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12 119THCONGRESS
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34 STSESSION S. 524
4-AN ACT
5+To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
6+IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7+FEBRUARY11, 2025
8+Mr. C
9+RUZ(for himself, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. SULLIVAN, and Ms. BALDWIN)
10+introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
11+Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
12+A BILL
513 To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for
614 other purposes.
715 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
8-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
9-†S 524 ES
10-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
16+tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
1118 (a) S
12-HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2
13-‘‘Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025’’. 3
19+HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
20+‘‘Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025’’. 5
1421 (b) T
15-ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 4
16-this Act is as follows: 5
22+ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
23+this Act is as follows: 7
1724 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
1825 Sec. 2. Commandant defined.
1926 TITLE I—COAST GUARD
2027 Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
2128 Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
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2232 Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training.
2333 Subtitle B—Acquisition
2434 Sec. 111. Modification of prohibition on use of lead systems integrators.
2535 Sec. 112. Service life extension programs.
2636 Sec. 113. Consideration of life-cycle cost estimates for acquisition and procure-
2737 ment.
2838 Sec. 114. Great Lakes icebreaking.
2939 Sec. 115. Regular Polar Security Cutter updates.
3040 Sec. 116. Floating drydock for United States Coast Guard Yard.
3141 Subtitle C—Organization and Authorities
3242 Sec. 131. Modification of treatment of minor construction and improvement
3343 project management.
3444 Sec. 132. Preparedness plans for Coast Guard properties located in tsunami in-
3545 undation zones.
3646 Sec. 133. Public availability of information.
3747 Sec. 134. Delegation of ports and waterways safety authorities in Saint Law-
3848 rence Seaway.
3949 Sec. 135. Additional Pribilof Island transition completion actions.
4050 Sec. 136. Policy and briefing on availability of naloxone to treat opioid, includ-
4151 ing fentanyl, overdoses.
4252 Sec. 137. Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River cooperative vessel traffic serv-
4353 ice.
4454 Sec. 138. Policy on methods to reduce incentives for illicit maritime drug traf-
4555 ficking.
4656 Sec. 139. Procurement of tactical maritime surveillance systems.
4757 Sec. 140. Plan for joint and integrated maritime operational and leadership
4858 training for United States Coast Guard and Taiwan Coast
4959 Guard Administration.
5060 Sec. 141. Modification of authority for special purpose facilities.
5161 Sec. 142. Timely reimbursement of damage claims for Coast Guard property.
5262 Sec. 143. Enhanced use property pilot program.
5363 Sec. 144. Coast Guard property provision.
54-Subtitle D—Personnel 3
55-†S 524 ES
64+Subtitle D—Personnel
5665 Sec. 151. Direct hire authority for certain personnel.
5766 Sec. 152. Temporary exemption from authorized end strength for enlisted mem-
5867 bers on active duty in Coast Guard in pay grades E–8 and E–
5968 9.
6069 Sec. 153. Additional available guidance and considerations for reserve selection
6170 boards.
6271 Sec. 154. Family leave policies for the Coast Guard.
6372 Sec. 155. Authorization for maternity uniform allowance for officers.
6473 Sec. 156. Housing.
6574 Sec. 157. Uniform funding and management system for morale, well-being, and
6675 recreation programs and Coast Guard Exchange.
6776 Sec. 158. Coast Guard embedded behavioral health technician program.
6877 Sec. 159. Expansion of access to counseling.
6978 Sec. 160. Command sponsorship for dependents of members of Coast Guard as-
7079 signed to Unalaska, Alaska.
7180 Sec. 161. Travel allowance for members of Coast Guard assigned to Alaska.
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7284 Sec. 162. Consolidation of authorities for college student precommissioning ini-
7385 tiative.
7486 Sec. 163. Tuition Assistance and Advanced Education Assistance Pilot Pro-
7587 gram.
7688 Sec. 164. Modifications to career flexibility program.
7789 Sec. 165. Recruitment, relocation, and retention incentive program for civilian
7890 firefighters employed by Coast Guard in remote locations.
7991 Sec. 166. Reinstatement of training course on workings of Congress; Coast
8092 Guard Museum.
8193 Sec. 167. Modification of designation of Vice Admirals.
8294 Sec. 168. Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate.
8395 Sec. 169. Special Advisor to Commandant for Tribal and Native Hawaiian af-
8496 fairs.
8597 Sec. 170. Notification.
8698 Subtitle E—Coast Guard Academy
8799 Sec. 171. Modification of Board of Visitors.
88100 Sec. 172. Study on Coast Guard Academy oversight.
89101 Sec. 173. Electronic locking mechanisms to ensure Coast Guard Academy cadet
90102 room security.
91103 Sec. 174. Coast Guard Academy student advisory board and access to timely
92104 and independent wellness support services for cadets and can-
93105 didates.
94106 Sec. 175. Report on existing behavioral health and wellness support services fa-
95107 cilities at Coast Guard Academy.
96108 Sec. 176. Required posting of information.
97109 Sec. 177. Installation of behavioral health and wellness rooms.
98110 Sec. 178. Coast Guard Academy room reassignment.
99111 Sec. 179. Authorization for use of Coast Guard Academy facilities and equip-
100112 ment by covered foundations.
101113 Sec. 180. Concurrent jurisdiction at Coast Guard Academy.
102114 Subtitle F—Reports
103115 Sec. 181. Maritime domain awareness in Coast Guard sector for Puerto Rico
104116 and Virgin Islands.
105117 Sec. 182. Report on condition of Missouri River dayboards.
106118 Sec. 183. Study on Coast Guard missions.
107-Sec. 184. Annual report on progress of certain homeporting projects. 4
108-†S 524 ES
119+Sec. 184. Annual report on progress of certain homeporting projects.
109120 Sec. 185. Report on Bay class icebreaking tug fleet replacement.
110121 Sec. 186. Feasibility study on supporting additional port visits and deployments
111122 in support of Operation Blue Pacific.
112123 Sec. 187. Study and gap analysis with respect to Coast Guard Air Station Cor-
113124 pus Christi aviation hangar.
114125 Sec. 188. Report on impacts of joint travel regulations on members of Coast
115126 Guard who rely on ferry systems.
116127 Sec. 189. Report on Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.
117128 Sec. 190. Report on and expansion of Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’
118129 Training Corps Program.
119130 TITLE II—SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION
120131 Subtitle A—Merchant Mariner Credentials
121132 Sec. 201. Merchant mariner credentialing.
122133 Sec. 202. Nonoperating individual.
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123137 Sec. 203. Merchant mariner licensing and documentation system requirements.
124138 Subtitle B—Vessel Safety
125139 Sec. 211. Grossly negligent operations of a vessel.
126140 Sec. 212. Administrative procedure for security risks.
127141 Sec. 213. Study of amphibious vessels.
128142 Sec. 214. Performance driven examination schedule.
129143 Sec. 215. Ports and waterways safety.
130144 Sec. 216. Study on Bering Strait vessel traffic projections and emergency re-
131145 sponse posture at ports of the United States.
132146 Sec. 217. Underwater inspections brief.
133147 Sec. 218. St. Lucie River railroad bridge.
134148 Sec. 219. Authority to establish safety zones for special activities in exclusive
135149 economic zone.
136150 Sec. 220. Improving Vessel Traffic Service monitoring.
137151 Sec. 221. Designating pilotage waters for the Straits of Mackinac.
138152 Sec. 222. Receipts; international agreements for ice patrol services.
139153 Sec. 223. Requirements for certain fishing vessels and fish tender vessels.
140154 Subtitle C—Matters Involving Uncrewed Systems
141155 Sec. 231. Establishment of National Advisory Committee on Autonomous Mari-
142156 time Systems.
143157 Sec. 232. Pilot program for governance and oversight of small uncrewed mari-
144158 time systems.
145159 Sec. 233. Coast Guard training course.
146160 Sec. 234. NOAA membership on Autonomous Vessel Policy Council.
147161 Sec. 235. Technology pilot program.
148162 Sec. 236. Uncrewed systems capabilities report and briefing.
149163 Sec. 237. Definitions.
150164 Subtitle D—Other Matters
151165 Sec. 241. Controlled substance onboard vessels.
152166 Sec. 242. Information on type approval certificates.
153167 Sec. 243. Clarification of authorities.
154168 Sec. 244. Anchorages.
155169 Sec. 245. Amendments to passenger vessel security and safety requirements.
156-Sec. 246. Cyber-incident training. 5
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170+Sec. 246. Cyber-incident training.
158171 Sec. 247. Extension of pilot program to establish a cetacean desk for Puget
159172 Sound region.
160173 Sec. 248. Suspension of enforcement of use of devices broadcasting on AIS for
161174 purposes of marking fishing gear.
162175 Sec. 249. Classification societies.
163176 Sec. 250. Abandoned and derelict vessel removals.
164177 TITLE III—OIL POLLUTION RESPONSE
165178 Sec. 301. Salvage and marine firefighting response capability.
166179 Sec. 302. Use of marine casualty investigations.
167180 Sec. 303. Timing of review.
168181 Sec. 304. Online incident reporting system.
169182 Sec. 305. Investment of Exxon Valdez oil spill court recovery in high yield in-
170183 vestments and marine research.
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171187 TITLE IV—SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT
172188 RESPONSE
173189 Sec. 401. Independent review of Coast Guard reforms.
174190 Sec. 402. Comprehensive policy and procedures on retention and access to evi-
175191 dence and records relating to sexual misconduct and other mis-
176192 conduct.
177193 Sec. 403. Consideration of request for transfer of a cadet at the Coast Guard
178194 Academy who is the victim of a sexual assault or related of-
179195 fense.
180196 Sec. 404. Designation of officers with particular expertise in military justice or
181197 healthcare.
182198 Sec. 405. Safe-to-Report policy for Coast Guard.
183199 Sec. 406. Modification of reporting requirements on covered misconduct in
184200 Coast Guard.
185201 Sec. 407. Modifications to the officer involuntary separation process.
186202 Sec. 408. Review of discharge characterization.
187203 Sec. 409. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial.
188204 Sec. 410. Definition of covered misconduct.
189205 Sec. 411. Notification of changes to Uniform Code of Military Justice or Man-
190206 ual for Courts Martial relating to covered misconduct.
191207 Sec. 412. Complaints of retaliation by victims of sexual assault or sexual har-
192208 assment and related persons.
193209 Sec. 413. Development of policies on military protective orders.
194210 Sec. 414. Coast Guard implementation of independent review commission rec-
195211 ommendations on addressing sexual assault and sexual harass-
196212 ment in the military.
197213 Sec. 415. Policy relating to care and support of victims of covered misconduct.
198214 Sec. 416. Establishment of special victim capabilities to respond to allegations
199215 of certain special victim offenses.
200216 Sec. 417. Members asserting post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual assault, or
201217 traumatic brain injury.
202218 Sec. 418. Participation in CATCH a Serial Offender program.
203219 Sec. 419. Accountability and transparency relating to allegations of misconduct
204220 against senior leaders.
205221 Sec. 420. Confidential reporting of sexual harassment.
206222 Sec. 421. Report on policy on whistleblower protections.
207223 Sec. 422. Review and modification of Coast Guard Academy policy on sexual
208-harassment and sexual violence. 6
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224+harassment and sexual violence.
210225 Sec. 423. Coast Guard and Coast Guard Academy access to defense sexual as-
211226 sault incident database.
212227 Sec. 424. Director of Coast Guard Investigative Service.
213228 Sec. 425. Modifications and revisions relating to reopening retired grade deter-
214229 minations.
215230 Sec. 426. Inclusion and command review of information on covered misconduct
216231 in personnel service records.
217232 Sec. 427. Flag officer review of, and concurrence in, separation of members
218233 who have reported sexual misconduct.
219234 Sec. 428. Expedited transfer in cases of sexual misconduct or domestic violence.
220235 Sec. 429. Access to temporary separation program for victims of alleged sex-
221236 related offenses.
222237 Sec. 430. Policy and program to expand prevention of sexual misconduct.
223238 Sec. 431. Continuous vetting of security clearances.
224239 Sec. 432. Training and education programs for covered misconduct prevention
225240 and response.
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226244 TITLE V—COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS
227245 Sec. 501. Comptroller General report on Coast Guard research, development,
228246 and innovation program.
229247 Sec. 502. Comptroller General study on vessel traffic service center employ-
230248 ment, compensation, and retention.
231249 Sec. 503. Comptroller General review of quality and availability of Coast Guard
232250 behavioral health care and resources for personnel wellness.
233251 Sec. 504. Comptroller General study on Coast Guard efforts to reduce preva-
234252 lence of missing or incomplete medical records and sharing of
235253 medical data with Department of Veterans Affairs and other
236254 entities.
237255 Sec. 505. Comptroller General study on Coast Guard training facility infra-
238256 structure.
239257 Sec. 506. Comptroller General study on facility and infrastructure needs of
240258 Coast Guard stations conducting border security operations.
241259 Sec. 507. Comptroller General study on Coast Guard basic allowance for hous-
242260 ing.
243261 Sec. 508. Comptroller General report on safety and security infrastructure at
244262 Coast Guard Academy.
245263 Sec. 509. Comptroller General study on athletic coaching at Coast Guard Acad-
246264 emy.
247265 Sec. 510. Comptroller General study and report on permanent change of station
248266 process.
249267 TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS
250268 Sec. 601. Amendments.
251269 TITLE VII—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
252270 ADMINISTRATION
253271 Subtitle A—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned
254272 Officer Corps
255273 Sec. 701. Title and qualifications of head of National Oceanic and Atmospheric
256274 Administration Commissioned Officer Corps and Office of Ma-
257275 rine and Aviation Operations; promotions of flag officers.
258276 Sec. 702. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel fleet.
259-Sec. 703. Cooperative Aviation Centers. 7
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277+Sec. 703. Cooperative Aviation Centers.
261278 Sec. 704. Eligibility of former officers to compete for certain positions.
262279 Sec. 705. Alignment of physical disqualification standard for obligated service
263280 agreements with standard for veterans’ benefits.
264281 Sec. 706. Streamlining separation and retirement process.
265282 Sec. 707. Separation of ensigns found not fully qualified.
266283 Sec. 708. Repeal of limitation on educational assistance.
267284 Sec. 709. Disposal of survey and research vessels and equipment of the Na-
268285 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
269286 Subtitle B—South Pacific Tuna Treaty Matters
270287 Sec. 721. References to South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988.
271288 Sec. 722. Definitions.
272289 Sec. 723. Prohibited acts.
273290 Sec. 724. Exceptions.
274291 Sec. 725. Criminal offenses.
275292 Sec. 726. Civil penalties.
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276296 Sec. 727. Licenses.
277297 Sec. 728. Enforcement.
278298 Sec. 729. Findings by Secretary of Commerce.
279299 Sec. 730. Disclosure of information.
280300 Sec. 731. Closed area stowage requirements.
281301 Sec. 732. Observers.
282302 Sec. 733. Fisheries-related assistance.
283303 Sec. 734. Arbitration.
284304 Sec. 735. Disposition of fees, penalties, forfeitures, and other moneys.
285305 Sec. 736. Additional agreements.
286306 Subtitle C—Other Matters
287307 Sec. 741. North Pacific Research Board enhancement.
288308 SEC. 2. COMMANDANT DEFINED.
289309 1
290310 In this Act, the term ‘‘Commandant’’ means the 2
291311 Commandant of the Coast Guard. 3
292312 TITLE I—COAST GUARD 4
293313 Subtitle A—Authorization of 5
294314 Appropriations 6
295315 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 7
296316 Section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, is 8
297-amended— 9 8
298-†S 524 ES
299-(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 1
300-striking ‘‘fiscal years 2022 and 2023’’ and inserting 2
301-‘‘fiscal years 2025 and 2026’’; 3
302-(2) in paragraph (1)— 4
303-(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 5
304-clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following: 6
305-‘‘(i) $11,287,500,000 for fiscal year 2025; 7
306-and 8
307-‘‘(ii) $11,851,875,000 for fiscal year 9
308-2026.’’; 10
309-(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 11
310-‘‘$23,456,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,570,000’’; 12
311-and 13
312-(C) in subparagraph (C) by striking 14
313-‘‘$24,353,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$26,848,500’’; 15
314-(3) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking clauses (i) 16
315-and (ii) and inserting the following: 17
316-‘‘(i) $3,627,600,000 for fiscal year 2025; 18
317-and 19
318-‘‘(ii) $3,651,480,000 for fiscal year 20
319-2026.’’; 21
320-(4) in paragraph (3) by striking subparagraphs 22
321-(A) and (B) and inserting the following: 23
322-‘‘(A) $15,415,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 24 9
323-†S 524 ES
324-‘‘(B) $16,185,750 for fiscal year 2026.’’; 1
325-and 2
326-(5) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 3
327-following: 4
328-‘‘(4) For retired pay, including the payment of 5
329-obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropria-6
330-tions for purposes of retired pay, payments under 7
331-the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan 8
332-and the Survivor Benefit Plan, payment for career 9
333-status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under 10
334-section 356 of title 37, concurrent receipts, combat- 11
335-related special compensation, and payments for med-12
336-ical care of retired personnel and their dependents 13
337-under chapter 55 of title 10, $1,210,840,000 for fis-14
338-cal year 2025.’’. 15
339-SEC. 102. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH 16
340-AND TRAINING. 17
341-Section 4904 of title 14, United States Code, is 18
342-amended— 19
343-(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 20
344-2022 and 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2025 21
345-and 2026’’; and 22
346-(2) in subsection (b)— 23
347-(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2,500’’ 24
348-and inserting ‘‘3,000’’; 25 10
349-†S 524 ES
350-(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘165’’ 1
351-and inserting ‘‘200’’; 2
352-(C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘385’’ 3
353-and inserting ‘‘450’’; and 4
354-(D) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘1,200’’ 5
355-and inserting ‘‘1,300’’. 6
356-Subtitle B—Acquisition 7
357-SEC. 111. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF 8
358-LEAD SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS. 9
359-Section 1105 of title 14, United States Code, is 10
360-amended by adding at the end the following: 11
361-‘‘(c) L
362-EADSYSTEMSINTEGRATOR DEFINED.—In 12
363-this section, the term ‘lead systems integrator’ has the 13
364-meaning given such term in section 805(c) of the National 14
365-Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 15
366-Law 109–163).’’. 16
367-SEC. 112. SERVICE LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAMS. 17
317+amended— 9
318+(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 10
319+striking ‘‘fiscal years 2022 and 2023’’ and inserting 11
320+‘‘fiscal years 2025 and 2026’’; 12
321+(2) in paragraph (1)— 13
322+(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking 14
323+clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following: 15
324+‘‘(i) $11,287,500,000 for fiscal year 2025; 16
325+and 17
326+‘‘(ii) $11,851,875,000 for fiscal year 18
327+2026.’’; 19
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331+(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking 1
332+‘‘$23,456,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,570,000’’; 2
333+and 3
334+(C) in subparagraph (C) by striking 4
335+‘‘$24,353,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$26,848,500’’; 5
336+(3) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking clauses (i) 6
337+and (ii) and inserting the following: 7
338+‘‘(i) $3,627,600,000 for fiscal year 2025; 8
339+and 9
340+‘‘(ii) $3,651,480,000 for fiscal year 10
341+2026.’’; 11
342+(4) in paragraph (3) by striking subparagraphs 12
343+(A) and (B) and inserting the following: 13
344+‘‘(A) $15,415,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 14
345+‘‘(B) $16,185,750 for fiscal year 2026.’’; 15
346+and 16
347+(5) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 17
348+following: 18
349+‘‘(4) For retired pay, including the payment of 19
350+obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropria-20
351+tions for purposes of retired pay, payments under 21
352+the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan 22
353+and the Survivor Benefit Plan, payment for career 23
354+status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under 24
355+section 356 of title 37, concurrent receipts, combat- 25
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359+related special compensation, and payments for med-1
360+ical care of retired personnel and their dependents 2
361+under chapter 55 of title 10, $1,210,840,000 for fis-3
362+cal year 2025.’’. 4
363+SEC. 102. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH 5
364+AND TRAINING. 6
365+Section 4904 of title 14, United States Code, is 7
366+amended— 8
367+(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 9
368+2022 and 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2025 10
369+and 2026’’; and 11
370+(2) in subsection (b)— 12
371+(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2,500’’ 13
372+and inserting ‘‘3,000’’; 14
373+(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘165’’ 15
374+and inserting ‘‘200’’; 16
375+(C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘385’’ 17
376+and inserting ‘‘450’’; and 18
377+(D) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘1,200’’ 19
378+and inserting ‘‘1,300’’. 20
379+Subtitle B—Acquisition 21
380+SEC. 111. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF 22
381+LEAD SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS. 23
382+Section 1105 of title 14, United States Code, is 24
383+amended by adding at the end the following: 25
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387+‘‘(c) LEADSYSTEMSINTEGRATOR DEFINED.—In 1
388+this section, the term ‘lead systems integrator’ has the 2
389+meaning given such term in section 805(c) of the National 3
390+Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 4
391+Law 109–163).’’. 5
392+SEC. 112. SERVICE LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAMS. 6
368393 (a) I
369-NGENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 11 of 18
370-title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 19
371-end the following: 20
372-‘‘§ 1138. Service life extension programs 21
394+NGENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 11 of 7
395+title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 8
396+end the following: 9
397+‘‘§ 1138. Service life extension programs 10
373398 ‘‘(a) I
374-NGENERAL.—Requirements for a Level 1 or 22
375-Level 2 acquisition project or program under sections 23
376-1131 through 1134 shall not apply to an acquisition by 24
377-the Coast Guard that is a service life extension program. 25 11
378-†S 524 ES
379-‘‘(b) SERVICELIFEEXTENSIONPROGRAMDE-1
380-FINED.—In this section, the term ‘service life extension 2
381-program’ means a capital investment that is solely in-3
382-tended to extend the service life and address obsolescence 4
383-of components or systems of a particular capability or 5
384-asset.’’. 6
399+NGENERAL.—Requirements for a Level 1 or 11
400+Level 2 acquisition project or program under sections 12
401+1131 through 1134 shall not apply to an acquisition by 13
402+the Coast Guard that is a service life extension program. 14
403+‘‘(b) S
404+ERVICELIFEEXTENSIONPROGRAMDE-15
405+FINED.—In this section, the term ‘service life extension 16
406+program’ means a capital investment that is solely in-17
407+tended to extend the service life and address obsolescence 18
408+of components or systems of a particular capability or 19
409+asset.’’. 20
385410 (b) C
386-LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-7
387-ter 11 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 8
388-relating to section 1137 the following: 9
411+LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-21
412+ter 11 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 22
413+relating to section 1137 the following: 23
389414 ‘‘1138. Service life extension programs.’’.
390-(c) MAJORACQUISITIONS.—Section 5103 of title 14, 10
391-United States Code, is amended— 11
392-(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘major acquisi-12
393-tion programs’’ and inserting ‘‘Level 1 Acquisitions 13
394-or Level 2 Acquisitions’’; 14
395-(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘major acquisi-15
396-tion program’’ and inserting ‘‘Level 1 Acquisition or 16
397-Level 2 Acquisition’’; and 17
398-(3) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-18
399-lows: 19
415+(c) MAJORACQUISITIONS.—Section 5103 of title 14, 24
416+United States Code, is amended— 25
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420+(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘major acquisi-1
421+tion programs’’ and inserting ‘‘Level 1 Acquisitions 2
422+or Level 2 Acquisitions’’; 3
423+(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘major acquisi-4
424+tion program’’ and inserting ‘‘Level 1 Acquisition or 5
425+Level 2 Acquisition’’; and 6
426+(3) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-7
427+lows: 8
400428 ‘‘(f) D
401-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 20
429+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
402430 ‘‘(1) L
403-EVEL 1 ACQUISITION.—The term ‘Level 1 21
404-Acquisition’ has the meaning given such term in sec-22
405-tion 1171. 23 12
406-†S 524 ES
407-‘‘(2) LEVEL 2 ACQUISITION.—The term ‘Level 2 1
408-Acquisition’ has the meaning given such term in sec-2
409-tion 1171.’’. 3
431+EVEL 1 ACQUISITION.—The term ‘Level 1 10
432+Acquisition’ has the meaning given such term in sec-11
433+tion 1171. 12
434+‘‘(2) L
435+EVEL 2 ACQUISITION.—The term ‘Level 2 13
436+Acquisition’ has the meaning given such term in sec-14
437+tion 1171.’’. 15
410438 (d) M
411-AJORACQUISITIONPROGRAMRISKASSESS-4
412-MENT.—Section 5107 of title 14, United States Code, is 5
413-amended by striking ‘‘section 5103(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-6
414-tion 1171’’. 7
415-SEC. 113. CONSIDERATION OF LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTI-8
416-MATES FOR ACQUISITION AND PROCURE-9
417-MENT. 10
439+AJORACQUISITIONPROGRAMRISKASSESS-16
440+MENT.—Section 5107 of title 14, United States Code, is 17
441+amended by striking ‘‘section 5103(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-18
442+tion 1171’’. 19
443+SEC. 113. CONSIDERATION OF LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTI-20
444+MATES FOR ACQUISITION AND PROCURE-21
445+MENT. 22
418446 (a) I
419-NGENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 11 of 11
420-title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding 12
421-at the end the following: 13
422-‘‘§ 1139. Consideration of life-cycle cost estimates for 14
423-acquisition and procurement 15
424-‘‘In carrying out the acquisition and procurement of 16
425-vessels and aircraft, the Secretary of the department in 17
426-which the Coast Guard is operating, acting through the 18
427-Commandant, shall consider the life-cycle cost estimates 19
428-of vessels and aircraft, as applicable, during the design 20
429-and evaluation processes to the maximum extent prac-21
430-ticable.’’. 22
447+NGENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 11 of 23
448+title 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding 24
449+at the end the following: 25
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453+‘‘§ 1139. Consideration of life-cycle cost estimates for 1
454+acquisition and procurement 2
455+‘‘In carrying out the acquisition and procurement of 3
456+vessels and aircraft, the Secretary of the department in 4
457+which the Coast Guard is operating, acting through the 5
458+Commandant, shall consider the life-cycle cost estimates 6
459+of vessels and aircraft, as applicable, during the design 7
460+and evaluation processes to the maximum extent prac-8
461+ticable.’’. 9
431462 (b) C
432-LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-23
433-ter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-24 13
434-†S 524 ES
435-serting after the item relating to section 1138 (as added 1
436-by this Act) the following: 2
463+LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-10
464+ter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-11
465+serting after the item relating to section 1138 (as added 12
466+by this Act) the following: 13
437467 ‘‘1139. Consideration of life-cycle cost estimates for acquisition and procure-
438468 ment.’’.
