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]
[S. 1930 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1930

To amend title 14, United States Code, to direct the Commandant of the 
    Coast Guard to report to Congress on efforts to increase gender 
         diversity in the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2019

Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Duckworth) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 14, United States Code, to direct the Commandant of the 
    Coast Guard to report to Congress on efforts to increase gender 
         diversity in the Coast Guard, 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. ACTION PLAN AND REPORT ON GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE COAST GUARD.

    (a) Action Plan With Respect to Recommendations of RAND Diversity 
Report.--
            (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 may practicably be implemented 
                to promote gender diversity in the Coast Guard; and
                    (B) submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
                and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
                Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
                Representatives an action plan including the actions 
                the Coast Guard has taken or plans to take to implement 
                such recommendations.
            (2) RAND diversity report defined.--In this subsection, the 
        term ``RAND diversity report'' means the 2019 report of the 
        Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center of the RAND 
        Corporation entitled ``Improving Gender Diversity in the U.S. 
        Coast Guard: Identifying Barriers to Female Retention''.
    (b) Biennial Reports.--
            (1) In general.--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 to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a 
report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard.
    ``(b) Elements.--Each report required under subsection (a) shall 
contain the following:
            ``(1) Gender diversity overview.--An overview of Coast 
        Guard active duty and Reserve members, including--
                    ``(A) the number of men and women officers and 
                enlisted members; and
                    ``(B) the percentages of men and women serving as 
                Coast Guard active duty and Reserve members.
            ``(2) Recruitment and retention.--(A) An analysis of the 
        changes in the recruitment and retention of women during the 
        preceding two-year period.
            ``(B) A discussion of any changes to Coast Guard 
        recruitment and retention during the preceding two-year period 
        that were aimed at increasing the recruitment and retention of 
        women 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 
        during the preceding two-year period.
            ``(4) Limitations.--An analysis of current gender-based 
        limitations on Coast Guard career opportunities, including an 
        analysis of--
                    ``(A) shipboard opportunities;
                    ``(B) opportunities to serve at remote units; and
                    ``(C) any other limitation on the opportunities of 
                women members.
            ``(5) Progress on action plan.--A description of 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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