Title: Fair and Equal Treatment of Women in the Coast Guard Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Fair and Equal Treatment of Women in the Coast Guard Act
This bill specifies reporting requirements for the U.S. Coast Guard regarding gender diversity.
The Coast Guard must submit a biennial report that includes an analysis of its recruitment and retention of women and gender-based limitations on career opportunities.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2276 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

  Mr. Pappas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair and Equal Treatment of Women in 
the Coast Guard Act''.

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

    (a) Action Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
        shall--
                    (A) determine which recommendations in the RAND 
                gender diversity report can practicably be implemented 
                to promote gender diversity in the Coast Guard; and
                    (B) submit a report to the Committee on 
                Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
                and Transportation of the Senate on the actions the 
                Coast Guard has taken or plans to take to implement 
                such recommendations.
            (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``RAND 
        diversity report'' means the RAND Corporation's Homeland 
        Security Operational Analysis Center 2019 report entitled 
        ``Improving Gender Diversity in the U.S. Coast Guard: 
        Identifying Barriers to Female Retention''.
    (b) Recurring Report.--Chapter 51 of title 14, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 5109. Report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than January 15, 2022, and biennially 
thereafter, the Commandant shall submit a report on gender diversity in 
the Coast Guard to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate.
    ``(b) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
contain the following:
            ``(1) Gender diversity overview.--An overview of Coast 
        Guard active duty and Reserve members, including the number of 
        officers and enlisted members and the percentages of men and 
        women in each.
            ``(2) Recruitment and retention.--(A) An analysis of the 
        changes in the recruitment and retention of women over the 
        previous two years.
            ``(B) A discussion of any changes to Coast Guard 
        recruitment and retention over the previous two years that were 
        aimed at increasing the recruitment and retention of female 
        members.
            ``(3) Parental leave.--(A) The number of men and women who 
        took parental leave during each year covered by the report, 
        including the average length of such leave periods.
            ``(B) A discussion of the ways in which the Coast Guard 
        worked to mitigate the impacts of parental leave on Coast Guard 
        operations and on the careers of the members taking such leave.
            ``(4) Limitations.--An analysis of current gender-based 
        limitations on Coast Guard career opportunities, including 
        discussion of--
                    ``(A) shipboard opportunities;
                    ``(B) opportunities to serve at remote units; and
                    ``(C) any other limitations on the opportunities of 
                female members.
            ``(5) Progress update.--An update on the Coast Guard's 
        progress on the implementation of the action plan required 
        under section 2 of the Fair and Equal Treatment of Women in the 
        Coast Guard Act.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 51 of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``5109. Report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard.''.
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