439469 SEC. 114. GREAT LAKES ICEBREAKING.
440-3
470+14
441471 (a) G
442-REATLAKESICEBREAKER.— 4
472+REATLAKESICEBREAKER.— 15
443473 (1) S
444-TRATEGY.—Not later than 90 days after 5
445-the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 6
446-shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 7
447-Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 8
448-Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 9
449-the House of Representatives a strategy detailing 10
450-how the Coast Guard will complete design and con-11
451-struction of a Great Lakes icebreaker at least as ca-12
452-pable as the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw (WLBB– 13
453-30) as expeditiously as possible after funding is pro-14
454-vided for such icebreaker, including providing a cost 15
455-estimate and an estimated delivery timeline that 16
456-would facilitate the expedited delivery detailed in the 17
457-strategy. 18
474+TRATEGY.—Not later than 90 days after 16
475+the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 17
476+shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 18
477+Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 19
478+Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 20
479+the House of Representatives a strategy detailing 21
480+how the Coast Guard will complete design and con-22
481+struction of a Great Lakes icebreaker at least as ca-23
482+pable as the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw (WLBB– 24
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486+30) as expeditiously as possible after funding is pro-1
487+vided for such icebreaker, including providing a cost 2
488+estimate and an estimated delivery timeline that 3
489+would facilitate the expedited delivery detailed in the 4
490+strategy. 5
458491 (2) G
459-REAT LAKES ICEBREAKER PILOT PRO -19
460-GRAM.— 20
492+REAT LAKES ICEBREAKER PILOT PRO -6
493+GRAM.— 7
461494 (A) I
462-N GENERAL.—During the 5 ice sea-21
463-sons beginning after the date of enactment of 22
464-this Act, the Commandant shall conduct a pilot 23
465-program to determine the extent to which the 24 14
466-†S 524 ES
467-Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreaking cutter 1
468-fleet is capable of maintaining tier one and tier 2
469-two waterways open 95 percent of the time dur-3
470-ing an ice season. 4
495+N GENERAL.—During the 5 ice sea-8
496+sons beginning after the date of enactment of 9
497+this Act, the Commandant shall conduct a pilot 10
498+program to determine the extent to which the 11
499+Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreaking cutter 12
500+fleet is capable of maintaining tier one and tier 13
501+two waterways open 95 percent of the time dur-14
502+ing an ice season. 15
471503 (B) R
472-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days 5
473-after the end of each of the 5 ice seasons begin-6
474-ning after the date of enactment of this Act, 7
475-the Commandant shall submit to the Committee 8
476-on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 9
477-the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-10
478-tation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-11
479-resentatives a report that details— 12
480-(i) the results of the pilot program re-13
481-quired under subparagraph (A); and 14
482-(ii) any relevant new performance 15
483-measures implemented by the Coast 16
484-Guard, including the measures described in 17
485-pages 5 through 7 of the report of the 18
486-Coast Guard titled ‘‘Domestic Icebreaking 19
487-Operations’’ and submitted to Congress on 20
488-July 26, 2024, as required by section 21
489-11212(a)(3) of the Don Young Coast 22
490-Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (Public 23
491-Law 117–263), and the results of the im-24
492-plementation of such measures. 25 15
493-†S 524 ES
494-(b) MODIFICATION TO REPORTINGREQUIREMENT 1
504+EPORT.—Not later than 180 days 16
505+after the end of each of the 5 ice seasons begin-17
506+ning after the date of enactment of this Act, 18
507+the Commandant shall submit to the Committee 19
508+on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 20
509+the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-21
510+tation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-22
511+resentatives a report that details— 23
512+(i) the results of the pilot program re-24
513+quired under subparagraph (A); and 25
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517+(ii) any relevant new performance 1
518+measures implemented by the Coast 2
519+Guard, including the measures described in 3
520+pages 5 through 7 of the report of the 4
521+Coast Guard titled ‘‘Domestic Icebreaking 5
522+Operations’’ and submitted to Congress on 6
523+July 26, 2024, as required by section 7
524+11212(a)(3) of the Don Young Coast 8
525+Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (Public 9
526+Law 117–263), and the results of the im-10
527+plementation of such measures. 11
528+(b) M
529+ODIFICATION TO REPORTINGREQUIREMENT 12
495530 R
496-ELATING TO ICEBREAKING OPERATIONS IN GREAT 2
531+ELATING TO ICEBREAKING OPERATIONS IN GREAT 13
497532 L
498-AKES.— 3
533+AKES.— 14
499534 (1) I
500-N GENERAL.—Section 11213(f) of the Don 4
501-Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 5
502-(Public Law 117–263) is amended to read as fol-6
503-lows: 7
535+N GENERAL.—Section 11213(f) of the Don 15
536+Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 16
537+(Public Law 117–263) is amended to read as fol-17
538+lows: 18
504539 ‘‘(f) P
505-UBLICREPORT.—Not later than July 1 after 8
506-the first winter in which the Commandant has submitted 9
507-the report required by paragraph (3) of section 11212(a), 10
508-the Commandant shall publish on a publicly accessible 11
509-website of the Coast Guard a report on the cost to the 12
510-Coast Guard of meeting the proposed standards described 13
511-in paragraph (2) of such section.’’. 14
512-(2) P
513-UBLIC REPORT.—Section 11272(c) of the 15
514-James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 16
515-Act for Fiscal Year 2023 is amended by adding at 17
516-the end the following: 18
540+UBLICREPORT.—Not later than July 1 after 19
541+the first winter in which the Commandant has submitted 20
542+the report required by paragraph (3) of section 11212(a), 21
543+the Commandant shall publish on a publicly accessible 22
544+website of the Coast Guard a report on the cost to the 23
545+Coast Guard of meeting the proposed standards described 24
546+in paragraph (2) of such section.’’. 25
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550+(2) PUBLIC REPORT.—Section 11272(c) of the 1
551+James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 2
552+Act for Fiscal Year 2023 is amended by adding at 3
553+the end the following: 4
517554 ‘‘(7) P
518-UBLIC REPORT.— 19
555+UBLIC REPORT.— 5
519556 ‘‘(A) I
520-N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 20
521-days after the date of enactment of the Coast 21
522-Guard Authorization Act of 2025, the Com-22
523-mandant shall brief the Committee on Trans-23
524-portation and Infrastructure of the House or 24
525-Representatives and the Committee on Com-25 16
526-†S 524 ES
527-merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-1
528-ate on the cost to the Coast Guard of meeting 2
529-the requirements of section 564 of title 14, 3
530-United States Code, in fiscal year 2024. 4
557+N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 6
558+days after the date of enactment of the Coast 7
559+Guard Authorization Act of 2025, the Com-8
560+mandant shall brief the Committee on Trans-9
561+portation and Infrastructure of the House or 10
562+Representatives and the Committee on Com-11
563+merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-12
564+ate on the cost to the Coast Guard of meeting 13
565+the requirements of section 564 of title 14, 14
566+United States Code, in fiscal year 2024. 15
531567 ‘‘(B) S
532-ECONDARY BRIEFINGS .—Not later 5
533-than November 1, 2025 and November, 1, 6
534-2026, the Commandant shall brief the commit-7
535-tees described in subparagraph (A) on the cost 8
536-to the Coast Guard of meeting the requirements 9
537-of section 564 of title 14, United States Code, 10
538-in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, respectively.’’. 11
539-SEC. 115. REGULAR POLAR SECURITY CUTTER UPDATES. 12
568+ECONDARY BRIEFINGS .—Not later 16
569+than November 1, 2025 and November, 1, 17
570+2026, the Commandant shall brief the commit-18
571+tees described in subparagraph (A) on the cost 19
572+to the Coast Guard of meeting the requirements 20
573+of section 564 of title 14, United States Code, 21
574+in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, respectively.’’. 22
575+SEC. 115. REGULAR POLAR SECURITY CUTTER UPDATES. 23
540576 (a) R
541-EPORT.— 13
542-(1) R
543-EPORT TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 14
544-120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 15
545-Commandant and the Chief of Naval Operations 16
546-shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 17
547-and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 18
548-the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-19
549-portation of the Senate, and the Committees on 20
550-Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-21
551-resentatives a report on the status of acquisition of 22
552-Polar Security Cutters. 23
577+EPORT.— 24
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581+(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 1
582+120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 2
583+Commandant and the Chief of Naval Operations 3
584+shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 4
585+and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 5
586+the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-6
587+portation of the Senate, and the Committees on 7
588+Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-8
589+resentatives a report on the status of acquisition of 9
590+Polar Security Cutters. 10
553591 (2) E
554-LEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 24
555-(1) shall include— 25 17
556-†S 524 ES
557-(A) a detailed timeline for the acquisition 1
558-process of Polar Security Cutters, including ex-2
559-pected milestones and a projected commis-3
560-sioning date for the first 3 Polar Security Cut-4
561-ters; 5
562-(B) an accounting of the previously appro-6
563-priated funds spent to date on the Polar Secu-7
564-rity Cutter Program, updated cost projections 8
565-for Polar Security Cutters, and projections for 9
566-when additional funds will be required; 10
567-(C) potential factors and risks that could 11
568-further delay or imperil the completion of Polar 12
569-Security Cutters; and 13
570-(D) a review of the acquisition of Polar Se-14
571-curity Cutters to date, including factors that led 15
572-to substantial cost overruns and delivery delays. 16
592+LEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 11
593+(1) shall include— 12
594+(A) a detailed timeline for the acquisition 13
595+process of Polar Security Cutters, including ex-14
596+pected milestones and a projected commis-15
597+sioning date for the first 3 Polar Security Cut-16
598+ters; 17
599+(B) an accounting of the previously appro-18
600+priated funds spent to date on the Polar Secu-19
601+rity Cutter Program, updated cost projections 20
602+for Polar Security Cutters, and projections for 21
603+when additional funds will be required; 22
604+(C) potential factors and risks that could 23
605+further delay or imperil the completion of Polar 24
606+Security Cutters; and 25
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611+curity Cutters to date, including factors that led 2
612+to substantial cost overruns and delivery delays. 3
573613 (b) B
574-RIEFINGS.— 17
614+RIEFINGS.— 4
575615 (1) P
576-ROVISION TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 18
577-90 days after the submission of the report under 19
578-subsection (a), and not less frequently than every 90 20
579-days thereafter, the Commandant and the Chief of 21
580-Naval Operations shall provide to the Committee on 22
581-Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 23
582-Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, 24
583-Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 25 18
584-†S 524 ES
585-Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 1
586-the House of Representatives a briefing on the sta-2
587-tus of the Polar Security Cutter acquisition process. 3
616+ROVISION TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 5
617+90 days after the submission of the report under 6
618+subsection (a), and not less frequently than every 90 7
619+days thereafter, the Commandant and the Chief of 8
620+Naval Operations shall provide to the Committee on 9
621+Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 10
622+Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, 11
623+Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the 12
624+Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 13
625+the House of Representatives a briefing on the sta-14
626+tus of the Polar Security Cutter acquisition process. 15
588627 (2) T
589-IMELINE.—The briefings under paragraph 4
590-(1) shall occur after any key milestone in the Polar 5
591-Security Cutter acquisition process, but not less fre-6
592-quently than every 90 days. 7
628+IMELINE.—The briefings under paragraph 16
629+(1) shall occur after any key milestone in the Polar 17
630+Security Cutter acquisition process, but not less fre-18
631+quently than every 90 days. 19
593632 (3) E
594-LEMENTS.—Each briefing under para-8
595-graph (1) shall include— 9
596-(A) a summary of acquisition progress 10
597-since the most recent previous briefing con-11
598-ducted pursuant to paragraph (1); 12
599-(B) an updated timeline and budget esti-13
600-mate for acquisition and building of pending 14
601-Polar Security Cutters; and 15
602-(C) an explanation of any delays or addi-16
603-tional costs incurred in the acquisition progress. 17
633+LEMENTS.—Each briefing under para-20
634+graph (1) shall include— 21
635+(A) a summary of acquisition progress 22
636+since the most recent previous briefing con-23
637+ducted pursuant to paragraph (1); 24
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642+mate for acquisition and building of pending 2
643+Polar Security Cutters; and 3
644+(C) an explanation of any delays or addi-4
645+tional costs incurred in the acquisition progress. 5
604646 (c) N
605-OTIFICATIONS.—In addition to the briefings re-18
606-quired under subsection (b), the Commandant and the 19
607-Chief of Naval Operations shall notify the Committee on 20
608-Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-21
609-resentatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 22
610-Transportation of the Senate, and the Committees on 23
611-Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-24
612-atives within 3 business days of any significant change to 25 19
613-†S 524 ES
614-the scope or funding level of the Polar Security Cutter 1
615-acquisition strategy of such change. 2
616-SEC. 116. FLOATING DRYDOCK FOR UNITED STATES COAST 3
617-GUARD YARD. 4
647+OTIFICATIONS.—In addition to the briefings re-6
648+quired under subsection (b), the Commandant and the 7
649+Chief of Naval Operations shall notify the Committee on 8
650+Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-9
651+resentatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 10
652+Transportation of the Senate, and the Committees on 11
653+Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-12
654+atives within 3 business days of any significant change to 13
655+the scope or funding level of the Polar Security Cutter 14
656+acquisition strategy of such change. 15
657+SEC. 116. FLOATING DRYDOCK FOR UNITED STATES COAST 16
658+GUARD YARD. 17
618659 (a) I
619-NGENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 11 of 5
620-title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 6
621-end the following: 7
622-‘‘§ 1159. Floating drydock for United States Coast 8
623-Guard Yard 9
660+NGENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 11 of 18
661+title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 19
662+end the following: 20
663+‘‘§ 1159. Floating drydock for United States Coast 21
664+Guard Yard 22
624665 ‘‘(a) I
625-NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 10
626-(b), the Commandant may not acquire, procure, or con-11
627-struct a floating dry dock for the Coast Guard Yard. 12
628-‘‘(b) P
629-ERMISSIBLEACQUISITION, PROCUREMENT, OR 13
666+NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 23
667+(b), the Commandant may not acquire, procure, or con-24
668+struct a floating dry dock for the Coast Guard Yard. 25
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672+‘‘(b) PERMISSIBLEACQUISITION, PROCUREMENT, OR 1
630673 C
631-ONSTRUCTIONMETHODS.—Notwithstanding subsection 14
632-(a) of this section and section 1105(a), the Commandant 15
633-may— 16
634-‘‘(1) provide for an entity other than the Coast 17
635-Guard to contract for the acquisition, procurement, 18
636-or construction of a floating drydock by contract, 19
637-lease, purchase, or other agreement; 20
638-‘‘(2) construct a floating drydock at the Coast 21
639-Guard Yard; or 22
640-‘‘(3) acquire or procure a commercially avail-23
641-able floating drydock. 24 20
642-†S 524 ES
643-‘‘(c) EXEMPTIONSFROMREQUIREMENTS.—Sections 1
644-1131, 1132, 1133, and 1171 shall not apply to an acquisi-2
645-tion or procurement under subsection (b). 3
674+ONSTRUCTIONMETHODS.—Notwithstanding subsection 2
675+(a) of this section and section 1105(a), the Commandant 3
676+may— 4
677+‘‘(1) provide for an entity other than the Coast 5
678+Guard to contract for the acquisition, procurement, 6
679+or construction of a floating drydock by contract, 7
680+lease, purchase, or other agreement; 8
681+‘‘(2) construct a floating drydock at the Coast 9
682+Guard Yard; or 10
683+‘‘(3) acquire or procure a commercially avail-11
684+able floating drydock. 12
685+‘‘(c) E
686+XEMPTIONSFROMREQUIREMENTS.—Sections 13
687+1131, 1132, 1133, and 1171 shall not apply to an acquisi-14
688+tion or procurement under subsection (b). 15
646689 ‘‘(d) D
647-ESIGNSTANDARDS AND CONSTRUCTION 4
690+ESIGNSTANDARDS AND CONSTRUCTION 16
648691 P
649-RACTICES.—To the extent practicable, a floating drydock 5
650-acquired, procured, or constructed under this section shall 6
651-reflect commercial design standards and commercial con-7
652-struction practices that are consistent with the best inter-8
653-ests of the Federal Government. 9
692+RACTICES.—To the extent practicable, a floating drydock 17
693+acquired, procured, or constructed under this section shall 18
694+reflect commercial design standards and commercial con-19
695+struction practices that are consistent with the best inter-20
696+ests of the Federal Government. 21
654697 ‘‘(e) B
655-ERTHINGREQUIREMENT.—Any floating dry-10
656-dock acquired, procured, or constructed under subsection 11
657-(b) shall be berthed at the Coast Guard Yard in Balti-12
658-more, Maryland, when lifting or maintaining vessels. 13
659-‘‘(f) F
660-LOATINGDRYDOCKDEFINED.—In this sec-14
661-tion, the term ‘floating dry dock’ means equipment that 15
662-is— 16
663-‘‘(1) constructed in the United States; and 17
664-‘‘(2) capable of meeting the lifting and mainte-18
665-nance requirements of a vessel that is at least 418 19
666-feet in length with a gross tonnage of 4,500 gross 20
667-tons.’’. 21
698+ERTHINGREQUIREMENT.—Any floating dry-22
699+dock acquired, procured, or constructed under subsection 23
700+(b) shall be berthed at the Coast Guard Yard in Balti-24
701+more, Maryland, when lifting or maintaining vessels. 25
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705+‘‘(f) FLOATINGDRYDOCKDEFINED.—In this sec-1
706+tion, the term ‘floating dry dock’ means equipment that 2
707+is— 3
708+‘‘(1) constructed in the United States; and 4
709+‘‘(2) capable of meeting the lifting and mainte-5
710+nance requirements of a vessel that is at least 418 6
711+feet in length with a gross tonnage of 4,500 gross 7
712+tons.’’. 8
668713 (b) C
669-LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-22
670-ter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-23
671-serting after the item relating to section 1158 the fol-24
672-lowing: 25
673-‘‘1159. Floating drydock for United States Coast Guard Yard.’’. 21
674-†S 524 ES
675-Subtitle C—Organization and 1
676-Authorities 2
677-SEC. 131. MODIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF MINOR CON-3
678-STRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 4
679-MANAGEMENT. 5
680-Section 903(d)(1) of title 14, United States Code, is 6
681-amended by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting 7
682-‘‘$2,000,000’’. 8
683-SEC. 132. PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR COAST GUARD PROP-9
684-ERTIES LOCATED IN TSUNAMI INUNDATION 10
685-ZONES. 11
714+LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-9
715+ter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-10
716+serting after the item relating to section 1158 the fol-11
717+lowing: 12
718+‘‘1159. Floating drydock for United States Coast Guard Yard.’’.
719+Subtitle C—Organization and 13
720+Authorities 14
721+SEC. 131. MODIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF MINOR CON-15
722+STRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 16
723+MANAGEMENT. 17
724+Section 903(d)(1) of title 14, United States Code, is 18
725+amended by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting 19
726+‘‘$2,000,000’’. 20
727+SEC. 132. PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR COAST GUARD PROP-21
728+ERTIES LOCATED IN TSUNAMI INUNDATION 22
729+ZONES. 23
686730 (a) I
687-NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 12
688-date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in con-13
689-sultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic 14
690-and Atmospheric Administration and the heads of other 15
691-appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop a location-spe-16
692-cific tsunami preparedness plan for each property con-17
693-cerned. 18
731+NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 24
732+date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in con-25
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736+sultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic 1
737+and Atmospheric Administration and the heads of other 2
738+appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop a location-spe-3
739+cific tsunami preparedness plan for each property con-4
740+cerned. 5
694741 (b) R
695-EQUIREMENTS.—In developing each prepared-19
696-ness plan under subsection (a), the Commandant shall en-20
697-sure that the plan— 21
698-(1) minimizes the loss of human life; 22
699-(2) maximizes the ability of the Coast Guard to 23
700-meet the mission of the Coast Guard; 24 22
701-†S 524 ES
702-(3) is included in the emergency action plan for 1
703-each Coast Guard unit or sector located within the 2
704-applicable tsunami inundation zone; 3
705-(4) designates an evacuation route to an assem-4
706-bly area located outside the tsunami inundation 5
707-zone; 6
708-(5) takes into consideration near-shore and dis-7
709-tant tsunami inundation of the property concerned; 8
710-(6) includes— 9
711-(A) maps of all applicable tsunami inunda-10
712-tion zones; 11
713-(B) evacuation routes and instructions for 12
714-all individuals located on the property con-13
715-cerned; 14
716-(C) procedures to begin evacuations as ex-15
717-peditiously as possible upon detection of a seis-16
718-mic or other tsunamigenic event; 17
719-(D) evacuation plans for Coast Guard avia-18
720-tion and afloat assets; and 19
721-(E)(i) routes for evacuation on foot from 20
722-any location within the property concerned; or 21
723-(ii) if an on-foot evacuation is not possible, 22
724-an assessment of whether there is a need for 23
725-vertical evacuation refuges that would allow 24
726-evacuation on foot; 25 23
727-†S 524 ES
728-(7) in the case of a property concerned that is 1
729-at risk for a near-shore tsunami, is able to be com-2
730-pletely executed within 15 minutes of detection of a 3
731-seismic event, or if complete execution is not possible 4
732-within 15 minutes, within a timeframe the Com-5
733-mandant considers reasonable to minimize the loss 6
734-of life; and 7
735-(8) not less frequently than annually, is— 8
736-(A) exercised by each Coast Guard unit 9
737-and sector located in the applicable tsunami in-10
738-undation zone; 11
739-(B) communicated through an annual in- 12
740-person training to Coast Guard personnel and 13
741-dependents located or living on the property 14
742-concerned; and 15
743-(C) evaluated by the relevant District 16
744-Commander for each Coast Guard unit and sec-17
745-tor located within the applicable tsunami inun-18
746-dation zone. 19
742+EQUIREMENTS.—In developing each prepared-6
743+ness plan under subsection (a), the Commandant shall en-7
744+sure that the plan— 8
745+(1) minimizes the loss of human life; 9
746+(2) maximizes the ability of the Coast Guard to 10
747+meet the mission of the Coast Guard; 11
748+(3) is included in the emergency action plan for 12
749+each Coast Guard unit or sector located within the 13
750+applicable tsunami inundation zone; 14
751+(4) designates an evacuation route to an assem-15
752+bly area located outside the tsunami inundation 16
753+zone; 17
754+(5) takes into consideration near-shore and dis-18
755+tant tsunami inundation of the property concerned; 19
756+(6) includes— 20
757+(A) maps of all applicable tsunami inunda-21
758+tion zones; 22
759+(B) evacuation routes and instructions for 23
760+all individuals located on the property con-24
761+cerned; 25
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765+(C) procedures to begin evacuations as ex-1
766+peditiously as possible upon detection of a seis-2
767+mic or other tsunamigenic event; 3
768+(D) evacuation plans for Coast Guard avia-4
769+tion and afloat assets; and 5
770+(E)(i) routes for evacuation on foot from 6
771+any location within the property concerned; or 7
772+(ii) if an on-foot evacuation is not possible, 8
773+an assessment of whether there is a need for 9
774+vertical evacuation refuges that would allow 10
775+evacuation on foot; 11
776+(7) in the case of a property concerned that is 12
777+at risk for a near-shore tsunami, is able to be com-13
778+pletely executed within 15 minutes of detection of a 14
779+seismic event, or if complete execution is not possible 15
780+within 15 minutes, within a timeframe the Com-16
781+mandant considers reasonable to minimize the loss 17
782+of life; and 18
783+(8) not less frequently than annually, is— 19
784+(A) exercised by each Coast Guard unit 20
785+and sector located in the applicable tsunami in-21
786+undation zone; 22
787+(B) communicated through an annual in- 23
788+person training to Coast Guard personnel and 24
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792+dependents located or living on the property 1
793+concerned; and 2
794+(C) evaluated by the relevant District 3
795+Commander for each Coast Guard unit and sec-4
796+tor located within the applicable tsunami inun-5
797+dation zone. 6
747798 (c) C
748-ONSULTATION.—In developing each prepared-20
749-ness plan under subsection (a), the Commandant shall 21
750-consult relevant State, Tribal, and local government enti-22
751-ties, including emergency management officials. 23
799+ONSULTATION.—In developing each prepared-7
800+ness plan under subsection (a), the Commandant shall 8
801+consult relevant State, Tribal, and local government enti-9
802+ties, including emergency management officials. 10
752803 (d) B
753-RIEFING.—Not later than 14 months after the 24
754-date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall pro-25 24
755-†S 524 ES
756-vide a briefing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 1
757-and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 2
758-Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-3
759-resentatives on each plan developed under subsection (a), 4
760-including the status of implementation and feasibility of 5
761-each such plan. 6
804+RIEFING.—Not later than 14 months after the 11
805+date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall pro-12
806+vide a briefing to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 13
807+and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 14
808+Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-15
809+resentatives on each plan developed under subsection (a), 16
810+including the status of implementation and feasibility of 17
811+each such plan. 18
762812 (e) D
763-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
813+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19
764814 (1) P
765-ROPERTY CONCERNED .—The term ‘‘prop-8
766-erty concerned’’ means any real property owned, op-9
767-erated, or leased by the Coast Guard within a tsu-10
768-nami inundation zone. 11
815+ROPERTY CONCERNED .—The term ‘‘prop-20
816+erty concerned’’ means any real property owned, op-21
817+erated, or leased by the Coast Guard within a tsu-22
818+nami inundation zone. 23
769819 (2) T
770-SUNAMIGENIC EVENT .—The term 12
771-‘‘tsunamigenic event’’ means any event, such as an 13
772-earthquake, volcanic eruption, submarine landslide, 14
773-coastal rockfall, or other event, with the magnitude 15
774-to cause a tsunami. 16
820+SUNAMIGENIC EVENT .—The term 24
821+‘‘tsunamigenic event’’ means any event, such as an 25
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825+earthquake, volcanic eruption, submarine landslide, 1
826+coastal rockfall, or other event, with the magnitude 2
827+to cause a tsunami. 3
775828 (3) V
776-ERTICAL EVACUATION REFUGE .—The 17
777-term ‘‘vertical evacuation refuge’’ means a structure 18
778-or earthen mound designated as a place of refuge in 19
779-the event of a tsunami, with sufficient height to ele-20
780-vate evacuees above the tsunami inundation depth, 21
781-designed and constructed to resist tsunami load ef-22
782-fects. 23 25
783-†S 524 ES
784-SEC. 133. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION. 1
829+ERTICAL EVACUATION REFUGE .—The 4
830+term ‘‘vertical evacuation refuge’’ means a structure 5
831+or earthen mound designated as a place of refuge in 6
832+the event of a tsunami, with sufficient height to ele-7
833+vate evacuees above the tsunami inundation depth, 8
834+designed and constructed to resist tsunami load ef-9
835+fects. 10
836+SEC. 133. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION. 11
785837 (a) I
786-NGENERAL.—Section 11269 of the Don Young 2
787-Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117– 3
788-263) is— 4
789-(1) transferred to appear at the end of sub-5
790-chapter II of chapter 5 of title 14, United States 6
791-Code; 7
792-(2) redesignated as section 529; and 8
793-(3) amended— 9
794-(A) by striking the section enumerator and 10
795-heading and inserting the following: 11
796-‘‘§ 529. Public availability of information’’; 12
797-(B) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and in-13
798-serting the following: 14
838+NGENERAL.—Section 11269 of the Don Young 12
839+Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117– 13
840+263) is— 14
841+(1) transferred to appear at the end of sub-15
842+chapter II of chapter 5 of title 14, United States 16
843+Code; 17
844+(2) redesignated as section 529; and 18
845+(3) amended— 19
846+(A) by striking the section enumerator and 20
847+heading and inserting the following: 21
848+‘‘§ 529. Public availability of information’’; 22
849+(B) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and in-23
850+serting the following: 24
799851 ‘‘(a) I
800-NGENERAL.—Not later than’’; 15
801-(C) by striking ‘‘the number of migrant’’ 16
802-and inserting ‘‘the number of drug and per-17
803-son’’; and 18
804-(D) by adding at the end the following: 19
852+NGENERAL.—Not later than’’; 25
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856+(C) by striking ‘‘the number of migrant’’ 1
857+and inserting ‘‘the number of drug and per-2
858+son’’; and 3
859+(D) by adding at the end the following: 4
805860 ‘‘(b) C
806-ONTENTS.—In making information about 20
807-interdictions publicly available under subsection (a), the 21
808-Commandant shall include a description of the following: 22
809-‘‘(1) The number of incidents in which drugs 23
810-were interdicted, the amount and type of drugs 24
811-interdicted, and the Coast Guard sectors and geo-25 26
812-†S 524 ES
813-graphic areas of responsibility in which such inci-1
814-dents occurred. 2
815-‘‘(2) The number of incidents in which persons 3
816-were interdicted, the number of persons interdicted, 4
817-the number of those persons who were unaccom-5
818-panied minors, and the Coast Guard sectors and ge-6
819-ographic areas of responsibility in which such inci-7
820-dents occurred. 8
861+ONTENTS.—In making information about 5
862+interdictions publicly available under subsection (a), the 6
863+Commandant shall include a description of the following: 7
864+‘‘(1) The number of incidents in which drugs 8
865+were interdicted, the amount and type of drugs 9
866+interdicted, and the Coast Guard sectors and geo-10
867+graphic areas of responsibility in which such inci-11
868+dents occurred. 12
869+‘‘(2) The number of incidents in which persons 13
870+were interdicted, the number of persons interdicted, 14
871+the number of those persons who were unaccom-15
872+panied minors, and the Coast Guard sectors and ge-16
873+ographic areas of responsibility in which such inci-17
874+dents occurred. 18
821875 ‘‘(c) R
822-ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this pro-9
823-vision shall be construed to require the Coast Guard to 10
824-collect the information described in subsection (b), and 11
825-nothing in this provision shall be construed to require the 12
826-Commandant to publicly release confidential, classified, 13
827-law enforcement sensitive, or otherwise protected informa-14
828-tion.’’. 15
829-(b) C
830-LERICALAMENDMENTS.— 16
831-(1) The analysis for chapter 5 of title 14, 17
832-United States Code, is amended by inserting after 18
833-the item relating to section 528 the following: 19
876+ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this pro-19
877+vision shall be construed to require the Coast Guard to 20
878+collect the information described in subsection (b), and 21
879+nothing in this provision shall be construed to require the 22
880+Commandant to publicly release confidential, classified, 23
881+law enforcement sensitive, or otherwise protected informa-24
882+tion.’’. 25
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886+(b) CLERICALAMENDMENTS.— 1
887+(1) The analysis for chapter 5 of title 14, 2
888+United States Code, is amended by inserting after 3
889+the item relating to section 528 the following: 4
834890 ‘‘529. Public availability of information on monthly drug and migrant interdic-
835891 tions.’’.
836-(2) The table of sections in section 11001(b) of 20
837-the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 21
838-2022 (division K of Public Law 117–263) is amend-22
839-ed by striking the item relating to section 11269. 23 27
840-†S 524 ES
841-SEC. 134. DELEGATION OF PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY 1
842-AUTHORITIES IN SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY. 2
892+(2) The table of sections in section 11001(b) of 5
893+the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 6
894+2022 (division K of Public Law 117–263) is amend-7
895+ed by striking the item relating to section 11269. 8
896+SEC. 134. DELEGATION OF PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY 9
897+AUTHORITIES IN SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY. 10
843898 (a) I
844-NGENERAL.—Section 70032 of title 46, United 3
845-States Code, is amended to read as follows: 4
846-‘‘§ 70032. Delegation of ports and waterways authori-5
847-ties in Saint Lawrence Seaway 6
899+NGENERAL.—Section 70032 of title 46, United 11
900+States Code, is amended to read as follows: 12
901+‘‘§ 70032. Delegation of ports and waterways authori-13
902+ties in Saint Lawrence Seaway 14
848903 ‘‘(a) I
849-NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 7
850-(b), the authority granted to the Secretary under sections 8
851-70001, 70002, 70003, 70004, and 70011 may not be dele-9
852-gated with respect to the Saint Lawrence Seaway to any 10
853-agency other than the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway 11
854-Development Corporation. Any other authority granted 12
855-the Secretary under subchapters I through III and this 13
856-subchapter shall be delegated by the Secretary to the 14
857-Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-15
858-tion to the extent the Secretary determines such delega-16
859-tion is necessary for the proper operation of the Saint 17
860-Lawrence Seaway. 18
904+NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 15
905+(b), the authority granted to the Secretary under sections 16
906+70001, 70002, 70003, 70004, and 70011 may not be dele-17
907+gated with respect to the Saint Lawrence Seaway to any 18
908+agency other than the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway 19
909+Development Corporation. Any other authority granted 20
910+the Secretary under subchapters I through III and this 21
911+subchapter shall be delegated by the Secretary to the 22
912+Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-23
913+tion to the extent the Secretary determines such delega-24
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917+tion is necessary for the proper operation of the Saint 1
918+Lawrence Seaway. 2
861919 ‘‘(b) E
862-XCEPTION.—The Secretary of the department 19
863-in which the Coast Guard is operating, after consultation 20
864-with the Secretary or the head of an agency to which the 21
865-Secretary has delegated the authorities in subsection (a), 22
866-may— 23
867-‘‘(1) issue and enforce special orders in accord-24
868-ance with section 70002; 25 28
869-†S 524 ES
870-‘‘(2) establish water or waterfront safety zones, 1
871-or other measures, for limited, controlled, or condi-2
872-tional access and activity when necessary for the 3
873-protection of any vessel structure, waters, or shore 4
874-area, as permitted in section 70011(b)(3); and 5
875-‘‘(3) take actions for port, harbor, and coastal 6
876-facility security in accordance with section 70116.’’. 7
920+XCEPTION.—The Secretary of the department 3
921+in which the Coast Guard is operating, after consultation 4
922+with the Secretary or the head of an agency to which the 5
923+Secretary has delegated the authorities in subsection (a), 6
924+may— 7
925+‘‘(1) issue and enforce special orders in accord-8
926+ance with section 70002; 9
927+‘‘(2) establish water or waterfront safety zones, 10
928+or other measures, for limited, controlled, or condi-11
929+tional access and activity when necessary for the 12
930+protection of any vessel structure, waters, or shore 13
931+area, as permitted in section 70011(b)(3); and 14
932+‘‘(3) take actions for port, harbor, and coastal 15
933+facility security in accordance with section 70116.’’. 16
877934 (b) C
878-LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-8
879-ter 700 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 9
880-striking the item relating to section 70032 and inserting 10
881-the following: 11
935+LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-17
936+ter 700 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 18
937+striking the item relating to section 70032 and inserting 19
938+the following: 20
882939 ‘‘70032. Delegation of ports and waterways authorities in Saint Lawrence Sea-
883940 way.’’.
