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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2200
To amend title 14, United States Code, to require the retention of certain
enlisted members of the Coast Guard who have completed 18 or more,
but less than 20, years of service, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH18, 2025
Mrs. K
IGGANSof Virginia (for herself and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 14, United States Code, to require the reten-
tion of certain enlisted members of the Coast Guard
who have completed 18 or more, but less than 20, years
of service, 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. RETENTION OF ENLISTED MEMBERS AFTER 3
COMPLETION OF 18 OR MORE, BUT LESS 4
THAN 20, YEARS OF SERVICE. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 25 of title 6
14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 7
the following new section: 8
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‘‘§ 2517. Retention of enlisted members after comple-1
tion of 18 or more, but less than 20, years 2
of service 3
‘‘(a) R
EGULARMEMBERS.—An enlisted member of 4
the Regular Coast Guard who is selected to be involun-5
tarily separated, or whose term of enlistment expires and 6
who is denied reenlistment, and who, on the date on which 7
the member is to be discharged, is within two years of 8
qualifying for retirement under section 2306 of this title 9
shall be retained on active duty until the member is quali-10
fied for retirement, unless the member is sooner retired 11
or discharged under any other provision of law. 12
‘‘(b) R
ESERVEMEMBERS INACTIVESTATUS.—An 13
enlisted member of the Coast Guard Reserve serving in 14
an active status who is selected to be involuntarily sepa-15
rated (other than for physical disability or for cause), or 16
whose term of enlistment expires and who is denied reen-17
listment (other than for physical disability or for cause), 18
and who, on the date on which the member is to be dis-19
charged or transferred from an active status, is entitled 20
to be credited with at least 18, but less than 20, years 21
of service, may not be discharged, denied reenlistment, or 22
transferred from an active status without the consent of 23
the member before the earlier of the following: 24
‘‘(1) If, as of the date on which the member is 25
to be discharged or transferred from an active sta-26
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tus, the member has at least 18, but less than 19, 1
years of service— 2
‘‘(A) the date on which the member is enti-3
tled to be credited with 20 years of service; or 4
‘‘(B) the third anniversary of the date on 5
which the member would otherwise be dis-6
charged or transferred from an active status. 7
‘‘(2) If, as of the date on which the member is 8
to be discharged or transferred from an active sta-9
tus, the member has at least 19, but less than 20, 10
years of service— 11
‘‘(A) the date on which the member is enti-12
tled to be credited with 20 years of service; or 13
‘‘(B) the second anniversary of the date on 14
which the member would otherwise be dis-15
charged or transferred from an active status.’’. 16
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-17
ter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-18
serting after the item relating to section 2516 the fol-19
lowing: 20
‘‘2517. Retention of enlisted members after completion of 18 or more, but less
than 20, years of service.’’.
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