Coast Guard STRONG Act

Bill: 113-hr-2059
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-20
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Assault and harassment offenses

Coast guard

Crime victims

Crimes against women

Department of Homeland Security

Military personnel and dependents

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Coast Guard STRONG Act - Directs the Secretary concerned (under current law, the Secretaries of the military departments) to issue regulations to ensure the timely determination of a request for a permanent change of station or unit transfer by a member of the Armed Forces who is the victim of a sexual assault or related offense (thereby including the Coast Guard within such requirement).</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2059 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2013 Ms. Tsongas (for herself, Mr. Turner , Mr. Keating , Ms. Brown of Florida , Ms. Kuster , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Runyan , Ms. McCollum , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Conyers , Ms. Pingree of Maine , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , and Ms. Jackson Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure the issuance of regulations applicable to the Coast Guard regarding consideration of a request for a permanent change of station or unit transfer submitted by a member of the Coast Guard who is the victim of a sexual assault.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard STRONG Act . 2. Issuance of regulations applicable to the Coast Guard regarding consideration of request for permanent change of station or unit transfer by victim of sexual assault Section 673(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking The Secretaries of the military departments and inserting The Secretary concerned .