884-SEC. 135. ADDITIONAL PRIBILOF ISLAND TRANSITION COM-
885-12
886-PLETION ACTIONS. 13
887-Section 11221 of the Don Young Coast Guard Au-14
888-thorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–263) is amended 15
889-by adding at the end the following: 16
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944+SEC. 135. ADDITIONAL PRIBILOF ISLAND TRANSITION COM-1
945+PLETION ACTIONS. 2
946+Section 11221 of the Don Young Coast Guard Au-3
947+thorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–263) is amended 4
948+by adding at the end the following: 5
890949 ‘‘(e) A
891-DDITIONALREPORTS ONSTATUS OFUSE OF 17
950+DDITIONALREPORTS ONSTATUS OFUSE OF 6
892951 F
893-ACILITIES ANDHELICOPTERBASING.—Beginning with 18
894-the first quarterly report required under subsection (a) 19
895-submitted after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard 20
896-Authorization Act of 2025, the Secretary shall include in 21
897-each such report— 22
898-‘‘(1) the status of the use of recently renovated 23
899-Coast Guard housing facilities, food preparation fa-24 29
900-†S 524 ES
901-cilities, and maintenance and repair facilities on St. 1
902-Paul Island, Alaska, including a projected date for 2
903-full use and occupancy of such facilities in support 3
904-of Coast Guard missions in the Bering Sea; and 4
905-‘‘(2) a detailed plan for the acquisition and con-5
906-struction of a hangar in close proximity to existing 6
907-St. Paul airport facilities for the prosecution of 7
908-Coast Guard operational missions, including plans 8
909-for the use of land needed for such hangar.’’. 9
910-SEC. 136. POLICY AND BRIEFING ON AVAILABILITY OF 10
911-NALOXONE TO TREAT OPIOID, INCLUDING 11
912-FENTANYL, OVERDOSES. 12
952+ACILITIES ANDHELICOPTERBASING.—Beginning with 7
953+the first quarterly report required under subsection (a) 8
954+submitted after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard 9
955+Authorization Act of 2025, the Secretary shall include in 10
956+each such report— 11
957+‘‘(1) the status of the use of recently renovated 12
958+Coast Guard housing facilities, food preparation fa-13
959+cilities, and maintenance and repair facilities on St. 14
960+Paul Island, Alaska, including a projected date for 15
961+full use and occupancy of such facilities in support 16
962+of Coast Guard missions in the Bering Sea; and 17
963+‘‘(2) a detailed plan for the acquisition and con-18
964+struction of a hangar in close proximity to existing 19
965+St. Paul airport facilities for the prosecution of 20
966+Coast Guard operational missions, including plans 21
967+for the use of land needed for such hangar.’’. 22
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971+SEC. 136. POLICY AND BRIEFING ON AVAILABILITY OF 1
972+NALOXONE TO TREAT OPIOID, INCLUDING 2
973+FENTANYL, OVERDOSES. 3
913974 (a) P
914-OLICY.—Not later than 1 year after the date 13
915-of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall update 14
916-the policy of the Coast Guard regarding the use, at Coast 15
917-Guard facilities, onboard Coast Guard assets, and during 16
918-Coast Guard operations, of medication to treat drug 17
919-overdoses, including the use of naloxone or other similar 18
920-medication to treat opioid, including fentanyl, overdoses. 19
975+OLICY.—Not later than 1 year after the date 4
976+of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall update 5
977+the policy of the Coast Guard regarding the use, at Coast 6
978+Guard facilities, onboard Coast Guard assets, and during 7
979+Coast Guard operations, of medication to treat drug 8
980+overdoses, including the use of naloxone or other similar 9
981+medication to treat opioid, including fentanyl, overdoses. 10
921982 (b) A
922-VAILABILITY.—The updated policy required 20
923-under subsection (a) shall require naloxone or other simi-21
924-lar medication be available— 22
925-(1) at each Coast Guard clinic; 23
926-(2) at each independently located Coast Guard 24
927-unit; 25 30
928-†S 524 ES
929-(3) onboard each Coast Guard cutter; and 1
930-(4) for response to opioid, including fentanyl, 2
931-overdoses at other appropriate Coast Guard installa-3
932-tions and facilities and onboard other Coast Guard 4
933-assets. 5
983+VAILABILITY.—The updated policy required 11
984+under subsection (a) shall require naloxone or other simi-12
985+lar medication be available— 13
986+(1) at each Coast Guard clinic; 14
987+(2) at each independently located Coast Guard 15
988+unit; 16
989+(3) onboard each Coast Guard cutter; and 17
990+(4) for response to opioid, including fentanyl, 18
991+overdoses at other appropriate Coast Guard installa-19
992+tions and facilities and onboard other Coast Guard 20
993+assets. 21
934994 (c) P
935-ARTICIPATION IN TRACKINGSYSTEM.—Not 6
936-later than 1 year after the earlier of the date of enactment 7
937-of this Act or the date on which the tracking system estab-8
938-lished under section 706 of the National Defense Author-9
939-ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (10 U.S.C. 1090 note) 10
940-is established, the Commandant shall ensure the participa-11
941-tion of the Coast Guard in the such tracking system. 12
995+ARTICIPATION IN TRACKINGSYSTEM.—Not 22
996+later than 1 year after the earlier of the date of enactment 23
997+of this Act or the date on which the tracking system estab-24
998+lished under section 706 of the National Defense Author-25
999+ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (10 U.S.C. 1090 note) 26
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1003+is established, the Commandant shall ensure the participa-1
1004+tion of the Coast Guard in the such tracking system. 2
9421005 (d) M
943-EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not later 13
944-than 1 year after the earlier of the date of enactment of 14
945-this Act or the date on which the tracking system estab-15
946-lished under section 706 of the National Defense Author-16
947-ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (10 U.S.C. 1090 note) 17
948-is established, the Secretary of the department in which 18
949-the Coast Guard is operating when not operating as a 19
950-service in the Navy and the Secretary of Defense shall fi-20
951-nalize a memorandum of understanding to facilitate Coast 21
952-Guard access such tracking system. 22
1006+EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not later 3
1007+than 1 year after the earlier of the date of enactment of 4
1008+this Act or the date on which the tracking system estab-5
1009+lished under section 706 of the National Defense Author-6
1010+ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (10 U.S.C. 1090 note) 7
1011+is established, the Secretary of the department in which 8
1012+the Coast Guard is operating when not operating as a 9
1013+service in the Navy and the Secretary of Defense shall fi-10
1014+nalize a memorandum of understanding to facilitate Coast 11
1015+Guard access such tracking system. 12
9531016 (e) B
954-RIEFING.— 23
1017+RIEFING.— 13
9551018 (1) I
956-N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 24
957-the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 25 31
958-†S 524 ES
959-shall provide the Committee on Commerce, Science, 1
960-and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-2
961-mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 3
962-House of Representatives a briefing on the use, by 4
963-members and personnel of the Coast Guard at Coast 5
964-Guard facilities, onboard Coast Guard assets, and 6
965-during Coast Guard operations, of— 7
966-(A) naloxone or other similar medication to 8
967-treat opioid, including fentanyl, overdoses; and 9
968-(B) opioids, including fentanyl. 10
1019+N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 14
1020+the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 15
1021+shall provide the Committee on Commerce, Science, 16
1022+and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-17
1023+mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 18
1024+House of Representatives a briefing on the use, by 19
1025+members and personnel of the Coast Guard at Coast 20
1026+Guard facilities, onboard Coast Guard assets, and 21
1027+during Coast Guard operations, of— 22
1028+(A) naloxone or other similar medication to 23
1029+treat opioid, including fentanyl, overdoses; and 24
1030+(B) opioids, including fentanyl. 25
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1034+(2) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required under 1
1035+paragraph (1) shall include the following: 2
1036+(A) A description of— 3
1037+(i) the progress made in the imple-4
1038+mentation of the updated policy required 5
1039+under subsection (a); 6
1040+(ii) the prevalence and incidence of 7
1041+the illegal use of fentanyl and other con-8
1042+trolled substances in the Coast Guard dur-9
1043+ing the 5-year period preceding the brief-10
1044+ing; 11
1045+(iii) processes of the Coast Guard to 12
1046+mitigate substance abuse in the Coast 13
1047+Guard, particularly with respect to 14
1048+fentanyl; and 15
1049+(iv) the status of the memorandum of 16
1050+understanding required under subsection 17
1051+(d). 18
1052+(B) For the 5-year period preceding the 19
1053+briefing, a review of instances in which 20
1054+naloxone or other similar medication was used 21
1055+to treat opioid, including fentanyl, overdoses at 22
1056+a Coast Guard facility, onboard a Coast Guard 23
1057+asset, or during a Coast Guard operation. 24
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1061+(f) PRIVACY.—In carrying out the requirements of 1
1062+this section, the Commandant shall ensure compliance 2
1063+with all applicable privacy law, including section 552a of 3
1064+title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 4
1065+‘‘Privacy Act’’), and the privacy regulations promulgated 5
1066+under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability 6
1067+and Accountability Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 note). 7
1068+(g) R
1069+ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of the 8
1070+availability requirement under subsection (b), with respect 9
1071+to a Coast Guard installation comprised of multiple Coast 10
1072+Guard facilities or units, naloxone or other similar medica-11
1073+tion available at a single Coast Guard facility within the 12
1074+installation shall be considered to be available to all Coast 13
1075+Guard facilities or units on the installation if appropriate 14
1076+arrangements are in place to ensure access, at all times 15
1077+during operations, to the naloxone or other similar medica-16
1078+tion contained within such single Coast Guard facility. 17
1079+SEC. 137. GREAT LAKES AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER CO-18
1080+OPERATIVE VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE. 19
1081+Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 20
1082+of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the 21
1083+Coast Guard is operating shall issue or amend regulations 22
1084+to address any applicable arrangements with the Canadian 23
1085+Coast Guard regarding vessel traffic services cooperation 24
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1089+and vessel traffic management data exchanges within the 1
1090+Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes. 2
1091+SEC. 138. POLICY ON METHODS TO REDUCE INCENTIVES 3
1092+FOR ILLICIT MARITIME DRUG TRAFFICKING. 4
1093+(a) I
1094+NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 5
1095+date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in 6
1096+consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforce-7
1097+ment Administration, the Secretary of State, and the Sec-8
1098+retary of Defense, shall develop a policy, consistent with 9
1099+the Constitution of the United States, as well as domestic 10
1100+and international law, to address, disincentivize, and inter-11
1101+dict illicit trafficking by sea of controlled substances (and 12
1102+precursors of controlled substances) being transported to 13
1103+produce illicit synthetic drugs. 14
1104+(b) E
1105+LEMENTS.—The policy required under sub-15
1106+section (a) shall— 16
1107+(1) include a requirement that, to the maximum 17
1108+extent practicable, a vessel unlawfully transporting a 18
1109+controlled substance or precursors of a controlled 19
1110+substance being transported to produce illicit syn-20
1111+thetic drugs, be seized or appropriately disposed of 21
1112+consistent with domestic and international law, as 22
1113+well as any international agreements to which the 23
1114+United States is a party; and 24
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1118+(2) aim to reduce incentives for illicit maritime 1
1119+drug trafficking on a global scale, including in the 2
1120+Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Indo-Pacific region, the 3
1121+Caribbean, and the Middle East. 4
1122+(c) B
1123+RIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after the date 5
1124+of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall brief 6
1125+the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-7
1126+tation, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-8
1127+mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 9
1128+of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 10
1129+Infrastructure, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 11
1130+Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-12
1131+resentatives on— 13
1132+(1) the policy developed pursuant to subsection 14
1133+(a); and 15
1134+(2) recommendations with respect to— 16
1135+(A) additional methods for reducing illicit 17
1136+drug trafficking; and 18
1137+(B) additional resources necessary to im-19
1138+plement the policy required under subsection 20
1139+(a) and methods recommended under subpara-21
1140+graph (A). 22
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1144+SEC. 139. PROCUREMENT OF TACTICAL MARITIME SUR-1
1145+VEILLANCE SYSTEMS. 2
1146+(a) I
1147+NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 3
1148+(b)(2), subject to the availability of appropriations and if 4
1149+the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that there 5
1150+is a need, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall— 6
1151+(1) procure a tactical maritime surveillance sys-7
1152+tem, or similar technology, for use by the Coast 8
1153+Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 9
1154+the areas of operation of— 10
1155+(A) Coast Guard Sector San Diego in Cali-11
1156+fornia; 12
1157+(B) Coast Guard Sector San Juan in Puer-13
1158+to Rico; and 14
1159+(C) Coast Guard Sector Key West in Flor-15
1160+ida; and 16
1161+(2) for purposes of data integration and land- 17
1162+based data access, procure for each area of oper-18
1163+ation described in paragraph (1) and for Coast 19
1164+Guard Station South Padre Island a land-based 20
1165+maritime domain awareness system capable of shar-21
1166+ing data with the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs 22
1167+and Border Protection— 23
1168+(A) to operate in conjunction with— 24
1169+(i) the system procured under section 25
1170+11266 of the James M. Inhofe National 26
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1174+Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1
1175+2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2
1176+4063) for Coast Guard Station South 3
1177+Padre Island; and 4
1178+(ii) the tactical maritime surveillance 5
1179+system procured for each area of operation 6
1180+under paragraph (1); and 7
1181+(B) to be installed in the order in which 8
1182+the systems described in subparagraph (A) are 9
1183+installed. 10
1184+(b) S
1185+TUDY; LIMITATION.— 11
1186+(1) S
1187+TUDY REQUIRED.—Prior to the procure-12
1188+ment or operation of a tactical maritime surveillance 13
1189+system, or similar technology, that is deployed from 14
1190+a property owned by the Department of Defense, the 15
1191+Secretary of Homeland Security shall complete a 16
1192+study, in coordination with Secretary of Defense, 17
1193+analyzing the potential impacts to the national secu-18
1194+rity of the United States of such operation. 19
1195+(2) L
1196+IMITATION.—If it is determined by the 20
1197+Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary 21
1198+of Defense through the study required under para-22
1199+graph (1) that the placement or installation of a sys-23
1200+tem described in subsection (a) negatively impacts 24
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1204+the national security of the United States, such sys-1
1205+tem shall not be procured or installed. 2
1206+SEC. 140. PLAN FOR JOINT AND INTEGRATED MARITIME 3
1207+OPERATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING 4
1208+FOR UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AND TAI-5
1209+WAN COAST GUARD ADMINISTRATION. 6
1210+(a) P
1211+URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to re-7
1212+quire a plan to increase joint and integrated training op-8
1213+portunities for the United States Coast Guard and the 9
1214+Taiwan Coast Guard Administration. 10
1215+(b) P
1216+LAN.— 11
1217+(1) I
1218+N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 12
1219+after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-13
1220+mandant, in consultation with the Secretary of State 14
1221+and the Secretary of Defense, shall complete a plan 15
1222+to expand opportunities for additional joint and inte-16
1223+grated training activities for the United States Coast 17
1224+Guard and the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration. 18
9691225 (2) E
970-LEMENTS.—The briefing required under 11
971-paragraph (1) shall include the following: 12
972-(A) A description of— 13
973-(i) the progress made in the imple-14
974-mentation of the updated policy required 15
975-under subsection (a); 16
976-(ii) the prevalence and incidence of 17
977-the illegal use of fentanyl and other con-18
978-trolled substances in the Coast Guard dur-19
979-ing the 5-year period preceding the brief-20
980-ing; 21
981-(iii) processes of the Coast Guard to 22
982-mitigate substance abuse in the Coast 23
983-Guard, particularly with respect to 24
984-fentanyl; and 25 32
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986-(iv) the status of the memorandum of 1
987-understanding required under subsection 2
988-(d). 3
989-(B) For the 5-year period preceding the 4
990-briefing, a review of instances in which 5
991-naloxone or other similar medication was used 6
992-to treat opioid, including fentanyl, overdoses at 7
993-a Coast Guard facility, onboard a Coast Guard 8
994-asset, or during a Coast Guard operation. 9
995-(f) P
996-RIVACY.—In carrying out the requirements of 10
997-this section, the Commandant shall ensure compliance 11
998-with all applicable privacy law, including section 552a of 12
999-title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 13
1000-‘‘Privacy Act’’), and the privacy regulations promulgated 14
1001-under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability 15
1002-and Accountability Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 note). 16
1003-(g) R
1004-ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of the 17
1005-availability requirement under subsection (b), with respect 18
1006-to a Coast Guard installation comprised of multiple Coast 19
1007-Guard facilities or units, naloxone or other similar medica-20
1008-tion available at a single Coast Guard facility within the 21
1009-installation shall be considered to be available to all Coast 22
1010-Guard facilities or units on the installation if appropriate 23
1011-arrangements are in place to ensure access, at all times 24 33
1012-†S 524 ES
1013-during operations, to the naloxone or other similar medica-1
1014-tion contained within such single Coast Guard facility. 2
1015-SEC. 137. GREAT LAKES AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER CO-3
1016-OPERATIVE VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE. 4
1017-Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 5
1018-of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the 6
1019-Coast Guard is operating shall issue or amend regulations 7
1020-to address any applicable arrangements with the Canadian 8
1021-Coast Guard regarding vessel traffic services cooperation 9
1022-and vessel traffic management data exchanges within the 10
1023-Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes. 11
1024-SEC. 138. POLICY ON METHODS TO REDUCE INCENTIVES 12
1025-FOR ILLICIT MARITIME DRUG TRAFFICKING. 13
1226+LEMENTS.—The plan required by para-19
1227+graph (1) shall include the following: 20
1228+(A) The estimated costs for fiscal years 21
1229+2024 through 2029— 22
1230+(i) to deploy United States Coast 23
1231+Guard mobile training teams to Taiwan to 24
1232+meaningfully enhance the maritime secu-25
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1236+rity, law enforcement, and deterrence capa-1
1237+bilities of Taiwan; and 2
1238+(ii) to accommodate the participation 3
1239+of an increased number of members of the 4
1240+Taiwan Coast Guard Administration in 5
1241+United States Coast Guard-led maritime 6
1242+training courses, including associated 7
1243+training costs for such members, such as 8
1244+costs for lodging, meals and incidental ex-9
1245+penses, travel, training of personnel, and 10
1246+instructional materials. 11
1247+(B) A strategy for increasing the number 12
1248+of seats, as practicable, for members of the Tai-13
1249+wan Coast Guard Administration at each of the 14
1250+following United States Coast Guard training 15
1251+courses: 16
1252+(i) The International Maritime Offi-17
1253+cers Course. 18
1254+(ii) The International Leadership and 19
1255+Management Seminar. 20
1256+(iii) The International Crisis Com-21
1257+mand and Control Course. 22
1258+(iv) The International Maritime Do-23
1259+main Awareness School. 24
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1263+(v) The International Maritime 1
1264+Search and Rescue Planning School. 2
1265+(vi) The International Command Cen-3
1266+ter School. 4
1267+(C) An assessment of— 5
1268+(i) the degree to which integrated and 6
1269+joint United States Coast Guard and Tai-7
1270+wan Coast Guard Administration maritime 8
1271+training would assist in— 9
1272+(I) preventing, detecting, and 10
1273+suppressing illegal, unreported, and 11
1274+unregulated fishing operations in the 12
1275+South China Sea and surrounding 13
1276+waters; and 14
1277+(II) supporting counter-illicit 15
1278+drug trafficking operations in the 16
1279+South China Sea and surrounding 17
1280+waters; and 18
1281+(ii) whether the frequency of United 19
1282+States Coast Guard training team visits to 20
1283+Taiwan should be increased to enhance the 21
1284+maritime security, law enforcement, and 22
1285+deterrence capabilities of Taiwan. 23
1286+(3) B
1287+RIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after 24
1288+the date on which the plan required under para-25
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1292+graph (1) is completed, the Commandant shall pro-1
1293+vide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 2
1294+Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Rela-3
1295+tions of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-4
1296+tation and Infrastructure and the Committee on 5
1297+Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a 6
1298+briefing on the contents of the plan. 7
1299+SEC. 141. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR SPECIAL 8
1300+PURPOSE FACILITIES. 9
1301+Section 907 of title 14, United States Code, is 10
1302+amended— 11
1303+(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence— 12
1304+(A) by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and inserting 13
1305+‘‘30 years’’; 14
1306+(B) by striking ‘‘or National’’ and insert-15
1307+ing ‘‘National’’; and 16
1308+(C) by inserting before the period ‘‘, med-17
1309+ical facilities, Coast Guard child development 18
1310+centers (as such term is defined in section 19
1311+2921), and training facilities, including small 20
1312+arms firing ranges’’; and 21
1313+(2) in subsection (b)— 22
1314+(A) by striking the period and inserting a 23
1315+semicolon; 24
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1319+(B) by striking ‘‘means any facilities’’ and 1
1320+inserting ‘‘means— 2
1321+‘‘(1) any facilities’’; and 3
1322+(C) by adding at the end the following: 4
1323+‘‘(2) medical facilities; 5
1324+‘‘(3) Coast Guard child development centers (as 6
1325+such term is defined in section 2921); and 7
1326+‘‘(4) training facilities, including small arms fir-8
1327+ing ranges.’’. 9
1328+SEC. 142. TIMELY REIMBURSEMENT OF DAMAGE CLAIMS 10
1329+FOR COAST GUARD PROPERTY. 11
1330+Section 546 of title 14, United States Code, is 12
1331+amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘and the 13
1332+amounts collected shall be available until expended’’ after 14
1333+‘‘special deposit account’’. 15
1334+SEC. 143. ENHANCED USE PROPERTY PILOT PROGRAM. 16
1335+Section 504 of title 14, United States Code, is 17
1336+amended— 18
1337+(1) in subsection (a)(13) by striking ‘‘five 19
1338+years’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years’’; and 20
1339+(2) by adding at the end the following: 21
1340+‘‘(g) A
1341+DDITIONALPROVISIONS.— 22
1342+‘‘(1) I
1343+N GENERAL.—Amounts received under 23
1344+subsection (a)(13) shall be— 24
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1348+‘‘(A) in addition to amounts otherwise 1
1349+available for the activities described in sub-2
1350+section (a)(13) for any fiscal year; and 3
1351+‘‘(B) available, without further appropria-4
1352+tion, until expended. 5
1353+‘‘(2) C
1354+ONSIDERATION.— 6
1355+‘‘(A) I
1356+N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 7
1357+subparagraph (B), a person or entity entering 8
1358+into a contractual agreement under this section 9
1359+shall provide consideration for the contractual 10
1360+agreement at fair market value, as determined 11
1361+by the Commandant. 12
1362+‘‘(B) E
1363+XCEPTION.—In the case of a con-13
1364+tractual agreement under this section between 14
1365+the Coast Guard and any other Federal depart-15
1366+ment or agency, the Federal department or 16
1367+agency concerned shall provide consideration for 17
1368+the contractual agreement that is equal to the 18
1369+full cost borne by the Coast Guard in connec-19
1370+tion with completing such contractual agree-20
1371+ment. 21
1372+‘‘(C) F
1373+ORMS.—Consideration under this 22
1374+subsection may take any of the following forms: 23
1375+‘‘(i) The payment of cash. 24
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1379+‘‘(ii) The maintenance, construction, 1
1380+modification, or improvement of existing or 2
1381+new facilities on real property under the 3
1382+jurisdiction of the Commandant. 4
1383+‘‘(iii) The use by the Coast Guard of 5
1384+facilities on the property concerned. 6
1385+‘‘(iv) The provision of services, includ-7
1386+ing parking, telecommunications, and envi-8
1387+ronmental remediation and restoration of 9
1388+real property under the jurisdiction of the 10
1389+Commandant. 11
1390+‘‘(v) Any other consideration the Com-12
1391+mandant considers appropriate. 13
1392+‘‘(vi) A combination of any forms de-14
1393+scribed in this subparagraph. 15
1394+‘‘(3) S
1395+UNSET.—The authority under paragraph 16
1396+(13) of subsection (a) shall expire on December 31, 17
1397+2030. The expiration under this paragraph of au-18
1398+thority under paragraph (13) of subsection (a) shall 19
1399+not affect the validity or term of contractual agree-20
1400+ments under such paragraph or the retention by the 21
1401+Commandant of proceeds from such agreements en-22
1402+tered into under such subsection before the expira-23
1403+tion of the authority.’’. 24
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1407+SEC. 144. COAST GUARD PROPERTY PROVISION. 1
10261408 (a) I
1027-NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 14
1028-date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in 15
1029-consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforce-16
1030-ment Administration, the Secretary of State, and the Sec-17
1031-retary of Defense, shall develop a policy, consistent with 18
1032-the Constitution of the United States, as well as domestic 19
1033-and international law, to address, disincentivize, and inter-20
1034-dict illicit trafficking by sea of controlled substances (and 21
1035-precursors of controlled substances) being transported to 22
1036-produce illicit synthetic drugs. 23
1037-(b) E
1038-LEMENTS.—The policy required under sub-24
1039-section (a) shall— 25 34
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1041-(1) include a requirement that, to the maximum 1
1042-extent practicable, a vessel unlawfully transporting a 2
1043-controlled substance or precursors of a controlled 3
1044-substance being transported to produce illicit syn-4
1045-thetic drugs, be seized or appropriately disposed of 5
1046-consistent with domestic and international law, as 6
1047-well as any international agreements to which the 7
1048-United States is a party; and 8
1049-(2) aim to reduce incentives for illicit maritime 9
1050-drug trafficking on a global scale, including in the 10
1051-Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Indo-Pacific region, the 11
1052-Caribbean, and the Middle East. 12
1053-(c) B
1054-RIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after the date 13
1055-of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall brief 14
1056-the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-15
1057-tation, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-16
1058-mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 17
1059-of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 18
1060-Infrastructure, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 19
1061-Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-20
1062-resentatives on— 21
1063-(1) the policy developed pursuant to subsection 22
1064-(a); and 23
1065-(2) recommendations with respect to— 24 35
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1067-(A) additional methods for reducing illicit 1
1068-drug trafficking; and 2
1069-(B) additional resources necessary to im-3
1070-plement the policy required under subsection 4
1071-(a) and methods recommended under subpara-5
1072-graph (A). 6
1073-SEC. 139. PROCUREMENT OF TACTICAL MARITIME SUR-7
1074-VEILLANCE SYSTEMS. 8
1075-(a) I
1076-NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 9
1077-(b)(2), subject to the availability of appropriations and if 10
1078-the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that there 11
1079-is a need, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall— 12
1080-(1) procure a tactical maritime surveillance sys-13
1081-tem, or similar technology, for use by the Coast 14
1082-Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 15
1083-the areas of operation of— 16
1084-(A) Coast Guard Sector San Diego in Cali-17
1085-fornia; 18
1086-(B) Coast Guard Sector San Juan in Puer-19
1087-to Rico; and 20
1088-(C) Coast Guard Sector Key West in Flor-21
1089-ida; and 22
1090-(2) for purposes of data integration and land- 23
1091-based data access, procure for each area of oper-24
1092-ation described in paragraph (1) and for Coast 25 36
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1094-Guard Station South Padre Island a land-based 1
1095-maritime domain awareness system capable of shar-2
1096-ing data with the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs 3
1097-and Border Protection— 4
1098-(A) to operate in conjunction with— 5
1099-(i) the system procured under section 6
1100-11266 of the James M. Inhofe National 7
1101-Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 8
1102-2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 9
1103-4063) for Coast Guard Station South 10
1104-Padre Island; and 11
1105-(ii) the tactical maritime surveillance 12
1106-system procured for each area of operation 13
1107-under paragraph (1); and 14
1108-(B) to be installed in the order in which 15
1109-the systems described in subparagraph (A) are 16
1110-installed. 17
1111-(b) S
1112-TUDY; LIMITATION.— 18
1113-(1) S
1114-TUDY REQUIRED.—Prior to the procure-19
1115-ment or operation of a tactical maritime surveillance 20
1116-system, or similar technology, that is deployed from 21
1117-a property owned by the Department of Defense, the 22
1118-Secretary of Homeland Security shall complete a 23
1119-study, in coordination with Secretary of Defense, 24 37
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1121-analyzing the potential impacts to the national secu-1
1122-rity of the United States of such operation. 2
1123-(2) L
1124-IMITATION.—If it is determined by the 3
1125-Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary 4
1126-of Defense through the study required under para-5
1127-graph (1) that the placement or installation of a sys-6
1128-tem described in subsection (a) negatively impacts 7
1129-the national security of the United States, such sys-8
1130-tem shall not be procured or installed. 9
1131-SEC. 140. PLAN FOR JOINT AND INTEGRATED MARITIME 10
1132-OPERATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING 11
1133-FOR UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AND TAI-12
1134-WAN COAST GUARD ADMINISTRATION. 13
1135-(a) P
1136-URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to re-14
1137-quire a plan to increase joint and integrated training op-15
1138-portunities for the United States Coast Guard and the 16
1139-Taiwan Coast Guard Administration. 17
1140-(b) P
1141-LAN.— 18
1142-(1) I
1143-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 19
1144-after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-20
1145-mandant, in consultation with the Secretary of State 21
1146-and the Secretary of Defense, shall complete a plan 22
1147-to expand opportunities for additional joint and inte-23
1148-grated training activities for the United States Coast 24
1149-Guard and the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration. 25 38
1150-†S 524 ES
1151-(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-1
1152-graph (1) shall include the following: 2
1153-(A) The estimated costs for fiscal years 3
1154-2024 through 2029— 4
1155-(i) to deploy United States Coast 5
1156-Guard mobile training teams to Taiwan to 6
1157-meaningfully enhance the maritime secu-7
1158-rity, law enforcement, and deterrence capa-8
1159-bilities of Taiwan; and 9
1160-(ii) to accommodate the participation 10
1161-of an increased number of members of the 11
1162-Taiwan Coast Guard Administration in 12
1163-United States Coast Guard-led maritime 13
1164-training courses, including associated 14
1165-training costs for such members, such as 15
1166-costs for lodging, meals and incidental ex-16
1167-penses, travel, training of personnel, and 17
1168-instructional materials. 18
1169-(B) A strategy for increasing the number 19
1170-of seats, as practicable, for members of the Tai-20
1171-wan Coast Guard Administration at each of the 21
1172-following United States Coast Guard training 22
1173-courses: 23
1174-(i) The International Maritime Offi-24
1175-cers Course. 25 39
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1177-(ii) The International Leadership and 1
1178-Management Seminar. 2
1179-(iii) The International Crisis Com-3
1180-mand and Control Course. 4
1181-(iv) The International Maritime Do-5
1182-main Awareness School. 6
1183-(v) The International Maritime 7
1184-Search and Rescue Planning School. 8
1185-(vi) The International Command Cen-9
1186-ter School. 10
1187-(C) An assessment of— 11
1188-(i) the degree to which integrated and 12
1189-joint United States Coast Guard and Tai-13
1190-wan Coast Guard Administration maritime 14
1191-training would assist in— 15
1192-(I) preventing, detecting, and 16
1193-suppressing illegal, unreported, and 17
1194-unregulated fishing operations in the 18
1195-South China Sea and surrounding 19
1196-waters; and 20
1197-(II) supporting counter-illicit 21
