Fair and Equal Treatment of Women in the Coast Guard Act

II 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 20, 2019 Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. MARKEY, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) intro- duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend title 14, United States Code, to direct the Com- mandant 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 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1930.IS S1930 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1930 IS SEC. 2. ACTION PLAN AND REPORT ON GENDER DIVERSITY 1 IN THE COAST GUARD. 2 (a) ACTION PLAN WITH RESPECT TO RECOMMENDA- 3 TIONS OF RAND DIVERSITY REPORT.— 4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 6 Commandant of the Coast Guard shall— 7 (A) determine which recommendations in 8 the RAND gender diversity report may prac- 9 ticably be implemented to promote gender di- 10 versity in the Coast Guard; and 11 (B) submit to the Committee on Com- 12 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen- 13 ate and the Committee on Transportation and 14 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 15 an action plan including the actions the Coast 16 Guard has taken or plans to take to implement 17 such recommendations. 18 (2) RAND DIVERSITY REPORT DEFINED.—In 19 this subsection, the term ‘‘RAND diversity report’’ 20 means the 2019 report of the Homeland Security 21 Operational Analysis Center of the RAND Corpora- 22 tion entitled ‘‘Improving Gender Diversity in the 23 U.S. Coast Guard: Identifying Barriers to Female 24 Retention’’. 25 (b) BIENNIAL REPORTS.— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1930.IS S1930 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 1930 IS (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 51 of title 14, 1 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 2 end the following: 3 ‘‘§ 5109. Report on gender diversity in the Coast 4 Guard 5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 15, 6 2022, and biennially thereafter, the Commandant shall 7 submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 8 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 9 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep- 10 resentatives a report on gender diversity in the Coast 11 Guard. 12 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required under sub- 13 section (a) shall contain the following: 14 ‘‘(1) GENDER DIVERSITY OVERVIEW.—An over- 15 view of Coast Guard active duty and Reserve mem- 16 bers, including— 17 ‘‘(A) the number of men and women offi- 18 cers and enlisted members; and 19 ‘‘(B) the percentages of men and women 20 serving as Coast Guard active duty and Reserve 21 members. 22 ‘‘(2) RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.—(A) An 23 analysis of the changes in the recruitment and reten- 24 tion of women during the preceding two-year period. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1930.IS S1930 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 1930 IS ‘‘(B) A discussion of any changes to Coast 1 Guard recruitment and retention during the pre- 2 ceding two-year period that were aimed at increasing 3 the recruitment and retention of women members. 4 ‘‘(3) PARENTAL LEAVE.—(A) The number of 5 men and women who took parental leave during each 6 year covered by the report, including the average 7 length of such leave periods. 8 ‘‘(B) A discussion of the ways in which the 9 Coast Guard worked to mitigate the impacts of pa- 10 rental leave on Coast Guard operations and on the 11 careers of the members taking such leave during the 12 preceding two-year period. 13 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.—An analysis of current 14 gender-based limitations on Coast Guard career op- 15 portunities, including an analysis of— 16 ‘‘(A) shipboard opportunities; 17 ‘‘(B) opportunities to serve at remote 18 units; and 19 ‘‘(C) any other limitation on the opportuni- 20 ties of women members. 21 ‘‘(5) PROGRESS ON ACTION PLAN.—A descrip- 22 tion of the implementation of the action plan re- 23 quired under section 2 of the Fair and Equal Treat- 24 ment of Women in the Coast Guard Act.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1930.IS S1930 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 1930 IS (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap- 1 ter 51 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by add- 2 ing at the end the following: 3 ‘‘5109. Report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jun 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1930.IS S1930 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS