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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2200 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 14, United States Code, to require the retention of certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | enlisted members of the Coast Guard who have completed 18 or more, |
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| 7 | 7 | | but less than 20, years of service, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH18, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | IGGANSof Virginia (for herself and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the fol- |
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| 12 | 12 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Infrastructure |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 14, United States Code, to require the reten- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tion of certain enlisted members of the Coast Guard |
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| 17 | 17 | | who have completed 18 or more, but less than 20, years |
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| 18 | 18 | | of service, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. RETENTION OF ENLISTED MEMBERS AFTER 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | COMPLETION OF 18 OR MORE, BUT LESS 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | THAN 20, YEARS OF SERVICE. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 25 of title 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | the following new section: 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 2200 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘§ 2517. Retention of enlisted members after comple-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tion of 18 or more, but less than 20, years 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of service 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(a) R |
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| 35 | 35 | | EGULARMEMBERS.—An enlisted member of 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the Regular Coast Guard who is selected to be involun-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | tarily separated, or whose term of enlistment expires and 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | who is denied reenlistment, and who, on the date on which 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the member is to be discharged, is within two years of 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | qualifying for retirement under section 2306 of this title 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | shall be retained on active duty until the member is quali-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | fied for retirement, unless the member is sooner retired 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | or discharged under any other provision of law. 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(b) R |
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| 45 | 45 | | ESERVEMEMBERS INACTIVESTATUS.—An 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | enlisted member of the Coast Guard Reserve serving in 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | an active status who is selected to be involuntarily sepa-15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | rated (other than for physical disability or for cause), or 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | whose term of enlistment expires and who is denied reen-17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | listment (other than for physical disability or for cause), 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | and who, on the date on which the member is to be dis-19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | charged or transferred from an active status, is entitled 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | to be credited with at least 18, but less than 20, years 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of service, may not be discharged, denied reenlistment, or 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | transferred from an active status without the consent of 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the member before the earlier of the following: 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(1) If, as of the date on which the member is 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | to be discharged or transferred from an active sta-26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •HR 2200 IH |
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| 62 | 62 | | tus, the member has at least 18, but less than 19, 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | years of service— 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(A) the date on which the member is enti-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | tled to be credited with 20 years of service; or 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(B) the third anniversary of the date on 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | which the member would otherwise be dis-6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | charged or transferred from an active status. 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(2) If, as of the date on which the member is 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | to be discharged or transferred from an active sta-9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | tus, the member has at least 19, but less than 20, 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | years of service— 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘(A) the date on which the member is enti-12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | tled to be credited with 20 years of service; or 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(B) the second anniversary of the date on 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | which the member would otherwise be dis-15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | charged or transferred from an active status.’’. 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (b) C |
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| 79 | 79 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | serting after the item relating to section 2516 the fol-19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | lowing: 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘2517. Retention of enlisted members after completion of 18 or more, but less |
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| 84 | 84 | | than 20, years of service.’’. |
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