1198-drug trafficking operations in the 22
1199-South China Sea and surrounding 23
1200-waters; and 24 40
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1202-(ii) whether the frequency of United 1
1203-States Coast Guard training team visits to 2
1204-Taiwan should be increased to enhance the 3
1205-maritime security, law enforcement, and 4
1206-deterrence capabilities of Taiwan. 5
1207-(3) B
1208-RIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after 6
1209-the date on which the plan required under para-7
1210-graph (1) is completed, the Commandant shall pro-8
1211-vide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 9
1212-Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Rela-10
1213-tions of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-11
1214-tation and Infrastructure and the Committee on 12
1215-Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a 13
1216-briefing on the contents of the plan. 14
1217-SEC. 141. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR SPECIAL 15
1218-PURPOSE FACILITIES. 16
1219-Section 907 of title 14, United States Code, is 17
1220-amended— 18
1221-(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence— 19
1222-(A) by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and inserting 20
1223-‘‘30 years’’; 21
1224-(B) by striking ‘‘or National’’ and insert-22
1225-ing ‘‘National’’; and 23
1226-(C) by inserting before the period ‘‘, med-24
1227-ical facilities, Coast Guard child development 25 41
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1229-centers (as such term is defined in section 1
1230-2921), and training facilities, including small 2
1231-arms firing ranges’’; and 3
1232-(2) in subsection (b)— 4
1233-(A) by striking the period and inserting a 5
1234-semicolon; 6
1235-(B) by striking ‘‘means any facilities’’ and 7
1236-inserting ‘‘means— 8
1237-‘‘(1) any facilities’’; and 9
1238-(C) by adding at the end the following: 10
1239-‘‘(2) medical facilities; 11
1240-‘‘(3) Coast Guard child development centers (as 12
1241-such term is defined in section 2921); and 13
1242-‘‘(4) training facilities, including small arms fir-14
1243-ing ranges.’’. 15
1244-SEC. 142. TIMELY REIMBURSEMENT OF DAMAGE CLAIMS 16
1245-FOR COAST GUARD PROPERTY. 17
1246-Section 546 of title 14, United States Code, is 18
1247-amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘and the 19
1248-amounts collected shall be available until expended’’ after 20
1249-‘‘special deposit account’’. 21
1250-SEC. 143. ENHANCED USE PROPERTY PILOT PROGRAM. 22
1251-Section 504 of title 14, United States Code, is 23
1252-amended— 24 42
1253-†S 524 ES
1254-(1) in subsection (a)(13) by striking ‘‘five 1
1255-years’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years’’; and 2
1256-(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
1257-‘‘(g) A
1258-DDITIONALPROVISIONS.— 4
1259-‘‘(1) I
1260-N GENERAL.—Amounts received under 5
1261-subsection (a)(13) shall be— 6
1262-‘‘(A) in addition to amounts otherwise 7
1263-available for the activities described in sub-8
1264-section (a)(13) for any fiscal year; and 9
1265-‘‘(B) available, without further appropria-10
1266-tion, until expended. 11
1409+NGENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 14, United 2
1410+States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-3
1411+lowing: 4
1412+‘‘§ 722. Cooperation with eligible entities 5
1413+‘‘(a) D
1414+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
1415+‘‘(1) C
1416+OAST GUARD INSTALLATION .—The term 7
1417+‘Coast Guard installation’ means a base, unit, sta-8
1418+tion, yard, other property under the jurisdiction of 9
1419+the Commandant or, in the case of property in a for-10
1420+eign country, under the operational control of the 11
1421+Coast Guard, without regard to the duration of 12
1422+operational control. 13
12671423 ‘‘(2) C
1268-ONSIDERATION.— 12
1269-‘‘(A) I
1270-N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 13
1271-subparagraph (B), a person or entity entering 14
1272-into a contractual agreement under this section 15
1273-shall provide consideration for the contractual 16
1274-agreement at fair market value, as determined 17
1275-by the Commandant. 18
1276-‘‘(B) E
1277-XCEPTION.—In the case of a con-19
1278-tractual agreement under this section between 20
1279-the Coast Guard and any other Federal depart-21
1280-ment or agency, the Federal department or 22
1281-agency concerned shall provide consideration for 23
1282-the contractual agreement that is equal to the 24
1283-full cost borne by the Coast Guard in connec-25 43
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1285-tion with completing such contractual agree-1
1286-ment. 2
1287-‘‘(C) F
1288-ORMS.—Consideration under this 3
1289-subsection may take any of the following forms: 4
1290-‘‘(i) The payment of cash. 5
1291-‘‘(ii) The maintenance, construction, 6
1292-modification, or improvement of existing or 7
1293-new facilities on real property under the 8
1294-jurisdiction of the Commandant. 9
1295-‘‘(iii) The use by the Coast Guard of 10
1296-facilities on the property concerned. 11
1297-‘‘(iv) The provision of services, includ-12
1298-ing parking, telecommunications, and envi-13
1299-ronmental remediation and restoration of 14
1300-real property under the jurisdiction of the 15
1301-Commandant. 16
1302-‘‘(v) Any other consideration the Com-17
1303-mandant considers appropriate. 18
1304-‘‘(vi) A combination of any forms de-19
1305-scribed in this subparagraph. 20
1306-‘‘(3) S
1307-UNSET.—The authority under paragraph 21
1308-(13) of subsection (a) shall expire on December 31, 22
1309-2030. The expiration under this paragraph of au-23
1310-thority under paragraph (13) of subsection (a) shall 24
1311-not affect the validity or term of contractual agree-25 44
1312-†S 524 ES
1313-ments under such paragraph or the retention by the 1
1314-Commandant of proceeds from such agreements en-2
1315-tered into under such subsection before the expira-3
1316-tion of the authority.’’. 4
1317-SEC. 144. COAST GUARD PROPERTY PROVISION. 5
1318-(a) I
1319-NGENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 14, United 6
1320-States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-7
1321-lowing: 8
1322-‘‘§ 722. Cooperation with eligible entities 9
1323-‘‘(a) D
1324-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 10
1325-‘‘(1) C
1326-OAST GUARD INSTALLATION .—The term 11
1327-‘Coast Guard installation’ means a base, unit, sta-12
1328-tion, yard, other property under the jurisdiction of 13
1329-the Commandant or, in the case of property in a for-14
1330-eign country, under the operational control of the 15
1331-Coast Guard, without regard to the duration of 16
1332-operational control. 17
1333-‘‘(2) C
1334-ULTURAL RESOURCE .—The term ‘cul-18
1335-tural resource’ means any of the following: 19
1336-‘‘(A) A building, structure, site, district, or 20
1337-object eligible for or included in the National 21
1338-Register of Historic Places maintained under 22
1339-section 302101 of title 54. 23
1340-‘‘(B) Cultural items, as that term is de-24
1341-fined in section 2(3) of the Native American 25 45
1342-†S 524 ES
1343-Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 1
1344-U.S.C. 3001(3)). 2
1345-‘‘(C) An archaeological resource, as that 3
1346-term is defined in section 3(1) of the Archae-4
1347-ological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 5
1348-U.S.C. 470bb(1))). 6
1349-‘‘(D) An archaeological artifact collection 7
1350-and associated records covered by part 79 of 8
1351-title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. 9
1352-‘‘(E) A sacred site, as that term is defined 10
1353-in section 1(b) of Executive Order No. 13007 11
1354-(42 U.S.C. 1996 note; relating to Indian sacred 12
1355-sites). 13
1356-‘‘(F) Treaty or trust resources of an In-14
1357-dian Tribe, including the habitat associated 15
1358-with such resources. 16
1359-‘‘(G) Subsistence resources of an Indian 17
1360-Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization in-18
1361-cluding the habitat associated with such re-19
1362-sources. 20
1424+ULTURAL RESOURCE .—The term ‘cul-14
1425+tural resource’ means any of the following: 15
1426+‘‘(A) A building, structure, site, district, or 16
1427+object eligible for or included in the National 17
1428+Register of Historic Places maintained under 18
1429+section 302101 of title 54. 19
1430+‘‘(B) Cultural items, as that term is de-20
1431+fined in section 2(3) of the Native American 21
1432+Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 22
1433+U.S.C. 3001(3)). 23
1434+‘‘(C) An archaeological resource, as that 24
1435+term is defined in section 3(1) of the Archae-25
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1439+ological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 1
1440+U.S.C. 470bb(1))). 2
1441+‘‘(D) An archaeological artifact collection 3
1442+and associated records covered by part 79 of 4
1443+title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. 5
1444+‘‘(E) A sacred site, as that term is defined 6
1445+in section 1(b) of Executive Order No. 13007 7
1446+(42 U.S.C. 1996 note; relating to Indian sacred 8
1447+sites). 9
1448+‘‘(F) Treaty or trust resources of an In-10
1449+dian Tribe, including the habitat associated 11
1450+with such resources. 12
1451+‘‘(G) Subsistence resources of an Indian 13
1452+Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization in-14
1453+cluding the habitat associated with such re-15
1454+sources. 16
13631455 ‘‘(3) E
1364-LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-21
1365-tity’ means any the following: 22
1366-‘‘(A) A State, or a political subdivision of 23
1367-a State. 24
1368-‘‘(B) A local government. 25 46
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1370-‘‘(C) An Indian Tribe. 1
1371-‘‘(D) A Native Hawaiian organization. 2
1372-‘‘(E) A Tribal organization. 3
1373-‘‘(F) A Federal department or agency. 4
1374-‘‘(4) I
1375-NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 5
1376-has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 6
1377-Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 7
1378-Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 8
1456+LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-17
1457+tity’ means any the following: 18
1458+‘‘(A) A State, or a political subdivision of 19
1459+a State. 20
1460+‘‘(B) A local government. 21
1461+‘‘(C) An Indian Tribe. 22
1462+‘‘(D) A Native Hawaiian organization. 23
1463+‘‘(E) A Tribal organization. 24
1464+‘‘(F) A Federal department or agency. 25
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1468+‘‘(4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 1
1469+has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 2
1470+Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 3
1471+Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 4
13791472 ‘‘(5) N
1380-ATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION .—The 9
1381-term ‘Native Hawaiian organization’ has the mean-10
1382-ing given such term in section 6207 of the Elemen-11
1383-tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 12
1384-U.S.C. 7517) except the term includes the Depart-13
1385-ment of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of 14
1386-Hawaiian Affairs. 15
1473+ATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION .—The 5
1474+term ‘Native Hawaiian organization’ has the mean-6
1475+ing given such term in section 6207 of the Elemen-7
1476+tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 8
1477+U.S.C. 7517) except the term includes the Depart-9
1478+ment of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of 10
1479+Hawaiian Affairs. 11
13871480 ‘‘(6) N
1388-ATURAL RESOURCE .—The term ‘natural 16
1389-resource’ means land, fish, wildlife, biota, air, water, 17
1390-ground water, drinking water supplies, and other 18
1391-such resources belonging to, managed by, held in 19
1392-trust by, appertaining to, or otherwise controlled by 20
1393-the United States (including the resources of the 21
1394-waters of the United States), any State or local gov-22
1395-ernment, any Indian Tribe, any Native Hawaiian or-23
1396-ganization, or any member of an Indian Tribe, if 24
1397-such resources are subject to a trust restriction on 25 47
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1399-alienation and have been categorized into one of the 1
1400-following groups: 2
1401-‘‘(A) Surface water resources. 3
1402-‘‘(B) Ground water resources. 4
1403-‘‘(C) Air resources. 5
1404-‘‘(D) Geologic resources. 6
1405-‘‘(E) Biological resources. 7
1481+ATURAL RESOURCE .—The term ‘natural 12
1482+resource’ means land, fish, wildlife, biota, air, water, 13
1483+ground water, drinking water supplies, and other 14
1484+such resources belonging to, managed by, held in 15
1485+trust by, appertaining to, or otherwise controlled by 16
1486+the United States (including the resources of the 17
1487+waters of the United States), any State or local gov-18
1488+ernment, any Indian Tribe, any Native Hawaiian or-19
1489+ganization, or any member of an Indian Tribe, if 20
1490+such resources are subject to a trust restriction on 21
1491+alienation and have been categorized into one of the 22
1492+following groups: 23
1493+‘‘(A) Surface water resources. 24
1494+‘‘(B) Ground water resources. 25
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1498+‘‘(C) Air resources. 1
1499+‘‘(D) Geologic resources. 2
1500+‘‘(E) Biological resources. 3
14061501 ‘‘(7) S
1407-TATE.—The term ‘State’ includes each of 8
1408-the several States, the District of Columbia, the 9
1409-Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth 10
1410-of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories 11
1411-and possessions of the United States. 12
1502+TATE.—The term ‘State’ includes each of 4
1503+the several States, the District of Columbia, the 5
1504+Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth 6
1505+of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories 7
1506+and possessions of the United States. 8
14121507 ‘‘(8) T
1413-RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Tribal 13
1414-organization’ has the meaning given the term in sec-14
1415-tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-15
1416-cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 16
1508+RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Tribal 9
1509+organization’ has the meaning given the term in sec-10
1510+tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-11
1511+cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 12
14171512 ‘‘(b) C
1418-OOPERATIVEAGREEMENTS FOR MANAGEMENT 17
1419-OFCULTURALRESOURCES.— 18
1513+OOPERATIVEAGREEMENTS FOR MANAGEMENT 13
1514+OFCULTURALRESOURCES.— 14
14201515 ‘‘(1) A
1421-UTHORITY.—The Commandant may 19
1422-enter into a cooperative agreement with an eligible 20
1423-entity (or in the case that the eligible entity is a 21
1424-Federal department or agency, an interagency agree-22
1425-ment)— 23
1426-‘‘(A) to provide for the preservation, man-24
1427-agement, maintenance, and improvement of 25 48
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1429-natural resources and cultural resources located 1
1430-on a site described under paragraph (2); and 2
1431-‘‘(B) for the purpose of conducting re-3
1432-search regarding the natural resources and cul-4
1433-tural resources. 5
1516+UTHORITY.—The Commandant may 15
1517+enter into a cooperative agreement with an eligible 16
1518+entity (or in the case that the eligible entity is a 17
1519+Federal department or agency, an interagency agree-18
1520+ment)— 19
1521+‘‘(A) to provide for the preservation, man-20
1522+agement, maintenance, and improvement of 21
1523+natural resources and cultural resources located 22
1524+on a site described under paragraph (2); and 23
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1528+‘‘(B) for the purpose of conducting re-1
1529+search regarding the natural resources and cul-2
1530+tural resources. 3
14341531 ‘‘(2) A
1435-UTHORIZED NATURAL AND CULTURAL 6
1436-RESOURCES SITES.—To be covered by a cooperative 7
1437-agreement under paragraph (1), the relevant natural 8
1438-resources or cultural resources shall be located— 9
1439-‘‘(A) on a Coast Guard installation; or 10
1440-‘‘(B) on a site outside of a Coast Guard in-11
1441-stallation, but only if the cooperative agreement 12
1442-will directly relieve or eliminate current or an-13
1443-ticipated restrictions that would or might re-14
1444-strict, impede, or otherwise interfere, either di-15
1445-rectly or indirectly, with current or anticipated 16
1446-Coast Guard training, testing, maintenance, or 17
1447-operations on a Coast Guard installation. 18
1532+UTHORIZED NATURAL AND CULTURAL 4
1533+RESOURCES SITES.—To be covered by a cooperative 5
1534+agreement under paragraph (1), the relevant natural 6
1535+resources or cultural resources shall be located— 7
1536+‘‘(A) on a Coast Guard installation; or 8
1537+‘‘(B) on a site outside of a Coast Guard in-9
1538+stallation, but only if the cooperative agreement 10
1539+will directly relieve or eliminate current or an-11
1540+ticipated restrictions that would or might re-12
1541+strict, impede, or otherwise interfere, either di-13
1542+rectly or indirectly, with current or anticipated 14
1543+Coast Guard training, testing, maintenance, or 15
1544+operations on a Coast Guard installation. 16
14481545 ‘‘(3) A
1449-PPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS .—Section 19
1450-1535 and chapter 63 of title 31 shall not apply to 20
1451-an agreement entered into under paragraph (1). 21
1546+PPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS .—Section 17
1547+1535 and chapter 63 of title 31 shall not apply to 18
1548+an agreement entered into under paragraph (1). 19
14521549 ‘‘(c) A
1453-GREEMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS.— 22
1550+GREEMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS.— 20
14541551 ‘‘(1) A
1455-GREEMENTS AUTHORIZED .—The Com-23
1456-mandant may enter into an agreement with an eligi-24
1457-ble entity, and may enter into an interagency agree-25 49
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1459-ment with the head of another Federal department 1
1460-or agency, to address the use or development of 2
1461-property in the vicinity of, or ecologically related to, 3
1462-a Coast Guard installation for purposes of— 4
1463-‘‘(A) limiting any development or use of 5
1464-such property that would be incompatible with 6
1465-the mission of the Coast Guard installation; 7
1466-‘‘(B) preserving habitat on such property 8
1467-in a manner that— 9
1468-‘‘(i) is compatible with environmental 10
1469-requirements; and 11
1470-‘‘(ii) may eliminate or relieve current 12
1471-or anticipated environmental restrictions 13
1472-that would or might otherwise restrict, im-14
1473-pede, or interfere, either directly or indi-15
1474-rectly, with current or anticipated Coast 16
1475-Guard training or operations on the Coast 17
1476-Guard installation; 18
1477-‘‘(C) maintaining or improving Coast 19
1478-Guard installation resilience; 20
1479-‘‘(D) maintaining and improving natural 21
1480-resources, or benefitting natural and historic re-22
1481-search, on the Coast Guard installation; 23
1482-‘‘(E) maintaining access to cultural re-24
1483-sources and natural resources, including— 25 50
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1552+GREEMENTS AUTHORIZED .—The Com-21
1553+mandant may enter into an agreement with an eligi-22
1554+ble entity, and may enter into an interagency agree-23
1555+ment with the head of another Federal department 24
1556+or agency, to address the use or development of 25
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1560+property in the vicinity of, or ecologically related to, 1
1561+a Coast Guard installation for purposes of— 2
1562+‘‘(A) limiting any development or use of 3
1563+such property that would be incompatible with 4
1564+the mission of the Coast Guard installation; 5
1565+‘‘(B) preserving habitat on such property 6
1566+in a manner that— 7
1567+‘‘(i) is compatible with environmental 8
1568+requirements; and 9
1569+‘‘(ii) may eliminate or relieve current 10
1570+or anticipated environmental restrictions 11
1571+that would or might otherwise restrict, im-12
1572+pede, or interfere, either directly or indi-13
1573+rectly, with current or anticipated Coast 14
1574+Guard training or operations on the Coast 15
1575+Guard installation; 16
1576+‘‘(C) maintaining or improving Coast 17
1577+Guard installation resilience; 18
1578+‘‘(D) maintaining and improving natural 19
1579+resources, or benefitting natural and historic re-20
1580+search, on the Coast Guard installation; 21
1581+‘‘(E) maintaining access to cultural re-22
1582+sources and natural resources, including— 23
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14851586 ‘‘(i) Tribal treaty fisheries and shell-1
14861587 fish harvest, and usual and accustomed 2
14871588 fishing areas; and 3
14881589 ‘‘(ii) subsistence fisheries, or any 4
14891590 other fishery or shellfish harvest, of an In-5
14901591 dian Tribe; 6
14911592 ‘‘(F) providing a means to replace or re-7
14921593 pair property or cultural resources of an Indian 8
14931594 Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization if such 9
14941595 property is damaged by Coast Guard personnel 10
14951596 or operations, in consultation with the affected 11
14961597 Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization; 12
14971598 or 13
14981599 ‘‘(G) maintaining and improving natural 14
14991600 resources located outside a Coast Guard instal-15
15001601 lation, including property of an eligible entity, 16
15011602 if the purpose of the agreement is to relieve or 17
15021603 eliminate current or anticipated challenges that 18
15031604 could restrict, impede, or otherwise interfere 19
15041605 with, either directly or indirectly, current or an-20
15051606 ticipated Coast Guard activities. 21
15061607 ‘‘(2) I
15071608 NAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CONTRACT 22
15081609 REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding chapter 63 of 23
15091610 title 31, an agreement under subsection (b)(1) that 24
1510-is a cooperative agreement and concerns a cultural 25 51
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1611+is a cooperative agreement and concerns a cultural 25
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15121615 resource or a natural resource may be used to ac-1
15131616 quire property or services for the direct benefit or 2
15141617 use of the Federal Government. 3
15151618 ‘‘(d)(1) An agreement under subparagraph (b)(1) 4
15161619 shall provide for— 5
15171620 ‘‘(A) the acquisition by an eligible entity or 6
15181621 entities of all right, title, and interest in and to 7
15191622 any real property, or any lesser interest in the 8
15201623 property, as may be appropriate for purposes of 9
15211624 this subsection; and 10
15221625 ‘‘(B) the sharing by the United States and 11
15231626 an eligible entity or entities of the acquisition 12
15241627 costs in accordance with paragraph (3). 13
15251628 ‘‘(2) Property or interests may not be acquired pursu-14
15261629 ant to an agreement under subsection (b)(1) unless the 15
15271630 owner of the property or interests consents to the acquisi-16
15281631 tion. 17
15291632 ‘‘(3)(A) An agreement with an eligible entity under 18
15301633 subsection (b)(1) may provide for— 19
15311634 ‘‘(i) the management of natural resources 20
15321635 on, and the monitoring and enforcement of any 21
15331636 right, title, or interest in real property in which 22
15341637 the Commandant acquires any right, title, or 23
1535-interest in accordance with this subsection; and 24 52
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1638+interest in accordance with this subsection; and 24
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15371642 ‘‘(ii) for the payment by the United States 1
15381643 of all or a portion of the costs of such manage-2
15391644 ment, monitoring, or enforcement if the Com-3
15401645 mandant determines that there is a dem-4
15411646 onstrated need to preserve or restore habitat for 5
15421647 the purposes of subsection (b) or (c). 6
15431648 ‘‘(B) Any payment provided for under subpara-7
15441649 graph (A) may— 8
15451650 ‘‘(i) be paid in a lump sum; 9
15461651 ‘‘(ii) include an amount intended to cover 10
15471652 the future costs of natural resource manage-11
15481653 ment and monitoring and enforcement; and 12
15491654 ‘‘(iii) be placed by the eligible entity in an 13
15501655 interest-bearing account, so long as any interest 14
15511656 is to be applied for the same purposes as the 15
15521657 principal. 16
15531658 ‘‘(C) Any payments made under this paragraph 17
15541659 shall be subject to periodic auditing by the Inspector 18
15551660 General of the department in which the Coast Guard 19
15561661 is operating. 20
15571662 ‘‘(4)(A) In entering into an agreement under sub-21
15581663 section (b)(1), the Commandant shall determine the ap-22
15591664 propriate portion of the acquisition costs to be borne by 23
1560-the United States in the sharing of acquisition costs of 24 53
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1665+the United States in the sharing of acquisition costs of 24
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15621669 real property, or an interest in real property, as required 1
15631670 under paragraph (1)(B). 2
15641671 ‘‘(B) In lieu of, or in addition to, making a 3
15651672 monetary contribution toward the cost of acquiring 4
15661673 a parcel of real property, or an interest therein, pur-5
15671674 suant to an agreement under subsection (b)(1), the 6
15681675 Commandant may convey real property in accord-7
15691676 ance with applicable law. 8
15701677 ‘‘(C) The portion of acquisition costs borne by 9
15711678 the United States pursuant to subparagraph (A), ei-10
15721679 ther through the contribution of funds, excess real 11
15731680 property, or both, may not exceed an amount equal 12
15741681 to— 13
15751682 ‘‘(i) the fair market value of any property, 14
15761683 or interest in property, to be transferred to the 15
15771684 United States upon the request of the Com-16
15781685 mandant under paragraph (5); or 17
15791686 ‘‘(ii) the cumulative fair market value of 18
15801687 all properties, or all interests in properties, to 19
15811688 be transferred to the United States under para-20
15821689 graph (5) pursuant to an agreement under sub-21
15831690 section (b)(1). 22
15841691 ‘‘(D) The contribution of an eligible entity to 23
15851692 the acquisition costs of real property, or an interest 24
1586-in real property, under paragraph (1)(B) may in-25 54
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1693+in real property, under paragraph (1)(B) may in-25
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15881697 clude, with the approval of the Commandant, the fol-1
15891698 lowing: 2
15901699 ‘‘(i) The provision of funds, including 3
15911700 funds received by the eligible entity from— 4
15921701 ‘‘(I) a Federal agency outside the de-5
15931702 partment in which the Coast Guard is op-6
15941703 erating; or 7
15951704 ‘‘(II) a State or local government in 8
15961705 connection with a Federal, State, or local 9
15971706 program. 10
15981707 ‘‘(ii) The provision of in-kind services, in-11
15991708 cluding services related to the acquisition or 12
16001709 maintenance of such real property or interest in 13
16011710 real property. 14
16021711 ‘‘(iii) The exchange or donation of real 15
16031712 property or any interest in real property. 16
16041713 ‘‘(iv) Any combination of clauses (i) 17
16051714 through (iii). 18
16061715 ‘‘(5)(A) In entering into an agreement under sub-19
16071716 section (b)(1), each eligible entity that is a party to the 20
16081717 agreement shall agree, as a term of the agreement, to 21
16091718 transfer to the United States, upon request of the Com-22
16101719 mandant, all or a portion of the property or interest ac-23
1611-quired under the agreement or a lesser interest therein, 24 55
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1720+quired under the agreement or a lesser interest therein, 24
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16131724 except no such requirement need be included in the agree-1
16141725 ment if— 2
16151726 ‘‘(i) the property or interest is being trans-3
16161727 ferred to a State or another Federal agency, or 4
16171728 the agreement requires the property or interest 5
16181729 to be subsequently transferred to a State or an-6
16191730 other Federal agency; and 7
16201731 ‘‘(ii) the Commandant determines that the 8
16211732 laws and regulations applicable to the future 9
16221733 use of such property or interest provide ade-10
16231734 quate assurance that the property concerned 11
16241735 will be developed and used in a manner appro-12
16251736 priate for purposes of this subsection. 13
16261737 ‘‘(B) The Commandant shall limit a transfer 14
16271738 request pursuant to subparagraph (A) to the min-15
16281739 imum property or interests necessary to ensure that 16
16291740 the property or interest concerned is developed and 17
16301741 used in a manner appropriate for purposes of this 18
16311742 subsection. 19
16321743 ‘‘(C)(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (A), If all 20
16331744 or a portion of a property or interest acquired under 21
16341745 an agreement under subsection (b)(1) is initially or 22
16351746 subsequently transferred to a State or another Fed-23
16361747 eral agency, before that State or other Federal agen-24
1637-cy may declare the property or interest in excess to 25 56
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1748+cy may declare the property or interest in excess to 25
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16391752 its needs or propose to exchange the property or in-1
16401753 terest, the State or other Federal agency shall give 2
16411754 the Commandant reasonable advance notice of its in-3
16421755 tent to so declare. 4
16431756 ‘‘(ii) Upon receiving such reasonable ad-5
16441757 vance notice under clause (i), the Commandant 6
16451758 may request, within a reasonable time period, 7
16461759 that administrative jurisdiction over the prop-8
16471760 erty or interest be transferred to the Com-9
16481761 mandant, if the Commandant determines such 10
16491762 transfer necessary for the preservation of the 11
16501763 purposes of this subsection. 12
16511764 ‘‘(iii) Upon a request from the Com-13
16521765 mandant under clause (ii), the administrative 14
16531766 jurisdiction over the property or interest be 15
16541767 transferred to the Commandant at no cost. 16
16551768 ‘‘(iv) If the Commandant does not make a 17
16561769 request under clause (ii) within a reasonable 18
16571770 time period, all such rights of the Commandant 19
16581771 to request transfer of administrative jurisdic-20
16591772 tion over the property or interest shall remain 21
16601773 available to the Commandant with respect to 22
16611774 future transfers or exchanges of the property or 23
16621775 interest and shall bind all subsequent trans-24
1663-ferees. 25 57
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1776+ferees. 25
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16651780 ‘‘(D) The Commandant may accept, on behalf 1
16661781 of the United States, any property or interest to be 2
16671782 transferred to the United States under an agreement 3
16681783 under subsection (b)(1). 4
16691784 ‘‘(E) For purposes of the acceptance of prop-5
16701785 erty or interests under an agreement under sub-6
16711786 section (b)(1), the Commandant may accept an ap-7
16721787 praisal or title documents prepared or adopted by a 8
16731788 non-Federal entity as satisfying the applicable re-9
16741789 quirements of section 301 of the Uniform Relocation 10
16751790 Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies 11
16761791 Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4651) or section 3111 of 12
16771792 title 40 if the Commandant finds that the appraisal 13
16781793 or title documents substantially comply with the re-14
16791794 quirements of such sections and is reasonably accu-15
16801795 rate. 16
16811796 ‘‘(e) M
16821797 INIMALCRITERIA FORAPPROVAL OFAGREE-17
16831798 MENTS.—The Commandant may approve a cooperative 18
16841799 agreement under subsection (b)(1) if the Commandant de-19
16851800 termines that— 20
16861801 ‘‘(1) the eligible entity has authority to carry 21
16871802 out the project; 22
16881803 ‘‘(2) the project would be completed without un-23
16891804 reasonable delay as determined by the Commandant; 24
1690-and 25 58
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1805+and 25
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16921809 ‘‘(3) the project cannot be effectively completed 1
16931810 without the cooperative agreement authority under 2
16941811 subsection (b)(1). 3
16951812 ‘‘(f) A
16961813 DDITIONALTERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 4
16971814 Commandant may require such additional terms and con-5
16981815 ditions in an agreement under subsection (b)(1) as the 6
16991816 Commandant considers appropriate to protect the inter-7
17001817 ests of the United States, in accordance with applicable 8
17011818 Federal law. 9
17021819 ‘‘(g) N
17031820 OTIFICATION; AVAILABILITY OFAGREEMENTS 10
17041821 TOCONGRESS.— 11
17051822 ‘‘(1) N
17061823 OTIFICATION.—The Commandant shall 12
17071824 notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 13
17081825 Transportation or the Committee on Homeland Se-14
17091826 curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 15
17101827 the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate when 16
17111828 the eligible entity is a Tribe, Tribal Organization or 17
17121829 Native Hawaiian organization, and the Committee 18
17131830 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 19
17141831 of Representatives in writing not later than the date 20
17151832 that is 3 full business days prior to any day on 21
17161833 which the Commandant intends to enter into an 22
17171834 agreement under subsection (b)(1), and include in 23
17181835 such notification the anticipated costs of carrying 24
1719-out the agreement, to the extent practicable. 25 59
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1836+out the agreement, to the extent practicable. 25
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17211840 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF AGREEMENTS .—A copy 1
17221841 of an agreement entered into under subsection 2
17231842 (b)(1) shall be provided to any member of the Com-3
17241843 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation or 4
17251844 the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-5
17261845 mental Affairs of the Senate or the Committee on 6
17271846 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 7
17281847 Representatives not later than 5 full business days 8
17291848 after the date on which such request is submitted to 9
17301849 the Commandant. 10
17311850 ‘‘(h) C
17321851 ONSULTATION.—Not later than 180 days after 11
17331852 the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization 12
17341853 Act of 2025, the Commandant shall consult with Indian 13
17351854 Tribes to improve opportunities for Indian Tribe partici-14
17361855 pation in the development and execution of Coast Guard 15
17371856 oil spill response and prevention activities. 16
17381857 ‘‘(i) R
17391858 ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-17
17401859 tion may be construed to undermine the rights of any In-18
17411860 dian Tribe to seek full and meaningful government-to-gov-19
17421861 ernment consultation under this section or under any 20
17431862 other law.’’. 21
17441863 (b) C
17451864 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-22
17461865 ter 7 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by insert-23
17471866 ing after the item relating to section 721 the following: 24
1748-‘‘722. Cooperation with eligible entities.’’. 60
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1867+‘‘722. Cooperation with eligible entities.’’.
