Fair and Equal Treatment of Women in the Coast Guard Act

I 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair and Equal Treat- 4 ment of Women in the Coast Guard Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. REPORTS ON GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE COAST 6 GUARD. 7 (a) ACTION PLAN.— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2276.IH H2276 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2276 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 1 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 2 Commandant of the Coast Guard shall— 3 (A) determine which recommendations in 4 the RAND gender diversity report can prac- 5 ticably be implemented to promote gender di- 6 versity in the Coast Guard; and 7 (B) submit a report to the Committee on 8 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 9 of Representatives and the Committee on Com- 10 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen- 11 ate on the actions the Coast Guard has taken 12 or plans to take to implement such rec- 13 ommendations. 14 (2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 15 ‘‘RAND diversity report’’ means the RAND Cor- 16 poration’s Homeland Security Operational Analysis 17 Center 2019 report entitled ‘‘Improving Gender Di- 18 versity in the U.S. Coast Guard: Identifying Bar- 19 riers to Female Retention’’. 20 (b) RECURRING REPORT.—Chapter 51 of title 14, 21 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 22 following: 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2276.IH H2276 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2276 IH ‘‘§ 5109. Report on gender diversity in the Coast 1 Guard 2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 15, 3 2022, and biennially thereafter, the Commandant shall 4 submit a report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard 5 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 6 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 7 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 8 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub- 9 section (a) shall contain the following: 10 ‘‘(1) GENDER DIVERSITY OVERVIEW.—An over- 11 view of Coast Guard active duty and Reserve mem- 12 bers, including the number of officers and enlisted 13 members and the percentages of men and women in 14 each. 15 ‘‘(2) RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.—(A) An 16 analysis of the changes in the recruitment and reten- 17 tion of women over the previous two years. 18 ‘‘(B) A discussion of any changes to Coast 19 Guard recruitment and retention over the previous 20 two years that were aimed at increasing the recruit- 21 ment and retention of female members. 22 ‘‘(3) PARENTAL LEAVE.—(A) The number of 23 men and women who took parental leave during each 24 year covered by the report, including the average 25 length of such leave periods. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2276.IH H2276 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 2276 IH ‘‘(B) A discussion of the ways in which the 1 Coast Guard worked to mitigate the impacts of pa- 2 rental leave on Coast Guard operations and on the 3 careers of the members taking such leave. 4 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.—An analysis of current 5 gender-based limitations on Coast Guard career op- 6 portunities, including discussion of— 7 ‘‘(A) shipboard opportunities; 8 ‘‘(B) opportunities to serve at remote 9 units; and 10 ‘‘(C) any other limitations on the opportu- 11 nities of female members. 12 ‘‘(5) PROGRESS UPDATE.—An update on the 13 Coast Guard’s progress on the implementation of the 14 action plan required under section 2 of the Fair and 15 Equal Treatment of Women in the Coast Guard 16 Act.’’. 17 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap- 18 ter 51 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by add- 19 ing at the end the following: 20 ‘‘5109. Report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:15 Apr 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2276.IH H2276 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS