REPRESENTATION
RE-
PORT.—In this section, the term ‘‘RAND representation re-
port’’ means the report of the Homeland Security Operational 
Analysis Center of the RAND Corporation entitled ‘‘Improv-
ing the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minori-
ties Among U.S. Coast Guard Active-Duty Members’’, issued 
on August 11, 2021. 
SEC. 11249. STRATEGY TO ENHANCE DIVERSITY THROUGH RE-
CRUITMENT AND ACCESSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant shall develop a 10- 
year strategy to enhance Coast Guard diversity through re-
cruitment and accession—
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(2) 
TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received by the Commandant as reimbursement 
under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the Coast 
Guard Housing Fund established under section 2946 of 
title 14, United States Code, or the account that was 
used to pay the costs incurred by the Coast Guard in 
carrying out the transfer or conveyance under this sec-
tion, as determined by the Commandant, and shall be 
made available until expended. Amounts so credited shall 
be merged with amounts in such fund or account and 
shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to 
the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such 
fund or account. 
SEC. 11262. TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 51 of title 14, United States 
Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 5115. Major grants, contracts, or other transactions 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
Commandant shall notify the appropriate committees of 
Congress and the Coast Guard Office of Congressional 
and Governmental Affairs not later than 3 full business 
days in advance of the Coast Guard— 
‘‘(A) making or awarding a grant allocation or 
grant in excess of $1,000,000;