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17501871 Subtitle D—Personnel 1
17511872 SEC. 151. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PER-2
17521873 SONNEL. 3
17531874 (a) I
17541875 NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 25 of title 4
17551876 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 5
17561877 the following: 6
17571878 ‘‘§ 2517. Direct hire authority for certain personnel 7
17581879 ‘‘(a) I
17591880 NGENERAL.—The Commandant may appoint, 8
17601881 without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 9
17611882 33 (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such chapter) 10
17621883 of title 5, qualified candidates to any of the following posi-11
17631884 tions in the competitive service (as defined in section 2102 12
17641885 of title 5) in the Coast Guard: 13
17651886 ‘‘(1) Any category of medical or health profes-14
17661887 sional positions within the Coast Guard. 15
17671888 ‘‘(2) Any childcare services position. 16
17681889 ‘‘(3) Any position in the Coast Guard housing 17
17691890 office of a Coast Guard installation, the primary 18
17701891 function of which is supervision of Coast Guard 19
17711892 housing covered by subchapter III of chapter 29 of 20
17721893 this title. 21
17731894 ‘‘(4) Any nonclinical specialist position the pur-22
17741895 pose of which is the integrated primary prevention 23
17751896 of harmful behavior, including suicide, sexual as-24
1776-sault, harassment, domestic abuse, and child abuse. 25 61
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1897+sault, harassment, domestic abuse, and child abuse. 25
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17781901 ‘‘(5) Any special agent position of the Coast 1
17791902 Guard Investigative Service. 2
17801903 ‘‘(6) The following positions at the Coast Guard 3
17811904 Academy: 4
17821905 ‘‘(A) Any civilian faculty member ap-5
17831906 pointed under section 1941. 6
17841907 ‘‘(B) A position involving the improvement 7
17851908 of cadet health or well-being. 8
17861909 ‘‘(b) L
17871910 IMITATION.—The Commandant shall only ap-9
17881911 point qualified candidates under the authority provided by 10
17891912 subsection (a) if the Commandant determines that there 11
17901913 is a shortage of qualified candidates for the positions de-12
17911914 scribed in such subsection or a critical hiring need for such 13
17921915 positions. 14
17931916 ‘‘(c) B
17941917 RIEFINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 15
17951918 year after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Au-16
17961919 thorization Act of 2025, and annually thereafter for the 17
17971920 following 5 years, the Commandant shall submit to the 18
17981921 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 19
17991922 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-20
18001923 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-21
18011924 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-22
18021925 tives a written briefing which describes the use of the au-23
18031926 thority provided under this section on an annual basis, in-24
1804-cluding the following: 25 62
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1927+cluding the following: 25
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18061931 ‘‘(1) The number of employees hired under the 1
18071932 authority provided under this section within the year 2
18081933 for which the briefing is provided. 3
18091934 ‘‘(2) The positions and grades for which em-4
18101935 ployees were hired. 5
18111936 ‘‘(3) A justification for the Commandant’s de-6
18121937 termination that such positions involved a shortage 7
18131938 of qualified candidates or a critical hiring need. 8
18141939 ‘‘(4) The number of employees who were hired 9
18151940 under the authority provided under this section who 10
18161941 have separated from the Coast Guard. 11
18171942 ‘‘(5) Steps the Coast Guard has taken to en-12
18181943 gage with the Office of Personnel Management 13
18191944 under subpart B of part 337 of title 5, Code of Fed-14
18201945 eral Regulations, for positions for which the Com-15
18211946 mandant determines a direct hire authority remains 16
18221947 necessary. 17
18231948 ‘‘(d) S
18241949 UNSET.—The authority provided under sub-18
18251950 section (a) shall expire on September 30, 2030.’’. 19
18261951 (b) C
18271952 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-20
18281953 ter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-21
18291954 serting after the item relating to 2516 the following: 22
1830-‘‘2517. Direct hire authority for certain personnel.’’. 63
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1955+‘‘2517. Direct hire authority for certain personnel.’’.
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18321959 SEC. 152. TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM AUTHORIZED 1
18331960 END STRENGTH FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS ON 2
18341961 ACTIVE DUTY IN COAST GUARD IN PAY 3
18351962 GRADES E–8 AND E–9. 4
18361963 Section 517(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall 5
18371964 not apply with respect to the Coast Guard until October 6
18381965 1, 2027. 7
18391966 SEC. 153. ADDITIONAL AVAILABLE GUIDANCE AND CONSID-8
18401967 ERATIONS FOR RESERVE SELECTION 9
18411968 BOARDS. 10
18421969 Section 3740(f) of title 14, United States Code, is 11
18431970 amended by striking ‘‘section 2117’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-12
18441971 tions 2115 and 2117’’. 13
18451972 SEC. 154. FAMILY LEAVE POLICIES FOR THE COAST GUARD. 14
18461973 (a) I
18471974 NGENERAL.—Section 2512 of title 14, United 15
18481975 States Code, is amended— 16
18491976 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘Leave’’ 17
18501977 and inserting ‘‘Family leave’’; 18
18511978 (2) in subsection (a)— 19
18521979 (A) by striking ‘‘, United States Code,’’ 20
18531980 and inserting ‘‘or, with respect to the reserve 21
18541981 component of the Coast Guard, the Secretary of 22
18551982 Defense promulgates a new regulation for mem-23
18561983 bers of the reserve component of the Coast 24
1857-Guard pursuant to section 711 of title 10,’’; 25 64
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1984+Guard pursuant to section 711 of title 10,’’; 25
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18591988 (B) by striking ‘‘or adoption of a child’’ 1
18601989 and inserting ‘‘or placement of a minor child 2
18611990 with the member for adoption or long term fos-3
18621991 ter care’’; 4
18631992 (C) by striking ‘‘and enlisted members’’ 5
18641993 and inserting ‘‘, enlisted members, and mem-6
18651994 bers of the reserve component’’; and 7
18661995 (D) by inserting ‘‘or, with respect to mem-8
18671996 bers of the reserve component of the Coast 9
18681997 Guard, the Secretary of Defense’’ after ‘‘pro-10
18691998 vided by the Secretary of the Navy’’; 11
18701999 (3) in subsection (b)— 12
18712000 (A) in the subsection heading by striking 13
18722001 ‘‘A
18732002 DOPTION OFCHILD’’ and inserting ‘‘PLACE-14
18742003 MENT OFMINORCHILDWITHMEMBER FOR 15
18752004 A
18762005 DOPTION ORLONGTERMFOSTERCARE’’; 16
18772006 (B) by striking ‘‘and 704’’ and inserting ‘‘, 17
18782007 704, and 711’’; 18
18792008 (C) by striking ‘‘and enlisted members’’ 19
18802009 and inserting ‘‘, enlisted members, and mem-20
18812010 bers of the reserve component’’; 21
18822011 (D) by striking ‘‘or adoption’’ inserting ‘‘, 22
18832012 adoption, or long term foster care’’; 23
1884-(E) by striking ‘‘immediately’’; 24 65
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2013+(E) by striking ‘‘immediately’’; 24
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18862017 (F) by striking ‘‘or adoption’’ and insert-1
18872018 ing ‘‘, placement of a minor child with the 2
18882019 member for long-term foster care or adoption,’’; 3
18892020 and 4
18902021 (G) by striking ‘‘enlisted member’’ and in-5
18912022 serting ‘‘, enlisted member, or member of the 6
18922023 reserve component’’; 7
18932024 (4) by adding at the end the following: 8
18942025 ‘‘(c) P
18952026 ERIOD OFLEAVE.— 9
18962027 ‘‘(1) I
18972028 N GENERAL.—The Secretary of the de-10
18982029 partment in which the Coast Guard is operating, 11
18992030 may authorize leave described under subparagraph 12
19002031 (b) to be taken after the one-year period described 13
19012032 in subparagraph (b) in the case of a member de-14
19022033 scribed in subsection (b) who, except for this sub-15
19032034 paragraph, would lose unused family leave at the 16
19042035 end of the one-year period described in subpara-17
19052036 graph (A) as a result of— 18
19062037 ‘‘(A) operational requirements; 19
19072038 ‘‘(B) professional military education obli-20
19082039 gations; or 21
19092040 ‘‘(C) other circumstances that the Sec-22
19102041 retary determines reasonable and appropriate. 23
19112042 ‘‘(2) E
19122043 XTENDED DEADLINE .—The regulation, 24
1913-rule, policy, or memorandum prescribed under para-25 66
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2044+rule, policy, or memorandum prescribed under para-25
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19152048 graph (a) shall require that any leave authorized to 1
19162049 be taken after the one-year period described in sub-2
19172050 paragraph (c)(1)(A) shall be taken within a reason-3
19182051 able period of time, as determined by the Secretary 4
19192052 of the department in which the Coast Guard is oper-5
19202053 ating, after cessation of the circumstances war-6
19212054 ranting the extended deadline. 7
19222055 ‘‘(d) M
19232056 EMBER OF THE RESERVECOMPONENT OF 8
19242057 THECOASTGUARDDEFINED.—In this section, the term 9
19252058 ‘member of the reserve component of the Coast Guard’ 10
19262059 means a member of the Coast Guard who is a member 11
19272060 of— 12
19282061 ‘‘(1) the selected reserve who is entitled to com-13
19292062 pensation under section 206 of title 37; or 14
19302063 ‘‘(2) the individual ready reserve who is entitled 15
19312064 to compensation under section 206 of title 37 when 16
19322065 attending or participating in a sufficient number of 17
19332066 periods of inactive-duty training during a year to 18
19342067 count the year as a qualifying year of creditable 19
19352068 service toward eligibility for retired pay.’’. 20
19362069 (b) C
19372070 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-21
19382071 ter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 22
19392072 striking the item relating to section 2512 and inserting 23
19402073 the following: 24
1941-‘‘2512. Family leave policies for the Coast Guard.’’. 67
1942-†S 524 ES
2074+‘‘2512. Family leave policies for the Coast Guard.’’.
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19432078 (c) COMPENSATION.—Section 206(a)(4) of title 37, 1
19442079 United States Code, is amended by inserting before the 2
19452080 period at the end ‘‘or family leave under section 2512 of 3
19462081 title 14’’. 4
19472082 SEC. 155. AUTHORIZATION FOR MATERNITY UNIFORM AL-5
19482083 LOWANCE FOR OFFICERS. 6
19492084 Section 2708 of title 14, United States Code, is 7
19502085 amended by adding at the end the following: 8
19512086 ‘‘(c) The Coast Guard may provide a cash allowance, 9
19522087 in such amount as the Secretary shall determine by policy, 10
19532088 to be paid to pregnant officer personnel for the purchase 11
19542089 of maternity-related uniform items, if such uniform items 12
19552090 are not so furnished to the member by the Coast Guard.’’. 13
19562091 SEC. 156. HOUSING. 14
19572092 (a) I
19582093 NGENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 29 of 15
19592094 title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 16
19602095 end the following: 17
19612096 ‘‘§ 2948. Authorization for acquisition of existing fam-18
19622097 ily housing in lieu of construction 19
19632098 ‘‘(a) I
19642099 NGENERAL.—In lieu of constructing any fam-20
19652100 ily housing units authorized by law to be constructed, the 21
19662101 Commandant may acquire sole interest in existing family 22
19672102 housing units that are privately owned or that are held 23
19682103 by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 24
1969-except that in foreign countries the Commandant may ac-25 68
1970-†S 524 ES
2104+except that in foreign countries the Commandant may ac-25
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19712108 quire less than sole interest in existing family housing 1
19722109 units. 2
19732110 ‘‘(b) A
19742111 CQUISITION OFINTERESTS INLAND.—When 3
19752112 authority provided by law to construct Coast Guard family 4
19762113 housing units is used to acquire existing family housing 5
19772114 units under subsection (a), the authority includes author-6
19782115 ity to acquire interests in land. 7
19792116 ‘‘(c) L
19802117 IMITATION ONNETFLOORAREA.—The net 8
19812118 floor area of a family housing unit acquired under the au-9
19822119 thority of this section may not exceed the applicable limi-10
19832120 tation specified in section 2826 of title 10. The Com-11
19842121 mandant may waive the limitation set forth in the pre-12
19852122 ceding sentence for family housing units acquired under 13
19862123 this section during the five-year period beginning on the 14
19872124 date of the enactment of this section. 15
19882125 ‘‘§ 2949. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative 16
19892126 expenses relating to certain real property 17
19902127 transactions 18
19912128 ‘‘(a) A
19922129 UTHORITY TOACCEPT.—In connection with a 19
19932130 real property transaction referred to in subsection (b) with 20
19942131 a non-Federal person or entity, the Commandant may ac-21
19952132 cept amounts provided by the person or entity to cover 22
19962133 administrative expenses incurred by the Commandant in 23
1997-entering into the transaction. 24 69
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2134+entering into the transaction. 24
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19992138 ‘‘(b) COVEREDTRANSACTIONS.—Subsection (a) ap-1
20002139 plies to the following transactions involving real property 2
20012140 under the control of the Commandant: 3
20022141 ‘‘(1) The exchange of real property. 4
20032142 ‘‘(2) The grant of an easement over, in, or upon 5
20042143 real property of the United States. 6
20052144 ‘‘(3) The lease or license of real property of the 7
20062145 United States. 8
20072146 ‘‘(4) The disposal of real property of the United 9
20082147 States for which the Commandant will be the dis-10
20092148 posal agent. 11
20102149 ‘‘(5) The conveyance of real property under sec-12
20112150 tion 2945.’’. 13
20122151 (b) C
20132152 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-14
20142153 ter 29 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by add-15
20152154 ing at the end the following: 16
20162155 ‘‘2948. Authorization for acquisition of existing family housing in lieu of con-
20172156 struction.
20182157 ‘‘2949. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain
20192158 real property transactions.’’.
20202159 (c) REPORT ONGAO RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOUS-17
20212160 INGPROGRAM.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 18
20222161 enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to 19
20232162 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 20
20242163 the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-21
20252164 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 22
2026-on the status of the implementation of the recommenda-23 70
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2165+on the status of the implementation of the recommenda-23
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20282169 tions contained in the report of the Government Account-1
20292170 ability Office titled ‘‘Coast Guard: Better Feedback Collec-2
20302171 tion and Information Could Enhance Housing Program’’, 3
20312172 and issued February 5, 2024 (GAO–24–106388). 4
20322173 SEC. 157. UNIFORM FUNDING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 5
20332174 FOR MORALE, WELL-BEING, AND RECRE-6
20342175 ATION PROGRAMS AND COAST GUARD EX-7
20352176 CHANGE. 8
20362177 (a) I
20372178 NGENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 5 of 9
20382179 title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 10
20392180 end the following: 11
20402181 ‘‘§ 565. Uniform funding and management of morale, 12
20412182 well-being, and recreation programs and 13
20422183 Coast Guard Exchange 14
20432184 ‘‘(a) A
20442185 UTHORITY FORUNIFORMFUNDING ANDMAN-15
20452186 AGEMENT.—Under policies issued by the Commandant, 16
20462187 funds appropriated to the Coast Guard and available for 17
20472188 morale, well-being, and recreation programs and the Coast 18
20482189 Guard Exchange may be treated as nonappropriated funds 19
20492190 and expended in accordance with laws applicable to the 20
20502191 expenditure of nonappropriated funds. When made avail-21
20512192 able for morale, well-being, and recreation programs and 22
20522193 the Coast Guard Exchange under such policies, appro-23
2053-priated funds shall be considered to be nonappropriated 24 71
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2194+priated funds shall be considered to be nonappropriated 24
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20552198 funds for all purposes and shall remain available until ex-1
20562199 pended. 2
20572200 ‘‘(b) C
20582201 ONDITIONS ONAVAILABILITY.—Funds appro-3
20592202 priated to the Coast Guard and subject to a policy de-4
20602203 scribed in subsection (a) shall only be available in amounts 5
20612204 that are determined by the Commandant to be consistent 6
20622205 with— 7
20632206 ‘‘(1) Coast Guard policy; and 8
20642207 ‘‘(2) Coast Guard readiness and resources. 9
20652208 ‘‘(c) U
20662209 PDATEDPOLICY.—Not later than 90 days 10
20672210 after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authoriza-11
20682211 tion Act of 2025, the Commandant shall update the poli-12
20692212 cies described in subsection (a) consistent with this sec-13
20702213 tion. 14
20712214 ‘‘(d) B
20722215 RIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the 15
20732216 date on which the Commandant issues the updated policies 16
20742217 required under subsection (c), the Commandant shall pro-17
20752218 vide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-18
20762219 portation of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-19
20772220 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 20
20782221 a briefing on such policies.’’. 21
20792222 (b) C
20802223 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-22
20812224 ter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by insert-23
20822225 ing after the item relating to section 564 the following: 24
20832226 ‘‘565. Uniform funding and management of morale, well-being, and recreation
2084-programs and Coast Guard Exchange.’’. 72
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2227+programs and Coast Guard Exchange.’’.
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20862231 SEC. 158. COAST GUARD EMBEDDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 1
20872232 TECHNICIAN PROGRAM. 2
20882233 (a) E
20892234 STABLISHMENT.— 3
20902235 (1) I
20912236 N GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 4
20922237 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-5
20932238 mandant, in coordination with the Assistant Com-6
20942239 mandant for Health, Safety, and Work Life, shall 7
20952240 establish and conduct a pilot program, to be known 8
20962241 as the ‘‘Coast Guard Embedded Behavioral Health 9
20972242 Technician Program’’ (referred to in this section as 10
20982243 the ‘‘Pilot Program’’), to integrate behavioral health 11
20992244 technicians serving at Coast Guard units for the 12
21002245 purposes of— 13
21012246 (A) facilitating, at the clinic level, the pro-14
21022247 vision of integrated behavioral health care for 15
21032248 members of the Coast Guard; 16
21042249 (B) providing, as a force extender under 17
21052250 the supervision of a licensed behavioral health 18
21062251 care provider, at the clinic level— 19
21072252 (i) psychological assessment and diag-20
21082253 nostic services, as appropriate; 21
21092254 (ii) behavioral health services, as ap-22
21102255 propriate; 23
21112256 (iii) education and training related to 24
21122257 promoting positive behavioral health and 25
2113-well-being; and 26 73
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21152262 (iv) information and resources, includ-1
21162263 ing expedited referrals, to assist members 2
21172264 of the Coast Guard in dealing with behav-3
21182265 ioral health concerns; 4
21192266 (C) improving resilience and mental health 5
21202267 care among members of the Coast Guard who 6
21212268 respond to extraordinary calls of duty, with the 7
21222269 ultimate goals of preventing crises and address-8
21232270 ing mental health concerns before such concerns 9
21242271 evolve into more complex issues that require 10
21252272 care at a military treatment facility; 11
21262273 (D) increasing— 12
21272274 (i) the number of such members 13
21282275 served by behavioral health technicians; 14
21292276 and 15
21302277 (ii) the proportion of such members 16
21312278 returning to duty after seeking behavioral 17
21322279 health care; and 18
21332280 (E) positively impacting the Coast Guard 19
21342281 in a cost-effective manner by extending behav-20
21352282 ioral health services to the workforce and im-21
21362283 proving access to care. 22
21372284 (2) B
21382285 RIEFING.—Not later than 120 days after 23
21392286 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 24
2140-shall provide the Committee on Commerce, Science, 25 74
2141-†S 524 ES
2287+shall provide the Committee on Commerce, Science, 25
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21422291 and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-1
21432292 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 2
21442293 House of Representatives with a briefing regarding 3
21452294 a plan to establish and conduct the Pilot Program. 4
21462295 (b) S
21472296 ELECTION OF COASTGUARDCLINICS.—The 5
21482297 Commandant shall select, for participation in the Pilot 6
21492298 Program, 3 or more Coast Guard clinics that support 7
21502299 units that have significantly high operational tempos or 8
21512300 other force resiliency risks, as determined by the Com-9
21522301 mandant. 10
21532302 (c) P
21542303 LACEMENT OFSTAFF ATCOASTGUARDCLIN-11
21552304 ICS.— 12
21562305 (1) I
21572306 N GENERAL.—Under the Pilot Program, a 13
21582307 Coast Guard health services technician with a grade 14
21592308 of E–5 or higher, or an assigned civilian behavioral 15
21602309 health specialist, shall be— 16
21612310 (A) assigned to each selected Coast Guard 17
21622311 clinic; and 18
21632312 (B) located at a unit with high operational 19
21642313 tempo. 20
21652314 (2) T
21662315 RAINING.— 21
21672316 (A) H
21682317 EALTH SERVICES TECHNICIANS .— 22
21692318 Before commencing an assignment at a Coast 23
21702319 Guard clinic under paragraph (1), a Coast 24
2171-Guard health services technician shall complete 25 75
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2320+Guard health services technician shall complete 25
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21732324 behavioral health technician training and inde-1
21742325 pendent duty health services training. 2
21752326 (B) C
21762327 IVILIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPE -3
21772328 CIALISTS.—To qualify for an assignment at a 4
21782329 Coast Guard clinic under paragraph (1), a civil-5
21792330 ian behavioral health specialist shall have at 6
21802331 least the equivalent behavioral health training 7
21812332 as the training required for a Coast Guard be-8
21822333 havioral health technician under subparagraph 9
21832334 (A). 10
21842335 (d) A
21852336 DMINISTRATION.—The Commandant, in coordi-11
21862337 nation with the Assistant Commandant for Health, Safety, 12
21872338 and Work Life, shall administer the Pilot Program 13
21882339 through the Health, Safety, and Work-Life Service Cen-14
21892340 ter. 15
21902341 (e) D
21912342 ATACOLLECTION.— 16
21922343 (1) I
21932344 N GENERAL.—The Commandant shall col-17
21942345 lect and analyze data concerning the Pilot Program 18
21952346 for purposes of— 19
21962347 (A) developing and sharing best practices 20
21972348 for improving access to behavioral health care; 21
21982349 and 22
21992350 (B) providing information to the Com-23
22002351 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-24
2201-tation of the Senate and the Committee on 25 76
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22032356 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 1
22042357 of Representatives regarding the implementa-2
22052358 tion of the Pilot Program and related policy 3
22062359 issues. 4
22072360 (2) P
22082361 LAN.—Not later than 270 days after the 5
22092362 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 6
22102363 shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 7
22112364 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 8
22122365 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 9
22132366 the House of Representatives a plan for carrying out 10
22142367 paragraph (1). 11
22152368 (f) A
22162369 NNUALREPORT.—Not later than September 1 12
22172370 of each year until the date on which the Pilot Program 13
22182371 terminates under subsection (g), the Commandant shall 14
22192372 submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 15
22202373 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 16
22212374 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-17
22222375 resentatives a report on the Pilot Program that includes 18
22232376 the following: 19
22242377 (1) An overview of the implementation of the 20
22252378 Pilot Program at each applicable Coast Guard clinic, 21
22262379 including— 22
22272380 (A) the number of members of the Coast 23
22282381 Guard who received services on site by a behav-24
2229-ioral health technician assigned to such clinic; 25 77
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2382+ioral health technician assigned to such clinic; 25
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22312386 (B) feedback from all members of the 1
22322387 Coast Guard empaneled for their medical care 2
22332388 under the Pilot Program; 3
22342389 (C) an assessment of the deployability and 4
22352390 overall readiness of members of the applicable 5
22362391 operational unit; and 6
22372392 (D) an estimate of potential costs and im-7
22382393 pacts on other Coast Guard health care services 8
22392394 of supporting the Pilot Program at such units 9
22402395 and clinics. 10
22412396 (2) The data and analysis required under sub-11
22422397 section (e)(1). 12
22432398 (3) A list and detailed description of lessons 13
22442399 learned from the Pilot Program as of the date of on 14
22452400 which the report is submitted. 15
22462401 (4) The feasibility, estimated cost, and impacts 16
22472402 on other Coast Guard health care services of ex-17
22482403 panding the Pilot Program to all Coast Guard clin-18
22492404 ics, and a description of the personnel, fiscal, and 19
22502405 administrative resources that would be needed for 20
22512406 such an expansion. 21
22522407 (g) T
22532408 ERMINATION.—The Pilot Program shall termi-22
2254-nate on September 30, 2028. 23 78
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2409+nate on September 30, 2028. 23
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22562413 SEC. 159. EXPANSION OF ACCESS TO COUNSELING. 1
22572414 (a) I
22582415 NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 2
22592416 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall hire, 3
22602417 train, and deploy not fewer than 5 additional behavioral 4
22612418 health specialists, in addition to the personnel required 5
22622419 under section 11412(a) of the Don Young Coast Guard 6
22632420 Authorization Act of 2022 (14 U.S.C. 504 note). 7
22642421 (b) R
22652422 EQUIREMENT.—The Commandant shall ensure 8
22662423 that not fewer than 35 percent of behavioral health spe-9
22672424 cialists required to be deployed under subsection (a) have 10
22682425 experience in— 11
22692426 (1) behavioral health care related to military 12
22702427 sexual trauma; and 13
22712428 (2) behavioral health care for the purpose of 14
22722429 supporting members of the Coast Guard with needs 15
22732430 for mental health care and counseling services for 16
22742431 post-traumatic stress disorder and co-occurring dis-17
22752432 orders related to military sexual trauma. 18
22762433 (c) A
22772434 CCESSIBILITY.—The support provided by the be-19
22782435 havioral health specialists hired pursuant to subsection 20
22792436 (a)— 21
22802437 (1) may include care delivered via telemedicine; 22
22812438 and 23
22822439 (2) shall be made widely available to members 24
22832440 of the Coast Guard. 25
22842441 (d) N
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22872446 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 1
22882447 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-2
22892448 mandant shall notify the Committee on Commerce, 3
22902449 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 4
22912450 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 5
22922451 the House of Representatives if the Coast Guard has 6
22932452 not completed hiring, training, and deploying— 7
22942453 (A) the personnel referred to in sub-8
22952454 sections (a) and (b); and 9
22962455 (B) the personnel required under section 10
22972456 11412(a) of the Don Young Coast Guard Au-11
22982457 thorization Act of 2022 (14 U.S.C. 504 note). 12
22992458 (2) C
23002459 ONTENTS.—The notification required 13
23012460 under paragraph (1) shall include— 14
23022461 (A) the date of publication of the hiring 15
23032462 opportunity for all such personnel; 16
23042463 (B) the General Schedule grade level ad-17
23052464 vertised in the publication of the hiring oppor-18
23062465 tunity for all such personnel; 19
23072466 (C) the number of personnel to whom the 20
23082467 Coast Guard extended an offer of employment 21
23092468 in accordance with the requirements of this sec-22
23102469 tion and section 11412(a) of the Don Young 23
23112470 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (14 24
2312-U.S.C. 504 note), and the number of such per-25 80
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2471+U.S.C. 504 note), and the number of such per-25
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23142475 sonnel who accepted or declined such offer of 1
23152476 employment; 2
23162477 (D) a summary of the efforts by the Coast 3
23172478 Guard to publicize, advertise, or otherwise re-4
23182479 cruit qualified candidates in accordance with 5
23192480 the requirements of this section and section 6
23202481 11412(a) of such Act; and 7
23212482 (E) any recommendations and a detailed 8
23222483 plan to ensure full compliance with the require-9
23232484 ments of this section and section 11412(a) of 10
23242485 such Act, which may include special payments 11
23252486 discussed in the report of the Government Ac-12
23262487 countability Office titled ‘‘Federal Pay: Oppor-13
23272488 tunities Exist to Enhance Strategic Use of Spe-14
23282489 cial Payments’’, published on December 7, 2017 15
23292490 (GAO–18–91), which may be made available to 16
23302491 help ensure full compliance with all such re-17
23312492 quirements in a timely manner. 18
23322493 SEC. 160. COMMAND SPONSORSHIP FOR DEPENDENTS OF 19
23332494 MEMBERS OF COAST GUARD ASSIGNED TO 20
23342495 UNALASKA, ALASKA. 21
23352496 On request by a member of the Coast Guard assigned 22
23362497 to Unalaska, Alaska, the Commandant shall grant com-23
2337-mand sponsorship to the dependents of such member. 24 81
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2498+mand sponsorship to the dependents of such member. 24
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23392502 SEC. 161. TRAVEL ALLOWANCE FOR MEMBERS OF COAST 1
23402503 GUARD ASSIGNED TO ALASKA. 2
23412504 (a) E
23422505 STABLISHMENT.—The Commandant shall im-3
23432506 plement a policy that provides for reimbursement to eligi-4
23442507 ble members of the Coast Guard for the cost of airfare 5
23452508 for such members to travel to the homes of record of such 6
23462509 member during the period specified in subsection (e). 7
23472510 (b) E
23482511 LIGIBLEMEMBERS.—A member of the Coast 8
23492512 Guard is eligible for a reimbursement under subsection (a) 9
23502513 if— 10
23512514 (1) the member is assigned to a duty location 11
23522515 in Alaska; and 12
23532516 (2) an officer in a grade above O–5 in the chain 13
23542517 of command of the member authorizes the travel of 14
23552518 the member. 15
23562519 (c) T
23572520 REATMENT OFTIME ASLEAVE.—The time dur-16
23582521 ing which an eligible member is absent from duty for trav-17
23592522 el reimbursable under subsection (a) shall be treated as 18
23602523 leave for purposes of section 704 of title 10, United States 19
23612524 Code. 20
23622525 (d) B
23632526 RIEFINGREQUIRED.—Not later than February 21
23642527 1, 2027, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee 22
23652528 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 23
23662529 and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 24
2367-of the House of Representatives a briefing on— 25 82
2368-†S 524 ES
2530+of the House of Representatives a briefing on— 25
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23692534 (1) the use and effectiveness of reimbursements 1
23702535 under subsection (a); 2
23712536 (2) the calculation and use of the cost of living 3
23722537 allowance for a member assigned to a duty location 4
23732538 in Alaska; and 5
23742539 (3) the use of special pays and other allowances 6
23752540 as incentives for cold weather proficiency or duty lo-7
23762541 cations. 8
23772542 (e) P
23782543 ERIODSPECIFIED.—The period specified in this 9
23792544 subsection is the period— 10
23802545 (1) beginning on the date of enactment of this 11
23812546 Act; and 12
23822547 (2) ending on the later of— 13
23832548 (A) December 31, 2026; or 14
23842549 (B) the date on which the authority under 15
23852550 section 352 of title 37, United States Code, to 16
23862551 grant assignment or special duty pay to mem-17
23872552 bers of the uniform services terminates under 18
23882553 subsection (g) of such section. 19
23892554 SEC. 162. CONSOLIDATION OF AUTHORITIES FOR COLLEGE 20
23902555 STUDENT PRECOMMISSIONING INITIATIVE. 21
23912556 (a) I
23922557 NGENERAL.—Section 3710 of title 14, United 22
2393-States Code, is amended to read as follows: 23 83
2394-†S 524 ES
2558+States Code, is amended to read as follows: 23
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23952562 ‘‘§ 3710. College student precommissioning initiative 1
23962563 ‘‘(a) I
23972564 NGENERAL.—There is authorized within the 2
23982565 Coast Guard a college student precommissioning initiative 3
23992566 program (in this section referred to as the ‘Program’) for 4
24002567 eligible undergraduate students to enlist in the Coast 5
24012568 Guard Reserve and receive a commission as a Reserve offi-6
24022569 cer. 7
24032570 ‘‘(b) C
24042571 RITERIA FORSELECTION.—To be eligible for 8
24052572 the Program an applicant shall meet the following require-9
24062573 ments upon submitting an application: 10
24072574 ‘‘(1) A
24082575 GE.—The applicant shall be not less than 11
24092576 19 years old and not more than 31 years old as of 12
24102577 September 30 of the fiscal year in which the Pro-13
24112578 gram selection panel selecting such applicant con-14
24122579 venes, or an age otherwise determined by the Com-15
24132580 mandant. 16
24142581 ‘‘(2) C
24152582 HARACTER.— 17
24162583 ‘‘(A) I
24172584 N GENERAL.—The applicant shall be 18
24182585 of outstanding moral character and meet any 19
24192586 other character requirement set forth by the 20
24202587 Commandant. 21
24212588 ‘‘(B) C
24222589 OAST GUARD APPLICANTS .—Any 22
24232590 applicant serving in the Coast Guard may not 23
24242591 be commissioned if in the 36 months prior to 24
24252592 the first Officer Candidate School class con-25
2426-vening date in the selection cycle, such appli-26 84
2427-†S 524 ES
2593+vening date in the selection cycle, such appli-26
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24282597 cant was convicted by a court-martial or as-1
24292598 signed nonjudicial punishment, or did not meet 2
24302599 performance or character requirements set forth 3
24312600 by the Commandant. 4
24322601 ‘‘(3) C
24332602 ITIZENSHIP.—The applicant shall be a 5
24342603 United States citizen. 6
24352604 ‘‘(4) C
24362605 LEARANCE.—The applicant shall be eligi-7
24372606 ble for a secret clearance. 8
24382607 ‘‘(5) E
24392608 DUCATION.—The applicant shall be en-9
24402609 rolled in a college degree program at— 10
24412610 ‘‘(A) an institution of higher education de-11
24422611 scribed in section 371(a) of the Higher Edu-12
24432612 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)); 13
24442613 ‘‘(B) an institution of higher education (as 14
24452614 defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 15
24462615 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that, at the 16
24472616 time of the application has had for 3 consecu-17
24482617 tive years an enrollment of undergraduate full- 18
24492618 time equivalent students (as defined in section 19
24502619 312(e) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1058(e))) that is 20
24512620 a total of at least 50 percent Black American, 21
24522621 Hispanic American, Asian American (as defined 22
24532622 in section 371(c) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 23
24542623 1067q(c))), Native American Pacific Islander 24
2455-(as defined in such section), or Native Amer-25 85
2456-†S 524 ES
2624+(as defined in such section), or Native Amer-25
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24572628 ican (as defined in such section), among other 1
24582629 criteria, as determined by the Commandant; or 2
24592630 ‘‘(C) an institution that meets the eligi-3
24602631 bility requirements for funding as a rural-serv-4
24612632 ing institution of higher education under section 5
24622633 861 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 6
24632634 U.S.C. 1161q). 7
24642635 ‘‘(6) L
24652636 OCATION.—The institution at which the 8
24662637 applicant is an undergraduate shall be within 100 9
24672638 miles of a Coast Guard unit or Coast Guard Re-10
24682639 cruiting Office unless otherwise approved by the 11
24692640 Commandant. 12
24702641 ‘‘(7) R
24712642 ECORDS.—The applicant shall meet cred-13
24722643 it and grade point average requirements set forth by 14
24732644 the Commandant. 15
24742645 ‘‘(8) M
24752646 EDICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE .—The ap-16
24762647 plicant shall meet other medical and administrative 17
24772648 requirements as set forth by the Commandant. 18
24782649 ‘‘(c) F
24792650 INANCIALASSISTANCE.— 19
24802651 ‘‘(1) I
24812652 N GENERAL.—The Commandant may pro-20
24822653 vide financial assistance to enlisted members of the 21
24832654 Coast Guard Reserve on active duty participating in 22
24842655 the Program, for expenses of the enlisted member 23
24852656 while the enlisted member is enrolled, on a full-time 24
2486-basis, in a college degree program approved by the 25 86
2487-†S 524 ES
2657+basis, in a college degree program approved by the 25
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24882661 Commandant at a college, university, or institution 1
24892662 of higher education described in subsection (b)(5) 2
24902663 that leads to— 3
24912664 ‘‘(A) a baccalaureate degree in not more 4
24922665 than 5 academic years; or 5
24932666 ‘‘(B) a post-baccalaureate degree. 6
24942667 ‘‘(2) W
24952668 RITTEN AGREEMENTS .—To be eligible 7
24962669 for financial assistance under this section, an en-8
24972670 listed member of the Coast Guard Reserve shall 9
24982671 enter into a written agreement with the Coast Guard 10
24992672 that notifies the Reserve enlisted member of the obli-11
25002673 gations of that member under this section, and in 12
25012674 which the member agrees to the following: 13
25022675 ‘‘(A) The member shall complete an ap-14
25032676 proved college degree program at a college, uni-15
25042677 versity, or institution of higher education de-16
25052678 scribed in subsection (b)(5). 17
25062679 ‘‘(B) The member shall satisfactorily com-18
25072680 plete all required Coast Guard training and 19
25082681 participate in monthly military activities of the 20
25092682 Program as required by the Commandant. 21
25102683 ‘‘(C) Upon graduation from the college, 22
25112684 university, or institution of higher education de-23
25122685 scribed in subsection (b)(5), the member 24
2513-shall— 25 87
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2686+shall— 25
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25152690 ‘‘(i) accept an appointment, if ten-1
25162691 dered, as a commissioned officer in the 2
25172692 Coast Guard Reserve; and 3
25182693 ‘‘(ii) serve a period of obligated active 4
25192694 duty for a minimum of 3 years imme-5
25202695 diately after such appointment as follows: 6
25212696 ‘‘(I) Members participating in the 7
25222697 Program shall be obligated to serve on 8
25232698 active duty 3 months for each month 9
25242699 of instruction for which they receive 10
25252700 financial assistance pursuant to this 11
25262701 section for the first 12 months and 1 12
25272702 month for each month thereafter, or 3 13
25282703 years, whichever is greater. 14
25292704 ‘‘(II) The period of obligated ac-15
25302705 tive duty service incurred while par-16
25312706 ticipating in the Program shall be in 17
25322707 addition to any other obligated service 18
25332708 a member may incur due to receiving 19
25342709 other bonuses or other benefits as 20
25352710 part of any other Coast Guard pro-21
25362711 gram. 22
25372712 ‘‘(III) If an appointment de-23
25382713 scribed in clause (i) is not tendered, 24
2539-the member will remain in the Re-25 88
2540-†S 524 ES
2714+the member will remain in the Re-25
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25412718 serve component until completion of 1
25422719 the member’s enlisted service obliga-2
25432720 tion. 3
25442721 ‘‘(D) The member shall agree to perform 4
25452722 such duties or complete such terms under the 5
25462723 conditions of service specified by the Coast 6
25472724 Guard. 7
25482725 ‘‘(3) E
25492726 XPENSES.—Expenses for which financial 8
25502727 assistance may be provided under this section are 9
25512728 the following: 10
25522729 ‘‘(A) Tuition and fees charged by the col-11
25532730 lege, university, or institution of higher edu-12
25542731 cation at which a member is enrolled on a full- 13
25552732 time basis. 14
25562733 ‘‘(B) The cost of books. 15
25572734 ‘‘(C) In the case of a program of education 16
25582735 leading to a baccalaureate degree, laboratory 17
25592736 expenses. 18
25602737 ‘‘(D) Such other expenses as the Com-19
25612738 mandant considers appropriate, which may not 20
25622739 exceed $25,000 for any academic year. 21
25632740 ‘‘(4) T
25642741 IME LIMIT.—Financial assistance may be 22
25652742 provided to a member under this section for up to 23
25662743 5 consecutive academic years. 24
25672744 ‘‘(5) B
2568-REACH OF AGREEMENT .— 25 89
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2745+REACH OF AGREEMENT .— 25
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25702749 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may re-1
25712750 tain in the Coast Guard Reserve, and may 2
25722751 order to active duty for such period of time as 3
25732752 the Secretary prescribes (but not to exceed 4 4
25742753 years), a member who breaches an agreement 5
25752754 under paragraph (2). The period of time for 6
25762755 which a member is ordered to active duty under 7
25772756 this paragraph may be determined without re-8
25782757 gard to section 651(a) of title 10. 9
25792758 ‘‘(B) A
25802759 PPROPRIATE ENLISTED GRADE OR 10
25812760 RATING.—A member who is retained in the 11
25822761 Coast Guard Reserve under subparagraph (A) 12
25832762 shall be retained in an appropriate enlisted 13
25842763 grade or rating, as determined by the Com-14
25852764 mandant. 15
25862765 ‘‘(6) R
25872766 EPAYMENT.—A member who does not 16
25882767 fulfill the terms of the obligation to serve as speci-17
25892768 fied under paragraph (2), or the alternative obliga-18
25902769 tion imposed under paragraph (5), shall be subject 19
25912770 to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of 20
25922771 title 37. 21
25932772 ‘‘(d) B
25942773 RIEFING.— 22
25952774 ‘‘(1) I
25962775 N GENERAL.—Not later than August 15 23
25972776 of each year following the date of the enactment of 24
2598-the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, the 25 90
2599-†S 524 ES
2777+the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, the 25
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26002781 Commandant shall provide a briefing to the Com-1
26012782 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 2
26022783 the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 3
26032784 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 4
26042785 on the Program. 5
26052786 ‘‘(2) C
26062787 ONTENTS.—The briefing required under 6
26072788 paragraph (1) shall describe— 7
26082789 ‘‘(A) outreach and recruitment efforts over 8
26092790 the previous year; and 9
26102791 ‘‘(B) demographic information of enrollees, 10
26112792 including— 11
26122793 ‘‘(i) race; 12
26132794 ‘‘(ii) ethnicity; 13
26142795 ‘‘(iii) gender; 14
26152796 ‘‘(iv) geographic origin; and 15
26162797 ‘‘(v) educational institution.’’. 16
26172798 (b) R
26182799 EPEAL.—Section 2131 of title 14, United States 17
26192800 Code, is repealed. 18
26202801 (c) C
26212802 LERICALAMENDMENTS.— 19
26222803 (1) The analysis for chapter 21 of title 14, 20
26232804 United States Code, is amended by striking the item 21
26242805 relating to section 2131. 22
26252806 (2) The analysis for chapter 37 of title 14, 23
26262807 United States Code, is amended by striking the item 24
26272808 relating to section 3710 and inserting the following: 25
2628-‘‘3710. College student precommissioning initiative.’’. 91
2629-†S 524 ES
2809+‘‘3710. College student precommissioning initiative.’’.
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26302813 SEC. 163. TUITION ASSISTANCE AND ADVANCED EDU-1
26312814 CATION ASSISTANCE PILOT PROGRAM. 2
26322815 (a) E
26332816 STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 3
26342817 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 4
26352818 department in which the Coast Guard is operating, acting 5
26362819 through the Commandant, shall establish a tuition assist-6
26372820 ance pilot program for active-duty members of the Coast 7
26382821 Guard, to be known as the ‘‘Tuition Assistance and Ad-8
26392822 vanced Education Assistance Pilot Program for Sea 9
26402823 Duty’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘pilot program’’). 10
26412824 (b) F
26422825 ORMALAGREEMENT.—A member of the Coast 11
26432826 Guard participating in the pilot program shall enter into 12
26442827 a formal agreement with the Secretary of the department 13
26452828 in which the Coast Guard is operating that provides that, 14
26462829 upon the successful completion of a sea duty tour by such 15
26472830 member, the Secretary of the department in which the 16
26482831 Coast Guard is operating shall, for a period equal to the 17
26492832 length of the sea duty tour, beginning on the date on 18
26502833 which the sea duty tour concludes— 19
26512834 (1) reduce by 1 year the service obligation in-20
26522835 curred by such member as a result of participation 21
26532836 in the advanced education assistance program under 22
26542837 section 2005 of title 10, United States Code, or the 23
26552838 tuition assistance program under section 2007 of 24
2656-such title; and 25 92
2657-†S 524 ES
2839+such title; and 25
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26582843 (2) increase the tuition assistance cost cap for 1
26592844 such member to not more than double the amount 2
26602845 of the standard tuition assistance cost cap set by the 3
26612846 Commandant for the applicable fiscal year. 4
26622847 (c) R
26632848 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 5
26642849 on which the pilot program is established, and annually 6
26652850 thereafter through the date on which the pilot program 7
26662851 is terminated under subsection (d), the Commandant shall 8
26672852 submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 9
26682853 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 10
26692854 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-11
26702855 resentatives a report that— 12
26712856 (1) evaluates and compares— 13
26722857 (A) the Coast Guard’s retention, recruit-14
26732858 ment, and filling of sea duty billets for all mem-15
26742859 bers of the Coast Guard; and 16
26752860 (B) the Coast Guard’s retention, recruit-17
26762861 ment, and filling of sea duty billets for all mem-18
26772862 bers of the Coast Guard participating in the 19
26782863 pilot program; 20
26792864 (2) includes the number of participants in the 21
26802865 pilot program as of the date of the report, 22
26812866 disaggregated by officer and enlisted billet type; and 23
26822867 (3) assesses the progress made by such partici-24
2683-pants in their respective voluntary education pro-25 93
2684-†S 524 ES
2868+pants in their respective voluntary education pro-25
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26852872 grams, in accordance with their degree plans, during 1
26862873 the period described in subsection (b). 2
26872874 (d) T
26882875 ERMINATION.—The pilot program shall termi-3
26892876 nate on the date that is 6 years after the date on which 4
26902877 the pilot program is established. 5
26912878 SEC. 164. MODIFICATIONS TO CAREER FLEXIBILITY PRO-6
26922879 GRAM. 7
26932880 Section 2514 of title 14, United States Code, is 8
26942881 amended— 9
26952882 (1) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ‘‘2 months’’ 10
26962883 and inserting ‘‘30 days’’; and 11
26972884 (2) in subsection (h)— 12
26982885 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 13
26992886 the end; 14
27002887 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking the period 15
27012888 and inserting a semicolon; and 16
27022889 (C) by adding at the end the following: 17
27032890 ‘‘(3) the entitlement of the member and of the 18
27042891 survivors of the member to all death benefits under 19
27052892 subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 10; 20
27062893 ‘‘(4) the provision of all travel and transpor-21
27072894 tation allowances to family members of a deceased 22
27082895 member to attend the repatriation, burial, or memo-23
27092896 rial ceremony of a deceased member as provided in 24
2710-section 453(f) of title 37; 25 94
2711-†S 524 ES
2897+section 453(f) of title 37; 25
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27122901 ‘‘(5) the eligibility of the member for general 1
27132902 benefits as provided in part II of title 38; and 2
27142903 ‘‘(6) in the case of a victim of an alleged sex- 3
27152904 related offense (as such term is defined in section 4
27162905 1044e(h) of title 10) to the maximum extent prac-5
27172906 ticable, maintaining access to— 6
27182907 ‘‘(A) Coast Guard behavioral health re-7
27192908 sources; 8
27202909 ‘‘(B) sexual assault prevention and re-9
27212910 sponse resources and programs of the Coast 10
27222911 Guard; and 11
27232912 ‘‘(C) Coast Guard legal resources, includ-12
27242913 ing, to the extent practicable, special victims’ 13
27252914 counsel.’’. 14
27262915 SEC. 165. RECRUITMENT, RELOCATION, AND RETENTION 15
27272916 INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR CIVILIAN FIRE-16
27282917 FIGHTERS EMPLOYED BY COAST GUARD IN 17
27292918 REMOTE LOCATIONS. 18
27302919 (a) I
27312920 DENTIFICATION OF REMOTELOCATIONS.—The 19
27322921 Commandant shall identify locations to be considered re-20
27332922 mote locations for purposes of this section, which shall in-21
27342923 clude, at a minimum, each Coast Guard fire station lo-22
27352924 cated in an area in which members of the Coast Guard 23
27362925 and the dependents of such members are eligible for the 24
2737-TRICARE Prime Remote program. 25 95
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2926+TRICARE Prime Remote program. 25
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27392930 (b) INCENTIVEPROGRAM.— 1
27402931 (1) I
27412932 N GENERAL.—To ensure uninterrupted op-2
27422933 erations by civilian firefighters employed by the 3
27432934 Coast Guard in remote locations, the Commandant 4
27442935 shall establish an incentive program for such fire-5
27452936 fighters consisting of— 6
27462937 (A) recruitment and relocation bonuses 7
27472938 consistent with section 5753 of title 5, United 8
27482939 States Code; and 9
27492940 (B) retention bonuses consistent with sec-10
27502941 tion 5754 of title 5, United States Code. 11
27512942 (2) E
27522943 LIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—The Commandant, 12
27532944 in coordination with the Director of the Office of 13
27542945 Personnel and Management, shall establish eligibility 14
27552946 criteria for the incentive program established under 15
27562947 paragraph (1), which shall include a requirement 16
27572948 that a firefighter described in paragraph (1) may 17
27582949 only be eligible for the incentive program under this 18
27592950 section if, with respect to the applicable remote loca-19
27602951 tion, the Commandant has made a determination 20
27612952 that incentives are appropriate to address an identi-21
27622953 fied recruitment, retention, or relocation need. 22
27632954 (c) A
27642955 NNUALREPORT.—Not less frequently than an-23
27652956 nually for the 5-year period beginning on the date of en-24
2766-actment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to the 25 96
2767-†S 524 ES
2957+actment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to the 25
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27682961 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 1
27692962 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-2
27702963 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-3
27712964 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-4
27722965 tives a report that— 5
27732966 (1) details the use and effectiveness of the in-6
27742967 centive program established under this section; and 7
27752968 (2) includes— 8
27762969 (A) the number of participants in the in-9
27772970 centive program; 10
27782971 (B) a description of the distribution of in-11
27792972 centives under such program; and 12
27802973 (C) a description of the impact of such 13
27812974 program on civilian firefighter recruitment and 14
27822975 retention by the Coast Guard in remote loca-15
27832976 tions. 16
27842977 SEC. 166. REINSTATEMENT OF TRAINING COURSE ON 17
27852978 WORKINGS OF CONGRESS; COAST GUARD MU-18
27862979 SEUM. 19
27872980 (a) I
27882981 NGENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 14, United 20
27892982 States Code, is amended by— 21
27902983 (1) transferring section 316 to appear after sec-22
27912984 tion 323 and redesignating such section as section 23
27922985 324; and 24
2793-(2) inserting after section 315 the following: 25 97
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2986+(2) inserting after section 315 the following: 25
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27952990 ‘‘§ 316. Training course on workings of Congress 1
27962991 ‘‘(a) I
27972992 NGENERAL.—The Commandant, and such 2
27982993 other individuals and organizations as the Commandant 3
27992994 considers appropriate, shall develop a training course on 4
28002995 the workings of Congress and offer such training course 5
28012996 at least once each year. 6
28022997 ‘‘(b) C
28032998 OURSESUBJECTMATTER.—The training 7
28042999 course required by this section shall provide an overview 8
28053000 and introduction to Congress and the Federal legislative 9
28063001 process, including— 10
28073002 ‘‘(1) the history and structure of Congress and 11
28083003 the committee systems of the House of Representa-12
28093004 tives and the Senate, including the functions and re-13
28103005 sponsibilities of the Committee on Transportation 14
28113006 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 15
28123007 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 16
28133008 Transportation of the Senate; 17
28143009 ‘‘(2) the documents produced by Congress, in-18
28153010 cluding bills, resolutions, committee reports, and 19
28163011 conference reports, and the purposes and functions 20
28173012 of such documents; 21
28183013 ‘‘(3) the legislative processes and rules of the 22
28193014 House of Representatives and the Senate, including 23
28203015 similarities and differences between the 2 processes 24
28213016 and 2 sets of rules, including— 25
2822-‘‘(A) the congressional budget process; 26 98
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3017+‘‘(A) the congressional budget process; 26
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28243021 ‘‘(B) the congressional authorization and 1
28253022 appropriation processes; 2
28263023 ‘‘(C) the Senate advice and consent process 3
28273024 for Presidential nominees; and 4
28283025 ‘‘(D) the Senate advice and consent proc-5
28293026 ess for treaty ratification; 6
28303027 ‘‘(4) the roles of Members of Congress and con-7
28313028 gressional staff in the legislative process; and 8
28323029 ‘‘(5) the concept and underlying purposes of 9
28333030 congressional oversight within the governance frame-10
28343031 work of separation of powers. 11
28353032 ‘‘(c) L
28363033 ECTURERS ANDPANELISTS.— 12
28373034 ‘‘(1) O
28383035 UTSIDE EXPERTS.—The Commandant 13
28393036 shall ensure that not less than 60 percent of the lec-14
28403037 turers, panelists, and other individuals providing 15
28413038 education and instruction as part of the training 16
28423039 course required under this section are experts on 17
28433040 Congress and the Federal legislative process who are 18
28443041 not employed by the executive branch of the Federal 19
28453042 Government. 20
28463043 ‘‘(2) A
28473044 UTHORITY TO ACCEPT PRO BONO SERV -21
28483045 ICES.—In satisfying the requirement under para-22
28493046 graph (1), the Commandant shall seek, and may ac-23
28503047 cept, educational and instructional services of lec-24
2851-turers, panelists, and other individuals and organiza-25 99
2852-†S 524 ES
3048+turers, panelists, and other individuals and organiza-25
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28533052 tions provided to the Coast Guard on a pro bono 1
28543053 basis. 2
28553054 ‘‘(d) E
28563055 FFECT OFLAW.— 3
28573056 ‘‘(1) I
28583057 N GENERAL.—The training required by 4
28593058 this section shall replace the substantially similar 5
28603059 training that was required by the Commandant on 6
28613060 the day before the date of the enactment of this sec-7
28623061 tion. 8
28633062 ‘‘(2) P
28643063 REVIOUS TRAINING RECIPIENTS .—A 9
28653064 Coast Guard flag officer or a Coast Guard Senior 10
28663065 Executive Service employee who, not more than 3 11
28673066 years before the date of the enactment of this sec-12
28683067 tion, completed the training that was required by the 13
28693068 Commandant on the day before such date of enact-14
28703069 ment, shall not be required to complete the training 15
28713070 required by this section.’’. 16
28723071 (b) C
28733072 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-17
28743073 ter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— 18
28753074 (1) by striking the item relating to section 316 19
28763075 and inserting after the item relating to section 323 20
28773076 the following: 21
28783077 ‘‘324. Training for congressional affairs personnel.’’.
28793078 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-22
28803079 tion 315 the following: 23
2881-‘‘316. Training course on workings of Congress.’’. 100
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3080+‘‘316. Training course on workings of Congress.’’.
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28833084 (c) SERVICES ANDUSE OFFUNDS FOR, ANDLEAS-1
28843085 ING OF, THENATIONALCOASTGUARDMUSEUM.—Sec-2
28853086 tion 324 of title 14, United States Code, as transferred 3
28863087 and redesignated by subsection (a), is amended— 4
28873088 (1) in subsection (b)— 5
28883089 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘The Sec-6
28893090 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 7
28903091 paragraph (2), the Secretary’’; and 8
28913092 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘on the 9
28923093 engineering and design of a Museum.’’ and in-10
28933094 serting ‘‘on—’’ 11
28943095 ‘‘(A) the design of the Museum; and 12
28953096 ‘‘(B) engineering, construction administra-13
28963097 tion, and quality assurance services for the Mu-14
28973098 seum.’’; 15
28983099 (2) in subsection (e), by amending paragraph 16
28993100 (2)(A) to read as follows: 17
29003101 ‘‘(2)(A) for the purpose of conducting Coast 18
29013102 Guard operations, lease from the Association— 19
29023103 ‘‘(i) the Museum; and 20
29033104 ‘‘(ii) any property owned by the Asso-21
29043105 ciation that is adjacent to the railroad 22
29053106 tracks that are adjacent to the property on 23
2906-which the Museum is located; and’’; and 24 101
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3107+which the Museum is located; and’’; and 24
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29083111 (3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-1
29093112 lows: 2
29103113 ‘‘(g) S
29113114 ERVICES.—With respect to the services related 3
29123115 to the construction, maintenance, and operation of the 4
29133116 Museum, the Commandant may, from nonprofits entities 5
29143117 including the Association,— 6
29153118 ‘‘(1) solicit and accept services; and 7
29163119 ‘‘(2) enter into contracts or memoranda of 8
29173120 agreement to acquire such services.’’. 9
29183121 SEC. 167. MODIFICATION OF DESIGNATION OF VICE ADMI-10
29193122 RALS. 11
29203123 (a) I
29213124 NGENERAL.—Section 305(a)(1) of title 14, 12
29223125 United States Code, is amended— 13
29233126 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 14
29243127 by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 15
29253128 (2) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking ‘‘be the 16
29263129 Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard’’ and inserting 17
29273130 ‘‘oversee personnel management, workforce and de-18
29283131 pendent support, training, and related matters’’. 19
29293132 (b) R
29303133 EORGANIZATION.—Chapter 3 of title 14, United 20
29313134 States Code, is further amended by redesignating sections 21
29323135 312 through 324 as sections 314 through 326, respec-22
29333136 tively. 23
29343137 (c) C
29353138 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-24
2936-ter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended 25 102
2937-†S 524 ES
3139+ter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended 25
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29383143 by redesignating the items relating to sections 312 1
29393144 through 324 as relating to sections 314 through 326, re-2
29403145 spectively. 3
29413146 SEC. 168. COMMANDANT ADVISORY JUDGE ADVOCATE. 4
29423147 (a) I
29433148 NGENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 14, United 5
29443149 States Code, is further amended by inserting after section 6
29453150 311 the following: 7
29463151 ‘‘§ 312. Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate 8
29473152 ‘‘There shall be in the Coast Guard a Commandant 9
29483153 Advisory Judge Advocate who is a judge advocate in a 10
29493154 grade of O–6. The Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate 11
29503155 shall be assigned to the staff of the Commandant in the 12
29513156 first regularly scheduled O–6 officer assignment panel to 13
29523157 convene following the date of the enactment of the Coast 14
29533158 Guard Authorization Act of 2025 and perform such duties 15
29543159 relating to legal matters arising in the Coast Guard as 16
29553160 such legal matters relate to the Commandant, as may be 17
29563161 assigned.’’. 18
29573162 (b) C
29583163 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-19
29593164 ter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended 20
29603165 by inserting after the item relating to section 311 the fol-21
29613166 lowing item: 22
2962-‘‘312. Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate.’’. 103
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3167+‘‘312. Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate.’’.
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29643171 SEC. 169. SPECIAL ADVISOR TO COMMANDANT FOR TRIBAL 1
29653172 AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. 2
29663173 (a) I
29673174 NGENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 14, United 3
29683175 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 312 the 4
29693176 following: 5
29703177 ‘‘§ 313. Special Advisor to Commandant for Tribal 6
29713178 and Native Hawaiian Affairs 7
29723179 ‘‘(a) I
29733180 NGENERAL.—In accordance with Federal trust 8
29743181 responsibilities and treaty obligations, laws, and policies 9
29753182 relevant to Indian Tribes and in support of the principles 10
29763183 of self-determination, self-governance, and co-management 11
29773184 with respect to Indian Tribes, and to support engagement 12
29783185 with Native Hawaiians, there shall be in the Coast Guard 13
29793186 a Special Advisor to the Commandant for Tribal and Na-14
29803187 tive Hawaiian Affairs (in this section referred to as the 15
29813188 ‘Special Advisor’), who shall— 16
29823189 ‘‘(1) be selected by the Secretary and the Com-17
29833190 mandant through a competitive search process; 18
29843191 ‘‘(2) have expertise in Federal Indian law and 19
29853192 policy, including government-to-government con-20
29863193 sultation; 21
29873194 ‘‘(3) to the maximum extent practicable, have 22
29883195 expertise in legal and policy issues affecting Native 23
29893196 Hawaiians; and 24
29903197 ‘‘(4) have an established record of distinguished 25
2991-service and achievement working with Indian Tribes, 26 104
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3198+service and achievement working with Indian Tribes, 26
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29933202 Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organiza-1
29943203 tions. 2
29953204 ‘‘(b) C
29963205 AREERRESERVEDPOSITION.—The position of 3
29973206 Special Advisor shall be a career reserved position at the 4
29983207 GS–15 level or greater. 5
29993208 ‘‘(c) D
30003209 UTIES.—The Special Advisor shall— 6
30013210 ‘‘(1) ensure the Federal government upholds 7
30023211 the Federal trust responsibility and conducts con-8
30033212 sistent, meaningful, and timely government-to-gov-9
30043213 ernment consultation and engagement with Indian 10
30053214 Tribes, which shall meet or exceed the standards of 11
30063215 the Federal Government and the Coast Guard; 12
30073216 ‘‘(2) ensure meaningful and timely engagement 13
30083217 with— 14
30093218 ‘‘(A) Native Hawaiian organizations; and 15
30103219 ‘‘(B) Tribal organizations; 16
30113220 ‘‘(3) advise the Commandant on all policies of 17
30123221 the Coast Guard that have Tribal implications in ac-18
30133222 cordance with applicable law and policy, including 19
30143223 Executive Orders; 20
30153224 ‘‘(4) work to ensure that the policies of the 21
30163225 Federal Government regarding consultation and en-22
30173226 gagement with Indian Tribes and engagement with 23
30183227 Native Hawaiian organizations and Tribal organiza-24
3019-tions are implemented in a meaningful manner, 25 105
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3228+tions are implemented in a meaningful manner, 25
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30213232 working through Coast Guard leadership and across 1
30223233 the Coast Guard, together with— 2
30233234 ‘‘(A) liaisons located within Coast Guard 3
30243235 districts; 4
30253236 ‘‘(B) the Director of Coast Guard Govern-5
30263237 mental and Public Affairs; and 6
30273238 ‘‘(C) other Coast Guard leadership and 7
30283239 programs and other Federal partners; and 8
30293240 ‘‘(5) support Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian 9
30303241 organizations, and Tribal organizations in all mat-10
30313242 ters under the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard. 11
30323243 ‘‘(d) D
30333244 IRECTACCESS TOSECRETARY AND COM-12
30343245 MANDANT.—No officer or employee of the Coast Guard 13
30353246 or the Department of Homeland Security may interfere 14
30363247 with the ability of the Special Advisor to give direct and 15
30373248 independent advice to the Secretary and the Commandant 16
30383249 on matters related to this section. 17
30393250 ‘‘(e) D
30403251 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 18
30413252 ‘‘(1) I
30423253 NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 19
30433254 has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the 20
30443255 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 21
30453256 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 22
30463257 ‘‘(2) N
30473258 ATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION .—The 23
30483259 term ‘Native Hawaiian organization’ has the mean-24
3049-ing given such term in section 6207 of the Elemen-25 106
3050-†S 524 ES
3260+ing given such term in section 6207 of the Elemen-25
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30513264 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 1
30523265 U.S.C. 7517) except the term includes the Depart-2
30533266 ment of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of 3
30543267 Hawaiian Affairs. 4
30553268 ‘‘(3) T
30563269 RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Tribal 5
30573270 organization’ has the meaning given the term in sec-6
30583271 tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-7
30593272 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).’’. 8
30603273 (b) C
30613274 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-9
30623275 ter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by insert-10
30633276 ing after the item relating to section 312 the following: 11
30643277 ‘‘313. Special Advisor to Commandant for Tribal and Native Hawaiian Af-
30653278 fairs.’’.
30663279 (c) BRIEFINGS.— 12
30673280 (1) I
30683281 NITIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 13
30693282 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 14
30703283 Commandant shall brief the Committee on Com-15
30713284 merce, Science, and Transportation and the Com-16
30723285 mittee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Com-17
30733286 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 18
30743287 House of Representatives on the manner in which 19
30753288 the Special Advisor for Tribal and Native Hawaiian 20
30763289 Affairs will be incorporated into the governance 21
30773290 structure of the Coast Guard, including a timeline 22
30783291 for the incorporation that is completed not later 23
3079-than 1 year after date of enactment of this Act. 24 107
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3292+than 1 year after date of enactment of this Act. 24
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30813296 (2) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON SPECIAL ADVISOR 1
30823297 TO THE COMMANDANT TOR TRIBAL AND NATIVE HA -2
30833298 WAIIAN AFFAIRS.—Not later than 1 year after the 3
30843299 date of the establishment of the position of the Spe-4
30853300 cial Advisor to the Commandant for Tribal and Na-5
30863301 tive Hawaiian Affairs under section 313 of title 14, 6
30873302 United States Code, and annually thereafter for 2 7
30883303 years, the Commandant shall provide the Committee 8
30893304 on Commerce, Science, and Technology and the 9
30903305 Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the 10
30913306 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 11
30923307 the House of Representatives with a briefing on the 12
30933308 duties, responsibilities, and actions of the Special 13
30943309 Advisor to the Commandant for Tribal and Native 14
30953310 Hawaiian Affairs, including management of best 15
30963311 practices. 16
30973312 (3) B
30983313 RIEFING ON COLLABORATION WITH 17
30993314 TRIBES ON RESEARCH CONSISTENT WITH COAST 18
31003315 GUARD MISSION REQUIREMENTS .— 19
31013316 (A) I
31023317 N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 20
31033318 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 21
31043319 Commandant shall provide the Committee on 22
31053320 Commerce, Science, and Technology and the 23
31063321 Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and 24
3107-the Committee on Transportation and Infra-25 108
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3322+the Committee on Transportation and Infra-25
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31093326 structure of the House of Representatives with 1
31103327 a briefing on potential collaborations on and re-2
31113328 search and use of indigenous place-based knowl-3
31123329 edge and research. 4
31133330 (B) E
31143331 LEMENT.—In providing the briefing 5
31153332 under subparagraph (A), the Commandant shall 6
31163333 identify current and potential future opportuni-7
31173334 ties to improve coordination with Indian Tribes, 8
31183335 Native Hawaiian organizations, and Tribal or-9
31193336 ganizations to support— 10
31203337 (i) Coast Guard mission needs, such 11
31213338 as the potential for research or knowledge 12
31223339 to enhance maritime domain awareness, in-13
31233340 cluding opportunities through the ADAC– 14
31243341 ARCTIC Center of Excellence of the De-15
31253342 partment of Homeland Security; and 16
31263343 (ii) Coast Guard efforts to protect in-17
31273344 digenous place-based knowledge and re-18
31283345 search. 19
31293346 (4) D
31303347 EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 20
31313348 (A) I
31323349 NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian 21
31333350 Tribe’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-22
31343351 tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 23
3135-Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 24 109
3136-†S 524 ES
3352+Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 24
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31373356 (B) NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION .— 1
31383357 The term ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization’’ has 2
31393358 the meaning given such term in section 6207 of 3
31403359 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 4
31413360 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517) except the term in-5
31423361 cludes the Department of Hawaiian Home 6
31433362 Lands and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. 7
31443363 (C) T
31453364 RIBAL ORGANIZATION .—The term 8
31463365 ‘‘Tribal organization’’ has the meaning given 9
31473366 the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter-10
31483367 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 11
31493368 U.S.C. 5304). 12
31503369 (d) R
31513370 ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-13
31523371 tion, or an amendment made by this section, shall be con-14
31533372 strued to impact— 15
31543373 (1) the right of any Indian Tribe (as defined in 16
31553374 section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-17
31563375 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304); or 18
31573376 (2) any government-to-government consultation. 19
31583377 (e) C
31593378 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 20
31603379 (1) Section 11237 of the Don Young Coast 21
31613380 Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117– 22
3162-263) is amended— 23 110
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3381+263) is amended— 23
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31643385 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 1
31653386 312 of title 14’’ and inserting ‘‘section 315 of 2
31663387 title 14’’; and 3
31673388 (B) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking 4
31683389 ‘‘section 312 of title 14’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5
31693390 315 of title 14’’. 6
31703391 (2) Section 807(a) of the Frank LoBiondo 7
31713392 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 8
31723393 115–282) is amended by striking ‘‘section 313 of 9
31733394 title 14’’ and inserting ‘‘section 316 of title 14’’. 10
31743395 (3) Section 3533(a) of the National Defense 11
31753396 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 12
31763397 118–31) is amended by striking ‘‘section 315 of title 13
31773398 14’’ and inserting ‘‘section 318 of title 14’’. 14
31783399 (4) Section 311(j)(9)(D) of the Federal Water 15
31793400 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(9)(D)) is 16
31803401 amended by striking ‘‘section 323 of title 14’’ each 17
31813402 place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 325 of title 18
31823403 14’’ each such place. 19
31833404 SEC. 170. NOTIFICATION. 20
31843405 (a) I
31853406 NGENERAL.—The Commandant shall provide to 21
31863407 the appropriate committees of Congress notification as de-22
31873408 scribed in subsection (b)— 23
31883409 (1) not later than the date that is 10 days be-24
3189-fore the final day of each fiscal year; or 25 111
3190-†S 524 ES
3410+fore the final day of each fiscal year; or 25
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31913414 (2) in the case of a continuing resolution that, 1
31923415 for a period of more than 10 days, provides appro-2
31933416 priated funds in lieu of an appropriations Act, not 3
31943417 later than the date that is 10 days before the final 4
31953418 day of the period that such continuing resolution 5
31963419 covers. 6
31973420 (b) E
31983421 LEMENTS.—Notification under subsection (a) 7
31993422 shall include— 8
32003423 (1) the status of funding for the Coast Guard 9
32013424 during the subsequent fiscal year or at the end of 10
32023425 the continuing resolution if other appropriations 11
32033426 measures are not enacted, as applicable; 12
32043427 (2) the status of the Coast Guard as a compo-13
32053428 nent of the Armed Forces; 14
32063429 (3) the number of members currently serving 15
32073430 overseas and otherwise supporting missions related 16
32083431 to title 10, United States Code; 17
32093432 (4) the fact that members of the Armed Forces 18
32103433 have service requirements unlike those of other Fed-19
32113434 eral employees, which require them to continue to 20
32123435 serve even if unpaid; 21
32133436 (5) the impacts of historical shutdowns of the 22
32143437 Federal Government on members of the Coast 23
3215-Guard; and 24 112
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3438+Guard; and 24
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32173442 (6) other relevant matters, as determined by 1
32183443 the Commandant. 2
32193444 (c) A
32203445 PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-3
32213446 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-4
32223447 tees of Congress’’ means— 5
32233448 (1) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 6
32243449 Transportation of the Senate; 7
32253450 (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the 8
32263451 Senate; 9
32273452 (3) the Committee on Transportation and In-10
32283453 frastructure of the House of Representatives; and 11
32293454 (4) the Committee on Armed Services of the 12
32303455 House of Representatives. 13
32313456 Subtitle E—Coast Guard Academy 14
32323457 SEC. 171. MODIFICATION OF BOARD OF VISITORS. 15
32333458 Section 1903 of title 14, United States Code, is 16
32343459 amended to read as follows: 17
32353460 ‘‘§ 1903. Annual Board of Visitors 18
32363461 ‘‘(a) I
32373462 NGENERAL.—The Commandant shall establish 19
32383463 a Board of Visitors to the Coast Guard Academy to review 20
32393464 and make recommendations on the operation of the Acad-21
32403465 emy. 22
32413466 ‘‘(b) M
32423467 EMBERSHIP.— 23
32433468 ‘‘(1) I
32443469 N GENERAL.—The membership of the 24
3245-Board shall consist of the following: 25 113
3246-†S 524 ES
3470+Board shall consist of the following: 25
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32473474 ‘‘(A) The chairperson of the Committee on 1
32483475 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 2
32493476 Senate, or a member of such Committee des-3
32503477 ignated by such chairperson. 4
32513478 ‘‘(B) The chairperson of the Committee on 5
32523479 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 6
32533480 of Representatives, or a member of such Com-7
32543481 mittee designated by such chairperson. 8
32553482 ‘‘(C) 3 Senators appointed by the Vice 9
32563483 President. 10
32573484 ‘‘(D) 4 Members of the House of Rep-11
32583485 resentatives appointed by the Speaker of the 12
32593486 House of Representatives. 13
32603487 ‘‘(E) 2 Senators appointed by the Vice 14
32613488 President, each of whom shall be selected from 15
32623489 among members of the Committee on Appro-16
32633490 priations of the Senate. 17
32643491 ‘‘(F) 2 Members of the House of Rep-18
32653492 resentatives appointed by the Speaker of the 19
32663493 House of Representatives, each of whom shall 20
32673494 be selected from among members of the Com-21
32683495 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-22
32693496 resentatives. 23
32703497 ‘‘(G) 6 individuals designated by the Presi-24
3271-dent. 25 114
3272-†S 524 ES
3498+dent. 25
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32733502 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF APPOINTMENTS OF MEM -1
32743503 BERS.— 2
32753504 ‘‘(A) If any member of the Board de-3
32763505 scribed in paragraph (1)(C) is not appointed by 4
32773506 the date that is 180 days after the date on 5
32783507 which the first session of each Congress con-6
32793508 venes, the chair and ranking member of the 7
32803509 subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, 8
32813510 Science, and Transportation of the Senate with 9
32823511 jurisdiction over the authorization of appropria-10
32833512 tions of the Coast Guard shall be members of 11
32843513 the Board until the date on which the second 12
32853514 session of such Congress adjourns sine die. 13
32863515 ‘‘(B) If any member of the Board de-14
32873516 scribed in paragraph (1)(D) is not appointed by 15
32883517 the date that is 180 days after the date on 16
32893518 which the first session of each Congress con-17
32903519 venes, the chair and ranking member of the 18
32913520 subcommittee of the Committee on Transpor-19
32923521 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-20
32933522 resentatives with jurisdiction over the author-21
32943523 ization of appropriations for the Coast Guard 22
32953524 shall be members of the Board until the date on 23
32963525 which the second session of such Congress ad-24
3297-journs sine die. 25 115
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3526+journs sine die. 25
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32993530 ‘‘(C) If any member of the Board de-1
33003531 scribed in paragraph (1)(E) is not appointed by 2
33013532 the date that is 180 days after the date on 3
33023533 which the first session of each Congress con-4
33033534 venes, the chair and ranking member of the 5
33043535 subcommittee of the Committee on Appropria-6
33053536 tions of the Senate with jurisdiction over appro-7
33063537 priations for the Coast Guard shall be members 8
33073538 of the Board until the date on which the second 9
33083539 session of such Congress adjourns sine die. 10
33093540 ‘‘(D) If any member of the Board de-11
33103541 scribed in paragraph (1)(F) is not appointed by 12
33113542 the date that is 180 days after the date on 13
33123543 which the first session of each Congress con-14
33133544 venes, the chair and ranking member of the 15
33143545 subcommittee of the Committee on Appropria-16
33153546 tions of the House of Representatives with ju-17
33163547 risdiction over appropriations for the Coast 18
33173548 Guard shall be members of the Board until the 19
33183549 date on which the second session of such Con-20
33193550 gress adjourns sine die. 21
33203551 ‘‘(3) C
33213552 HAIRPERSON.— 22
33223553 ‘‘(A) I
33233554 N GENERAL.—On a biennial basis 23
33243555 and subject to paragraph (4), the Board shall 24
3325-select from among the members of the Board a 25 116
3326-†S 524 ES
3556+select from among the members of the Board a 25
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33273560 Member of Congress to serve as the Chair of 1
33283561 the Board. 2
33293562 ‘‘(B) R
33303563 OTATION.—A Member of the House 3
33313564 of Representatives and a Member of the Senate 4
33323565 shall alternately be selected as the Chair of the 5
33333566 Board. 6
33343567 ‘‘(C) T
33353568 ERM.—An individual may not serve 7
33363569 as Chairperson of the Board for consecutive 8
33373570 terms. 9
33383571 ‘‘(4) L
33393572 ENGTH OF SERVICE.— 10
33403573 ‘‘(A) M
33413574 EMBERS OF CONGRESS .—A Member 11
33423575 of Congress designated as a member of the 12
33433576 Board under paragraph (1) shall be designated 13
33443577 as a member in the first session of the applica-14
33453578 ble Congress and shall serve for the duration of 15
33463579 such Congress. 16
33473580 ‘‘(B) I
33483581 NDIVIDUALS DESIGNATED BY THE 17
33493582 PRESIDENT.—Each individual designated by the 18
33503583 President under paragraph (1)(G) shall serve as 19
33513584 a member of the Board for 3 years, except that 20
33523585 any such member whose term of office has ex-21
33533586 pired shall continue to serve until a successor is 22
33543587 appointed by the President. 23
33553588 ‘‘(C) D
33563589 EATH OR RESIGNATION OF A MEM -24
3357-BER.—If a member of the Board dies or re-25 117
3358-†S 524 ES
3590+BER.—If a member of the Board dies or re-25
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33593594 signs, a successor shall be designated for any 1
33603595 unexpired portion of the term of the member by 2
33613596 the official who designated the member. 3
33623597 ‘‘(c) D
33633598 UTIES.— 4
33643599 ‘‘(1) A
33653600 CADEMY VISITS.— 5
33663601 ‘‘(A) A
33673602 NNUAL VISIT.—The Commandant 6
33683603 shall invite each member of the Board, and any 7
33693604 designee of a member of the Board, to visit the 8
33703605 Coast Guard Academy at least once annually to 9
33713606 review the operation of the Academy. 10
33723607 ‘‘(B) A
33733608 DDITIONAL VISITS.—With the ap-11
33743609 proval of the Secretary, the Board or any mem-12
33753610 bers of the Board in connection with the duties 13
33763611 of the Board may— 14
33773612 ‘‘(i) make visits to the Academy in ad-15
33783613 dition to the visits described in subpara-16
33793614 graph (A); or 17
33803615 ‘‘(ii) consult with— 18
33813616 ‘‘(I) the Superintendent of the 19
33823617 Academy; or 20
33833618 ‘‘(II) the faculty, staff, or cadets 21
33843619 of the Academy. 22
33853620 ‘‘(C) A
33863621 CCESS.—The Commandant shall en-23
33873622 sure that the Board or any members of the 24
3388-Board who visits the Academy under this para-25 118
3389-†S 524 ES
3623+Board who visits the Academy under this para-25
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33903627 graph is provided reasonable access to the 1
33913628 grounds, facilities, cadets, faculty, staff, and 2
33923629 other personnel of the Academy for the purpose 3
33933630 of carrying out the duties of the Board. 4
33943631 ‘‘(2) O
33953632 VERSIGHT REVIEW.—In conducting over-5
33963633 sight of the Academy under this section, the Board 6
33973634 shall review, with respect to the Academy— 7
33983635 ‘‘(A) the state of morale and discipline, in-8
33993636 cluding with respect to prevention of, response 9
34003637 to, and recovery from sexual assault and sexual 10
34013638 harassment; 11
34023639 ‘‘(B) recruitment and retention, including 12
34033640 diversity, inclusion, and issues regarding women 13
34043641 specifically; 14
34053642 ‘‘(C) the curriculum; 15
34063643 ‘‘(D) instruction; 16
34073644 ‘‘(E) physical equipment, including infra-17
34083645 structure, living quarters, and deferred mainte-18
34093646 nance; 19
34103647 ‘‘(F) fiscal affairs; and 20
34113648 ‘‘(G) any other matter relating to the 21
34123649 Academy the Board considers appropriate. 22
34133650 ‘‘(d) A
34143651 DMINISTRATIVEMATTERS.— 23
34153652 ‘‘(1) M
3416-EETINGS.— 24 119
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3653+EETINGS.— 24
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34183657 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently 1
34193658 than annually, the Board shall meet at a loca-2
34203659 tion chosen by the Commandant, in consulta-3
34213660 tion with the Board, to conduct the review re-4
34223661 quired by subsection (c)(2). 5
34233662 ‘‘(B) C
34243663 HAIRPERSON AND CHARTER .—The 6
34253664 Federal officer designated under subsection 7
34263665 (f)(1)(B) shall organize a meeting of the Board 8
34273666 for the purposes of— 9
34283667 ‘‘(i) selecting a Chairperson of the 10
34293668 Board under subsection (b)(3); 11
34303669 ‘‘(ii) adopting an official charter for 12
34313670 the Board, which shall establish the sched-13
34323671 ule of meetings of the Board; and 14
34333672 ‘‘(iii) any other matter such des-15
34343673 ignated Federal officer or the Board con-16
34353674 siders appropriate. 17
34363675 ‘‘(C) S
34373676 CHEDULING.—In scheduling a meet-18
34383677 ing of the Board, such designated Federal offi-19
34393678 cer shall coordinate, to the greatest extent prac-20
34403679 ticable, with the members of the Board to de-21
34413680 termine the date and time of the meeting. 22
34423681 ‘‘(D) N
34433682 OTIFICATION.—Not less than 30 23
34443683 days before each scheduled meeting of the 24
3445-Board, such designated Federal officer shall no-25 120
3446-†S 524 ES
3684+Board, such designated Federal officer shall no-25
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34473688 tify each member of the Board of the time, 1
34483689 date, and location of the meeting. 2
34493690 ‘‘(2) S
34503691 TAFF.— 3
34513692 ‘‘(A) D
34523693 ESIGNATION.—The chairperson and 4
34533694 the ranking member of the Committee on Com-5
34543695 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-6
34553696 ate and the chairperson and the ranking mem-7
34563697 ber of the Committee on Transportation and 8
34573698 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 9
34583699 may each designate 1 staff member of each 10
34593700 such Committees. 11
34603701 ‘‘(B) R
34613702 OLE.—Staff designated under sub-12
34623703 paragraph (A)— 13
34633704 ‘‘(i) may attend and participate in vis-14
34643705 its and carry out consultations described 15
34653706 under subsection (c)(1) and attend and 16
34663707 participate in meetings described under 17
34673708 paragraph (1); and 18
34683709 ‘‘(ii) may not otherwise carry out du-19
34693710 ties or take actions reserved to members of 20
34703711 the Board under this section. 21
34713712 ‘‘(3) A
34723713 DVISORS.—If approved by the Secretary, 22
34733714 the Board may consult with advisors in carrying out 23
34743715 the duties of the Board under this section. 24
34753716 ‘‘(4) R
3476-EPORTS.— 25 121
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3717+EPORTS.— 25
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34783721 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 1
34793722 days after the date on which the Board con-2
34803723 ducts a meeting of the Board under paragraph 3
34813724 (1), the Deputy Commandant for Mission Sup-4
34823725 port, in consultation with the Board, shall sub-5
34833726 mit a report on the actions of the Board during 6
34843727 the meeting and the recommendations of the 7
34853728 Board pertaining to the Academy to— 8
34863729 ‘‘(i) the Secretary; 9
34873730 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Commerce, 10
34883731 Science, and Transportation and the Com-11
34893732 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate; 12
34903733 and 13
34913734 ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Transpor-14
34923735 tation and Infrastructure and the Com-15
34933736 mittee on Armed Services of the House of 16
34943737 Representatives. 17
34953738 ‘‘(B) P
34963739 UBLICATION.—Each report sub-18
34973740 mitted under this paragraph shall be published 19
34983741 on a publicly accessible website of the Coast 20
34993742 Guard. 21
35003743 ‘‘(e) D
35013744 ISCLOSURE.—The Commandant and the Su-22
35023745 perintendent of the Academy shall ensure candid and com-23
3503-plete disclosure to the Board, consistent with applicable 24 122
3504-†S 524 ES
3746+plete disclosure to the Board, consistent with applicable 24
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35053750 laws relating to disclosure of information, with respect 1
35063751 to— 2
35073752 ‘‘(1) each issue described in subsection (c)(2); 3
35083753 and 4
35093754 ‘‘(2) any other issue the Board or the Com-5
35103755 mandant considers appropriate. 6
35113756 ‘‘(f) C
35123757 OASTGUARDSUPPORT.— 7
35133758 ‘‘(1) I
35143759 N GENERAL.—The Commandant shall— 8
35153760 ‘‘(A) provide support to the Board, as 9
35163761 Board considers necessary for the performance 10
35173762 of the duties of the Board; 11
35183763 ‘‘(B) designate a Federal officer to support 12
35193764 the performance of the duties of the Board; and 13
35203765 ‘‘(C) in cooperation with the Super-14
35213766 intendent of the Academy, advise the Board of 15
35223767 any institutional issues, consistent with applica-16
35233768 ble laws concerning the disclosure of informa-17
35243769 tion. 18
35253770 ‘‘(2) R
35263771 EIMBURSEMENT.—Each member of the 19
35273772 Board and each advisor consulted by the Board 20
35283773 under subsection (d)(3) shall be reimbursed, to the 21
35293774 extent permitted by law, by the Coast Guard for ac-22
35303775 tual expenses incurred while engaged in duties as a 23
3531-member or advisor. 24 123
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35333780 ‘‘(g) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after 1
35343781 the date on which the first session of each Congress con-2
35353782 venes, the Commandant shall provide to the chairperson 3
35363783 and ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, 4
35373784 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the chair-5
35383785 person and ranking member of the Committee on Trans-6
35393786 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-7
35403787 tives, and the President notification of the requirements 8
35413788 of this section.’’. 9
35423789 SEC. 172. STUDY ON COAST GUARD ACADEMY OVERSIGHT. 10
35433790 (a) I
35443791 NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 11
35453792 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant, shall 12
35463793 enter into an agreement with a federally funded research 13
35473794 and development center with relevant expertise under 14
35483795 which such center shall conduct an assessment of the over-15
35493796 sight and governance of the Coast Guard Academy, includ-16
35503797 ing— 17
35513798 (1) examining the— 18
35523799 (A) authorities regarding Coast Guard and 19
35533800 Departmental oversight of the Coast Guard 20
35543801 Academy, including considerations of how these 21
35553802 may impact accreditation review at the acad-22
35563803 emy; 23
35573804 (B) roles and responsibilities of the Board 24
3558-of Trustees of such Academy; 25 124
3559-†S 524 ES
3805+of Trustees of such Academy; 25
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35603809 (C) Coast Guard roles and responsibilities 1
35613810 with respect to management and facilitation of 2
35623811 the Board of Trustees of such Academy; 3
35633812 (D) advisory functions of the Board of 4
35643813 Trustees of such Academy; and 5
35653814 (E) membership of the Board of Trustees 6
35663815 for the 10-year period preceding the date of the 7
35673816 enactment of this Act, to include expertise, ob-8
35683817 jectiveness, and effectiveness in conducting 9
35693818 oversight of such Academy; and 10
35703819 (2) an analysis of the involvement of the Board 11
35713820 of Trustees during the Operation Fouled Anchor in-12
35723821 vestigation, including to what extent the Board 13
35733822 members were informed, involved, or made decisions 14
35743823 regarding the governance of the academy based on 15
35753824 that investigation. 16
35763825 (b) R
35773826 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 17
35783827 on which the Commandant enters into an agreement 18
35793828 under subsection (a), the federally funded research and 19
35803829 development center selected under such subsection shall 20
35813830 submit to the Secretary of the department in which the 21
35823831 Coast Guard is operating, the Commandant, the Com-22
35833832 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 23
3584-Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-24 125
3585-†S 524 ES
3833+Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-24
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35863837 structure of the House of Representatives a report that 1
35873838 contains— 2
35883839 (1) the results of the assessment required under 3
35893840 subsection (a); and 4
35903841 (2) recommendations to improve governance of 5
35913842 the Coast Guard Academy and the Board of Trust-6
35923843 ees. 7
35933844 SEC. 173. ELECTRONIC LOCKING MECHANISMS TO ENSURE 8
35943845 COAST GUARD ACADEMY CADET ROOM SECU-9
35953846 RITY. 10
35963847 (a) I
35973848 NGENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 11
35983849 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in con-12
35993850 sultation with the Superintendent of the Coast Guard 13
36003851 Academy (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Super-14
36013852 intendent’’), shall— 15
36023853 (1) install an electronic locking mechanism for 16
36033854 each room at the Coast Guard Academy within 17
36043855 which 1 or more Coast Guard Academy cadets reside 18
36053856 overnight; 19
36063857 (2) test each such mechanism not less than 20
36073858 once every 6 months for proper function and main-21
36083859 tained in proper working order; and 22
36093860 (3) use a system that electronically records the 23
36103861 date, time, and identity of each individual who ac-24
3611-cesses a cadet room using an electronic access token, 25 126
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36133866 code, card, or other electronic means, which shall be 1
36143867 maintained in accordance with the general schedule 2
36153868 for records retention, or a period of five years, 3
36163869 whichever is later. 4
36173870 (b) E
36183871 LECTRONICLOCKINGMECHANISMS.— 5
36193872 (1) I
36203873 N GENERAL.—Each electronic locking 6
36213874 mechanism described in subsection (a) shall be coded 7
36223875 in a manner that provides access to a room de-8
36233876 scribed in such subsection only to— 9
36243877 (A) the 1 or more cadets assigned to the 10
36253878 room; and 11
36263879 (B) such Coast Guard Academy officers, 12
36273880 administrators, staff, or security personnel, in-13
36283881 cluding personnel of the Coast Guard Investiga-14
36293882 tive Service, as are necessary to access the 15
36303883 room in the event of an emergency. 16
36313884 (2) E
36323885 XISTING MECHANISMS.—Not later than 30 17
36333886 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Su-18
36343887 perintendent shall ensure that electronic locking 19
36353888 mechanisms installed in academic buildings of the 20
36363889 Coast Guard Academy, Chase Hall common spaces, 21
36373890 and in any other location at the Coast Guard Acad-22
36383891 emy are maintained in proper working order. 23
36393892 (c) A
36403893 CCESSPOLICYINSTRUCTION.—Not later than 24
3641-1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Super-25 127
3642-†S 524 ES
3894+1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Super-25
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36433898 intendent shall promulgate a policy regarding cadet room 1
36443899 security policies and procedures, which shall include, at 2
36453900 a minimum— 3
36463901 (1) a prohibition on sharing with any other 4
36473902 cadet, employee, or other individual electronic access 5
36483903 tokens, codes, cards, or other electronic means of ac-6
36493904 cessing a cadet room; 7
36503905 (2) procedures for resetting electronic locking 8
36513906 mechanisms in the event of a lost, stolen, or other-9
36523907 wise compromised electronic access token, code, 10
36533908 card, or other electronic means of accessing a cadet 11
36543909 room; 12
36553910 (3) procedures to maintain the identity of each 13
36563911 individual who accesses a cadet room using an elec-14
36573912 tronic access token, code, card, or other electronic 15
36583913 means, while ensuring the security of personally 16
36593914 identifiable information and protecting the privacy of 17
36603915 any such individual, as appropriate; 18
36613916 (4) procedures by which cadets may report to 19
36623917 the chain of command the malfunction of an elec-20
36633918 tronic locking mechanism; and 21
36643919 (5) a schedule of testing to ensure the proper 22
36653920 functioning of electronic locking mechanisms. 23
36663921 (d) M
36673922 INIMUMTRAININGREQUIREMENTS.—The Su-24
3668-perintendent shall ensure that each Coast Guard Academy 25 128
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3923+perintendent shall ensure that each Coast Guard Academy 25
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36703927 cadet receives, not later than 1 day after the date of the 1
36713928 initial arrival of the cadet at the Coast Guard Academy, 2
36723929 an initial training session, and any other training the Su-3
36733930 perintendent considers necessary, on— 4
36743931 (1) the use of electronic locking mechanisms in-5
36753932 stalled under this section; and 6
36763933 (2) the policy promulgated under subsection (c). 7
36773934 SEC. 174. COAST GUARD ACADEMY STUDENT ADVISORY 8
36783935 BOARD AND ACCESS TO TIMELY AND INDE-9
36793936 PENDENT WELLNESS SUPPORT SERVICES 10
36803937 FOR CADETS AND CANDIDATES. 11
36813938 (a) I
36823939 NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of Chapter 19 of 12
36833940 title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 13
36843941 end the following: 14
36853942 ‘‘§ 1907. Coast Guard Academy Student and Women 15
36863943 Advisory Board 16
36873944 ‘‘(a) E
36883945 STABLISHMENT.—The Commandant shall es-17
36893946 tablish within the Coast Guard Academy an advisory 18
36903947 board to be known as the ‘Coast Guard Academy Student 19
36913948 and Women Advisory Board’ (in this section referred to 20
36923949 as the ‘Advisory Board’). 21
36933950 ‘‘(b) M
36943951 EMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Board shall be 22
36953952 composed of not fewer than 12 cadets of the Coast Guard 23
3696-Academy who are enrolled at the Coast Guard Academy 24 129
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3953+Academy who are enrolled at the Coast Guard Academy 24
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36983957 at the time of appointment, including not fewer than 3 1
36993958 cadets from each class. 2
37003959 ‘‘(c) A
37013960 PPOINTMENT.— 3
37023961 ‘‘(1) I
37033962 N GENERAL.—Cadets shall be appointed 4
37043963 to the Advisory Board by the Provost, in consulta-5
37053964 tion with the Superintendent of the Coast Guard 6
37063965 Academy. 7
37073966 ‘‘(2) A
37083967 PPLICATION.—Cadets who are eligible for 8
37093968 appointment to the Advisory Board shall submit an 9
37103969 application for appointment to the Provost of the 10
37113970 Coast Guard Academy, or a designee of the Provost, 11
37123971 for consideration. 12
37133972 ‘‘(d) S
37143973 ELECTION.—The Provost shall select eligible 13
37153974 applicants who— 14
37163975 ‘‘(1) are best suited to fulfill the duties de-15
37173976 scribed in subsection (g); and 16
37183977 ‘‘(2) best represent the student body makeup at 17
37193978 the Coast Guard Academy. 18
37203979 ‘‘(e) T
37213980 ERM.— 19
37223981 ‘‘(1) I
37233982 N GENERAL.—Appointments shall be 20
37243983 made not later than 60 days after the date of the 21
37253984 swearing in of a new class of cadets at the Coast 22
3726-Guard Academy. 23 130
3727-†S 524 ES
3985+Guard Academy. 23
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37283989 ‘‘(2) TERM.—The term of membership of a 1
37293990 cadet on the Advisory Board shall be 1 academic 2
37303991 year. 3
37313992 ‘‘(f) M
37323993 EETINGS.—The Advisory Board shall meet in 4
37333994 person with the Superintendent not less frequently than 5
37343995 twice each academic year to discuss the activities of the 6
37353996 Advisory Board. 7
37363997 ‘‘(g) D
37373998 UTIES.—The Advisory Board shall— 8
37383999 ‘‘(1) identify challenges facing Coast Guard 9
37394000 Academy cadets, including cadets who are women, 10
37404001 relating to— 11
37414002 ‘‘(A) health and wellbeing; 12
37424003 ‘‘(B) cadet perspectives and information 13
37434004 with respect to sexual assault, sexual harass-14
37444005 ment and sexual violence prevention, response, 15
37454006 and recovery at the Coast Guard Academy; 16
37464007 ‘‘(C) the culture of, and leadership devel-17
37474008 opment and access to health care for, cadets at 18
37484009 the Academy who are women; and 19
37494010 ‘‘(D) any other matter the Advisory Board 20
37504011 considers important; 21
37514012 ‘‘(2) discuss and propose possible solutions to 22
37524013 such challenges, including improvements to leader-23
3753-ship development at the Coast Guard Academy; and 24 131
3754-†S 524 ES
4014+ship development at the Coast Guard Academy; and 24
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37554018 ‘‘(3) periodically review the efficacy of Coast 1
37564019 Guard Academy academic, wellness, and other rel-2
37574020 evant programs and provide recommendations to the 3
37584021 Commandant for improvement of such programs. 4
37594022 ‘‘(h) W
37604023 ORKINGGROUPS.— 5
37614024 ‘‘(1) I
37624025 N GENERAL.—The Advisory Board shall 6
37634026 establish 2 working groups of which— 7
37644027 ‘‘(A) 1 working group shall be composed, 8
37654028 at least in part, of Coast Guard Academy ca-9
37664029 dets who are not current members of the Advi-10
37674030 sory Board and members of the Cadets Against 11
37684031 Sexual Assault, or any similar successor organi-12
37694032 zation, to assist the Advisory Board in carrying 13
37704033 out its duties under subsection (g)(1)(B); and 14
37714034 ‘‘(B) 1 working group shall be composed, 15
37724035 at least in part, of Coast Guard Academy ca-16
37734036 dets who are not current members of the Advi-17
37744037 sory Board to assist the Advisory Board in car-18
37754038 rying out its duties under subsection (g)(1)(C). 19
37764039 ‘‘(2) O
37774040 THER WORKING GROUPS .—The Advisory 20
37784041 Board may establish such other working groups 21
37794042 (which may be composed, at least in part, of Coast 22
37804043 Guard Academy cadets who are not current mem-23
37814044 bers of the Advisory Board) as the Advisory Board 24
3782-finds to be necessary to carry out the Board’s duties 25 132
3783-†S 524 ES
4045+finds to be necessary to carry out the Board’s duties 25
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37844049 other than the duties in subparagraphs (B) and (C) 1
37854050 of subsection (g)(1). 2
37864051 ‘‘(i) R
37874052 EPORTING.— 3
37884053 ‘‘(1) C
37894054 OMMANDANT AND SUPERINTENDENT .— 4
37904055 The Advisory Board shall regularly submit a report 5
37914056 or provide a briefing to the Commandant and the 6
37924057 Superintendent on the results of the activities car-7
37934058 ried out in furtherance of the duties of the Advisory 8
37944059 Board under subsection (g), including recommenda-9
37954060 tions for actions to be taken based on such results, 10
37964061 not less than once per academic semester. 11
37974062 ‘‘(2) A
37984063 NNUAL REPORT.—The Advisory Board 12
37994064 shall transmit to the Commandant, through the Pro-13
38004065 vost and the Superintendent an annual report at the 14
38014066 conclusion of the academic year, containing the in-15
38024067 formation and materials that were presented to the 16
38034068 Commandant or Superintendent, or both, during the 17
38044069 regularly occurring briefings under paragraph (1). 18
38054070 ‘‘(3) C
38064071 ONGRESS.—The Commandant shall pro-19
38074072 vide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 20
38084073 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 21
38094074 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 22
38104075 Representatives any report or other materials pro-23
3811-vided to the Commandant and Superintendent under 24 133
3812-†S 524 ES
4076+vided to the Commandant and Superintendent under 24
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38134080 paragraph (1) and any other information related to 1
38144081 the Advisory requested by the Committees.’’. 2
38154082 (b) C
38164083 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-3
38174084 ter 19 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-4
38184085 serting after the item relating to section 1906 the fol-5
38194086 lowing: 6
38204087 ‘‘1907. Coast Guard Academy Student and Women Advisory Board.’’.
38214088 SEC. 175. REPORT ON EXISTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND
38224089 7
38234090 WELLNESS SUPPORT SERVICES FACILITIES 8
38244091 AT COAST GUARD ACADEMY. 9
38254092 (a) I
38264093 NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 10
38274094 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant, shall sub-11
38284095 mit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-12
38294096 portation of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-13
38304097 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 14
38314098 a report on existing behavioral health and wellness support 15
38324099 services facilities at the Coast Guard Academy in which 16
38334100 Coast Guard Academy cadets and officer candidates, re-17
38344101 spectively, may receive timely and independent behavioral 18
38354102 health and wellness support services, including via tele-19
38364103 medicine. 20
38374104 (b) E
38384105 LEMENTS.—The report required under para-21
38394106 graph (1) shall include— 22
38404107 (1) an identification of each building at the 23
3841-Coast Guard Academy that contains a dormitory or 24 134
3842-†S 524 ES
4108+Coast Guard Academy that contains a dormitory or 24
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38434112 other overnight accommodations for cadets or officer 1
38444113 candidates; and 2
38454114 (2)(A) an identification of additional behavioral 3
38464115 health or wellness support services that would be 4
38474116 beneficial to cadets and officer candidates, such as 5
38484117 additional facilities with secure access to telemedi-6
38494118 cine; 7
38504119 (B) a description of the benefits that such 8
38514120 services would provide to cadets and officer can-9
38524121 didates, particularly to cadets and officer can-10
38534122 didates who have experienced sexual assault or 11
38544123 sexual harassment; and 12
38554124 (C) a description of the resources nec-13
38564125 essary to provide such services. 14
38574126 SEC. 176. REQUIRED POSTING OF INFORMATION. 15
38584127 The Commandant shall ensure that, in each building 16
38594128 at the Coast Guard Academy that contains a dormitory 17
38604129 or other overnight accommodations for cadets or officer 18
38614130 candidates, written information is posted in a visible loca-19
38624131 tion with respect to— 20
38634132 (1) the methods and means by which a cadet or 21
38644133 officer candidate may report a crime, including har-22
38654134 assment, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and any 23
3866-other offense; 24 135
3867-†S 524 ES
4135+other offense; 24
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38684139 (2) the contact information for the Coast Guard 1
38694140 Investigative Service; 2
38704141 (3) external resources for— 3
38714142 (A) wellness support; 4
38724143 (B) work-life; 5
38734144 (C) medical services; and 6
38744145 (D) support relating to behavioral health, 7
38754146 civil rights, sexual assault, and sexual harass-8
38764147 ment; and 9
38774148 (4) cadet and officer candidate rights with re-10
38784149 spect to reporting incidents to the Coast Guard In-11
38794150 vestigative Service, civilian authorities, the Office of 12
38804151 the Inspector General of the department in which 13
38814152 the Coast Guard is operating, and any other applica-14
38824153 ble entity. 15
38834154 SEC. 177. INSTALLATION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND 16
38844155 WELLNESS ROOMS. 17
38854156 (a) I
38864157 NGENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 18
38874158 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the depart-19
38884159 ment in which the Coast Guard is operating shall install 20
38894160 or construct at the Coast Guard Academy 2 rooms to be 21
38904161 used for the purpose of supporting cadet and officer can-22
38914162 didate behavioral health and wellness. 23
38924163 (b) S
38934164 TANDARDS OFROOMS.—Each room installed or 24
3894-constructed under this section— 25 136
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4165+constructed under this section— 25
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38964169 (1) shall be— 1
38974170 (A) equipped— 2
38984171 (i) in a manner that ensures the pro-3
38994172 tection of the privacy of cadets and officer 4
39004173 candidates, consistent with law and policy; 5
39014174 (ii) with a telephone and computer to 6
39024175 allow for the provision of behavioral health 7
39034176 and wellness support or other services; and 8
39044177 (iii) with an accessible and private 9
39054178 wireless internet connection for the use of 10
39064179 personal communications devices at the 11
39074180 discretion of the cadet or officer candidate 12
39084181 concerned; and 13
39094182 (B) to the extent practicable and con-14
39104183 sistent with good order and discipline, acces-15
39114184 sible to cadets and officer candidates at all 16
39124185 times; and 17
39134186 (2) shall contain the written information de-18
39144187 scribed in section 176, which shall be posted in a 19
39154188 visible location. 20
39164189 SEC. 178. COAST GUARD ACADEMY ROOM REASSIGNMENT. 21
39174190 Section 1902 of title 14, United States Code, is 22
39184191 amended by adding at the end the following: 23
39194192 ‘‘(f) R
39204193 OOMREASSIGNMENT.—Coast Guard Academy 24
3921-cadets may request room reassignment if experiencing dis-25 137
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4194+cadets may request room reassignment if experiencing dis-25
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39234198 comfort due to Coast Guard Academy rooming assign-1
39244199 ments, consistent with policy.’’. 2
39254200 SEC. 179. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF COAST GUARD 3
39264201 ACADEMY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT BY 4
39274202 COVERED FOUNDATIONS. 5
39284203 (a) I
39294204 NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 19 of title 6
39304205 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 7
39314206 the end the following: 8
39324207 ‘‘§ 1908. Authorization for use of Coast Guard Acad-9
39334208 emy facilities and equipment by covered 10
39344209 foundations 11
39354210 ‘‘(a) A
39364211 UTHORITY.—Subject to subsections (b) and 12
39374212 (c), the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Super-13
39384213 intendent of the Coast Guard Academy, may authorize a 14
39394214 covered foundation to use, on a reimbursable or nonreim-15
39404215 bursable basis as determined by the Secretary, facilities 16
39414216 or equipment of the Coast Guard Academy. 17
39424217 ‘‘(b) P
39434218 ROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not author-18
39444219 ize any use of facilities or equipment under subsection (a) 19
39454220 if such use may jeopardize the health, safety, or well-being 20
39464221 of any member of the Coast Guard or cadet of the Coast 21
39474222 Guard Academy. 22
39484223 ‘‘(c) L
39494224 IMITATIONS.—The Secretary may only author-23
39504225 ize the use of facilities or equipment under subsection (a) 24
3951-if such use— 25 138
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4226+if such use— 25
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39534230 ‘‘(1) is without any liability of the United 1
39544231 States to the covered foundation; 2
39554232 ‘‘(2) does not— 3
39564233 ‘‘(A) affect the ability of any official or 4
39574234 employee of the Coast Guard, or any member of 5
39584235 the armed forces, to carry out any responsibility 6
39594236 or duty in a fair and objective manner; 7
39604237 ‘‘(B) compromise the integrity or appear-8
39614238 ance of integrity of any program of the Coast 9
39624239 Guard, or any individual involved in any such 10
39634240 program; or 11
39644241 ‘‘(C) include the participation of any cadet 12
39654242 of the Coast Guard Academy at an event of the 13
39664243 covered foundation, other than participation of 14
39674244 such a cadet in an honor guard; 15
39684245 ‘‘(3) complies with any applicable ethics regula-16
39694246 tion; and 17
39704247 ‘‘(4) has been reviewed and approved by an at-18
39714248 torney of the Coast Guard. 19
39724249 ‘‘(d) I
39734250 SSUANCE OFPOLICIES.—The Secretary shall 20
39744251 issue Coast Guard policies to carry out this section. 21
39754252 ‘‘(e) B
39764253 RIEFING.—For any fiscal year in which the 22
39774254 Secretary exercises the authority under subsection (a), not 23
39784255 later than the last day of such fiscal year, the Com-24
3979-mandant shall provide a briefing to the Committee on 25 139
3980-†S 524 ES
4256+mandant shall provide a briefing to the Committee on 25
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39814260 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 1
39824261 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 2
39834262 the House of Representatives on the number of events or 3
39844263 activities of a covered foundation supported by such exer-4
39854264 cise of authority during the fiscal year. 5
39864265 ‘‘(f) C
39874266 OVEREDFOUNDATIONDEFINED.—In this sec-6
39884267 tion, the term ‘covered foundation’ means an organization 7
39894268 that— 8
39904269 ‘‘(1) is a charitable, educational, or civic non-9
39914270 profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the 10
39924271 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 11
39934272 ‘‘(2) the Secretary determines operates exclu-12
39944273 sively to support— 13
39954274 ‘‘(A) recruiting activities with respect to 14
39964275 the Coast Guard Academy; 15
39974276 ‘‘(B) parent or alumni development in sup-16
39984277 port of the Coast Guard Academy; 17
39994278 ‘‘(C) academic, leadership, or character de-18
40004279 velopment of Coast Guard Academy cadets; 19
40014280 ‘‘(D) institutional development of the 20
40024281 Coast Guard Academy; or 21
40034282 ‘‘(E) athletics in support of the Coast 22
40044283 Guard Academy.’’. 23
40054284 (b) C
40064285 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-24
4007-ter 19 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended 25 140
4008-†S 524 ES
4286+ter 19 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended 25
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40094290 by inserting after the item relating to item 1907 the fol-1
40104291 lowing: 2
40114292 ‘‘1908. Authorization for use of Coast Guard Academy facilities and equipment
40124293 by covered foundations.’’.
40134294 SEC. 180. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION AT COAST GUARD
40144295 3
40154296 ACADEMY. 4
40164297 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-5
40174298 retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is op-6
40184299 erating may establish concurrent jurisdiction between the 7
40194300 Federal Government and the State of Connecticut over the 8
40204301 lands constituting the Coast Guard Academy in New Lon-9
40214302 don, Connecticut, as necessary to facilitate the ability of 10
40224303 the State of Connecticut and City of New London to inves-11
40234304 tigate and prosecute any crimes cognizable under Con-12
40244305 necticut law that are committed on such Coast Guard 13
40254306 Academy property. 14
40264307 Subtitle F—Reports 15
40274308 SEC. 181. MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS IN COAST GUARD 16
40284309 SECTOR FOR PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN IS-17
40294310 LANDS. 18
40304311 Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment 19
40314312 of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to the Com-20
40324313 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 21
40334314 of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 22
40344315 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report con-23
4035-taining— 24 141
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4316+taining— 24
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40374320 (1) an overview of the maritime domain aware-1
40384321 ness in the area of responsibility of the Coast Guard 2
40394322 sector responsible for Puerto Rico and the United 3
40404323 States Virgin Islands, including— 4
40414324 (A) the average volume of known maritime 5
40424325 traffic that transited the area during fiscal 6
40434326 years 2020 through 2023; 7
40444327 (B) current sensor platforms deployed by 8
40454328 such sector to monitor illicit activity occurring 9
40464329 at sea in such area; 10
40474330 (C) the number of illicit activity incidents 11
40484331 at sea in such area that the sector responded to 12
40494332 during fiscal years 2020 through 2023; 13
40504333 (D) an estimate of the volume of traffic 14
40514334 engaged in illicit activity at sea in such area 15
40524335 and the type and description of any vessels used 16
40534336 to carry out illicit activities that such sector re-17
40544337 sponded to during fiscal years 2020 through 18
40554338 2023; and 19
40564339 (E) the maritime domain awareness re-20
40574340 quirements to effectively meet the mission of 21
40584341 such sector; 22
40594342 (2) a description of current actions taken by the 23
4060-Coast Guard to partner with Federal, regional, 24 142
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4343+Coast Guard to partner with Federal, regional, 24
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40624347 State, and local entities to meet the maritime do-1
40634348 main awareness needs of such area; 2
40644349 (3) a description of any gaps in maritime do-3
40654350 main awareness within the area of responsibility of 4
40664351 such sector resulting from an inability to meet the 5
40674352 enduring maritime domain awareness requirements 6
40684353 of the sector or adequately respond to maritime dis-7
40694354 order; 8
40704355 (4) an identification of current technology and 9
40714356 assets the Coast Guard has to mitigate the gaps 10
40724357 identified in paragraph (3); 11
40734358 (5) an identification of capabilities needed to 12
40744359 mitigate such gaps, including any capabilities the 13
40754360 Coast Guard currently possesses that can be de-14
40764361 ployed to the sector; 15
40774362 (6) an identification of technology and assets 16
40784363 the Coast Guard does not currently possess and are 17
40794364 needed to acquire in order to address such gaps; and 18
40804365 (7) an identification of any financial obstacles 19
40814366 that prevent the Coast Guard from deploying exist-20
40824367 ing commercially available sensor technology to ad-21
4083-dress such gaps. 22 143
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40854372 SEC. 182. REPORT ON CONDITION OF MISSOURI RIVER 1
40864373 DAYBOARDS. 2
40874374 (a) P
40884375 ROVISION TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 270 3
40894376 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-4
40904377 mandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 5
40914378 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 6
40924379 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 7
40934380 of the Senate a report on the condition of dayboards and 8
40944381 the placement of buoys on the Missouri River. 9
40954382 (b) E
40964383 LEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 10
40974384 shall include— 11
40984385 (1) a list of the most recent date on which each 12
40994386 dayboard and buoy was serviced by the Coast Guard; 13
41004387 (2) an overview of the plan of the Coast Guard 14
41014388 to systematically service each dayboard and buoy on 15
41024389 the Missouri River; and 16
41034390 (3) assigned points of contact. 17
41044391 (c) L
41054392 IMITATION.—Beginning on the date of enact-18
41064393 ment of this Act, the Commandant may not remove the 19
41074394 aids to navigation covered in subsection (a), unless there 20
41084395 is an imminent threat to life or safety, until a period of 21
41094396 180 days has elapsed following the date on which the Com-22
41104397 mandant submits the report required under subsection (a). 23
41114398 SEC. 183. STUDY ON COAST GUARD MISSIONS. 24
41124399 (a) S
4113-TUDY.— 25 144
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4400+TUDY.— 25
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41154404 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 1
41164405 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 2
41174406 shall seek to enter into an agreement with a feder-3
41184407 ally funded research and development center with 4
41194408 relevant expertise under which such center shall con-5
41204409 duct an assessment of the operational capabilities 6
41214410 and ability of the Coast Guard to conduct the pri-7
41224411 mary duties of the Coast Guard under section 102 8
41234412 of title 14, United States Code, and missions under 9
41244413 section 888 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 10
41254414 (6 U.S.C. 468). 11
41264415 (2) E
41274416 LEMENTS.—In carrying out the assess-12
41284417 ment required under paragraph (1), the federally 13
41294418 funded research and development center selected 14
41304419 under such subsection shall, with respect to the pri-15
41314420 mary duties and missions described in paragraph 16
41324421 (1), include the following: 17
41334422 (A) An analysis of the extent to which the 18
41344423 Coast Guard is able to effectively carry out 19
41354424 such duties and missions. 20
41364425 (B) An analysis of any budgetary, policy, 21
41374426 and manpower factors that may constrain the 22
41384427 Coast Guard’s ability to carry out such duties 23
4139-and missions, 24 145
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41414432 (C) An analysis of the impacts to safety, 1
41424433 national security, and the economy, of any 2
41434434 shortfalls in the Coast Guards ability to meet 3
41444435 such missions. 4
41454436 (D) Recommendations for the Coast Guard 5
41464437 to more effectively carry out such duties and 6
41474438 missions, in light of manpower and asset con-7
41484439 straints. 8
41494440 (E) Identification of any duties and mis-9
41504441 sions that are being conducted by the Coast 10
41514442 Guard on behalf of other Department of Home-11
41524443 land Security components, the Department of 12
41534444 Defense, and other Federal agencies. 13
41544445 (F) An analysis of the benefits and draw-14
41554446 backs of the Coast Guard conducting missions 15
41564447 on behalf of other agencies identified in sub-16
41574448 paragraph (E), including— 17
41584449 (i) the budgetary impact of the duties 18
41594450 and missions identified in such subpara-19
41604451 graph; 20
41614452 (ii) data on the degree to which the 21
41624453 Coast Guard is reimbursed for the costs of 22
41634454 such missions; and 23
41644455 (iii) recommendations to minimize the 24
4165-impact of the missions identified in such 25 146
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41674460 subparagraph to the Coast Guard budget, 1
41684461 including improving reimbursements and 2
41694462 budget autonomy of the Coast Guard. 3
41704463 (b) A
41714464 SSESSMENT TOCOMMANDANT.—Not later than 4
41724465 1 year after the date on which Commandant enters into 5
41734466 an agreement under section (a), the federally funded re-6
41744467 search and development center selected under such sub-7
41754468 section shall submit to the Commandant, the Committee 8
41764469 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 9
41774470 Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, 10
41784471 Science, and Transportation of the Senate the assessment 11
41794472 required under subsection (a). 12
41804473 (c) R
41814474 EPORT TOCONGRESS.— 13
41824475 (1) I
41834476 N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 14
41844477 receipt of the assessment under subsection (b), the 15
41854478 Commandant shall submit to the Committee on 16
41864479 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 17
41874480 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 18
41884481 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 19
41894482 that includes recommendations included in the as-20
41904483 sessment to strengthen the ability of the Coast 21
41914484 Guard to carry out such duties and missions. 22
41924485 (2) E
41934486 LEMENTS.—The report required under 23
4194-paragraph (1) shall include the following: 24 147
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4487+paragraph (1) shall include the following: 24
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41964491 (A) The assessment received by the Com-1
41974492 mandant under subsection (b). 2
41984493 (B) For each recommendation included in 3
41994494 the such assessment— 4
42004495 (i) an assessment by the Commandant 5
42014496 of the feasibility and advisability of imple-6
42024497 menting such recommendation; and 7
42034498 (ii) if the Commandant considers the 8
42044499 implementation of such recommendation 9
42054500 feasible and advisable, a description of the 10
42064501 actions taken, or to be taken, to implement 11
42074502 such recommendation. 12
42084503 SEC. 184. ANNUAL REPORT ON PROGRESS OF CERTAIN 13
42094504 HOMEPORTING PROJECTS. 14
42104505 (a) I
42114506 NITIALREPORT.— 15
42124507 (1) I
42134508 N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 16
42144509 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 17
42154510 shall issue a report detailing the progress of all ap-18
42164511 proved Coast Guard cutter homeporting projects 19
42174512 within Coast Guard District 17 with respect to each 20
42184513 of the following: 21
42194514 (A) Fast Response Cutters. 22
42204515 (B) Offshore Patrol Cutters. 23
42214516 (C) The commercially available polar ice-24
4222-breaker procured pursuant to section 11223 of 25 148
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4517+breaker procured pursuant to section 11223 of 25
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42244521 Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1
42254522 2022 (14 U.S.C. 561 note). 2
42264523 (2) E
42274524 LEMENTS.—The report required under 3
42284525 paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to each 4
42294526 homeporting project described in such paragraph, 5
42304527 the following: 6
42314528 (A) A description of— 7
42324529 (i) the status of funds appropriated 8
42334530 for the project; 9
42344531 (ii) activities carried out toward com-10
42354532 pletion of the project; and 11
42364533 (iii) activities anticipated to be carried 12
42374534 out during the subsequent 1-year period to 13
42384535 advance completion of the project. 14
42394536 (B) An updated timeline, including key 15
42404537 milestones, for the project. 16
42414538 (b) S
42424539 UBSEQUENTREPORTS.— 17
42434540 (1) I
42444541 N GENERAL.—Not later than July 1 of the 18
42454542 first calendar year after the year in which the report 19
42464543 required under subsection (a) is submitted, and each 20
42474544 July 1 thereafter until the date specified in para-21
42484545 graph (2), the Commandant shall issue an updated 22
42494546 report containing, with respect to each Coast Guard 23
42504547 cutter homeporting project described in subsection 24
4251-(a)(1) (including any such project approved on a 25 149
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4548+(a)(1) (including any such project approved on a 25
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42534552 date after the date of the enactment of this Act and 1
42544553 before the submission of the applicable report), each 2
42554554 element described in subsection (a)(2). 3
42564555 (2) D
42574556 ATE SPECIFIED.—The date specified in 4
42584557 this paragraph is the earlier of— 5
42594558 (A) July 2, 2031; or 6
42604559 (B) the date on which all projects de-7
42614560 scribed in subsection (a)(1) are completed. 8
42624561 (c) R
42634562 EPORT ONCAPACITY OFCOASTGUARDBASE 9
42644563 K
42654564 ETCHIKAN.— 10
42664565 (1) I
42674566 N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 11
42684567 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 12
42694568 shall complete a report detailing the cost of and time 13
42704569 frame for expanding the industrial capacity of Coast 14
42714570 Guard Base Ketchikan to do out of water repairs on 15
42724571 Fast Response Cutters. 16
42734572 (2) R
42744573 EPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 17
42754574 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 18
42764575 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 19
42774576 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 20
42784577 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 21
42794578 Transportation of the Senate the report required 22
4280-under paragraph (1). 23 150
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4579+under paragraph (1). 23
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42824583 (d) PUBLICAVAILABILITY.—The Commandant shall 1
42834584 publish each report issued under this section on a publicly 2
42844585 accessible website of the Coast Guard. 3
42854586 (e) H
42864587 OMEPORTINGPROJECTDEFINED.—In this sec-4
42874588 tion, the term ‘‘homeporting project’’— 5
42884589 (1) means the facility infrastructure modifica-6
42894590 tions, upgrades, new construction, and real property 7
42904591 and land acquisition associated with homeporting 8
42914592 new or modified cutters; and 9
42924593 (2) includes shoreside and waterfront facilities, 10
42934594 cutter maintenance facilities, housing, child develop-11
42944595 ment facilities, and any other associated infrastruc-12
42954596 ture directly required as a result of homeporting new 13
42964597 or modified cutters. 14
42974598 SEC. 185. REPORT ON BAY CLASS ICEBREAKING TUG FLEET 15
42984599 REPLACEMENT. 16
42994600 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 17
43004601 of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to the Com-18
43014602 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 19
43024603 Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-20
43034604 structure of the House of Representatives— 21
43044605 (1) a report that describes the strategy of the 22
43054606 Coast Guard with respect to the replacement of the 23
4306-Bay class icebreaking tug fleet; 24 151
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4607+Bay class icebreaking tug fleet; 24
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43084611 (2) in the case of such a strategy that results 1
43094612 in the replacement of the last Bay class icebreaking 2
43104613 tug on a date that is more than 15 years after such 3
43114614 date of enactment, a plan to maintain the oper-4
43124615 ational capabilities of the Bay class icebreaking tug 5
43134616 fleet until the date on which such fleet is projected 6
43144617 to be replaced; and 7
43154618 (3) in the case of such a plan that does not in-8
43164619 clude the replacement of the main propulsion en-9
43174620 gines and marine gear components of the Bay class 10
43184621 icebreaking tug fleet, an assessment of the manner 11
43194622 in which not replacing such engines and gear compo-12
43204623 nents will effect the future operational availability of 13
43214624 such fleet. 14
43224625 SEC. 186. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON SUPPORTING ADDI-15
43234626 TIONAL PORT VISITS AND DEPLOYMENTS IN 16
43244627 SUPPORT OF OPERATION BLUE PACIFIC. 17
43254628 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 18
43264629 of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the 19
43274630 Coast Guard is operating when not operating as a service 20
43284631 in the Navy, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 21
43294632 shall— 22
43304633 (1) complete a study on the feasibility and ad-23
43314634 visability of supporting additional Coast Guard port 24
4332-visits and deployments in support of Operation Blue 25 152
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4635+visits and deployments in support of Operation Blue 25
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43344639 Pacific, or any successor operation oriented toward 1
43354640 Oceania; and 2
43364641 (2) submit to the Committee on Armed Services 3
43374642 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 4
43384643 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 5
43394644 Armed Services and the Committee on Transpor-6
43404645 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent-7
43414646 atives a report on the findings of such study. 8
43424647 SEC. 187. STUDY AND GAP ANALYSIS WITH RESPECT TO 9
43434648 COAST GUARD AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI 10
43444649 AVIATION HANGAR. 11
43454650 (a) I
43464651 NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 12
43474652 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall com-13
43484653 mence a study and gap analysis with respect to the avia-14
43494654 tion hangar at Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi 15
43504655 and the capacity of such hangar to accommodate the air-16
43514656 craft currently assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Cor-17
43524657 pus Christi and any aircraft anticipated to be so assigned 18
43534658 in the future. 19
43544659 (b) E
43554660 LEMENTS.—The study and gap analysis re-20
43564661 quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 21
43574662 (1) An identification of hangar infrastructure 22
4358-requirements needed— 23 153
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43604667 (A) to meet mission requirements for all 1
43614668 aircraft currently assigned to Coast Guard Air 2
43624669 Station Corpus Christi; and 3
43634670 (B) to accommodate the assignment of an 4
43644671 additional HC–144 Ocean Sentry aircraft to 5
43654672 Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi. 6
43664673 (2) An assessment as to whether the aviation 7
43674674 hangar at Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi 8
43684675 is sufficient to accommodate all rotary-wing assets 9
43694676 assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi. 10
43704677 (3) In the case of an assessment that such 11
43714678 hangar is insufficient to accommodate all such ro-12
43724679 tary-wing assets, a description of the facility modi-13
43734680 fications that would be required to do so. 14
43744681 (4) An assessment of the facility modifications 15
43754682 of such hangar that would be required to accommo-16
43764683 date all aircraft assigned to Coast Guard Air Station 17
43774684 Corpus Christi upon completion of the transition 18
43784685 from the MH–65 rotary-wing aircraft to the MH– 19
43794686 60T rotary-wing aircraft. 20
43804687 (5) An evaluation with respect to which fixed- 21
43814688 wing assets assigned to Coast Guard Air Station 22
43824689 Corpus Christi should be enclosed in such hangar so 23
43834690 as to most effectively mitigate the effects of corro-24
4384-sion while meeting mission requirements. 25 154
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4691+sion while meeting mission requirements. 25
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43864695 (6) An evaluation as to whether, and to what 1
43874696 extent, the storage of fixed-wing assets outside such 2
43884697 hangar would compromise the material condition 3
43894698 and safety of such assets. 4
43904699 (7) An evaluation of the extent to which any 5
43914700 material condition and safety issue identified under 6
43924701 paragraph (6) may be mitigated through the use of 7
43934702 gust locks, chocks, tie-downs, or related equipment. 8
43944703 (c) R
43954704 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the com-9
43964705 mencement of the study and gap analysis required under 10
43974706 subsection (a), the Commandant shall submit to the Com-11
43984707 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 12
43994708 Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-13
44004709 structure of the House of Representatives a report on the 14
44014710 results of the study and gap analysis. 15
44024711 SEC. 188. REPORT ON IMPACTS OF JOINT TRAVEL REGULA-16
44034712 TIONS ON MEMBERS OF COAST GUARD WHO 17
44044713 RELY ON FERRY SYSTEMS. 18
44054714 (a) I
44064715 NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 19
44074716 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant, in coordi-20
44084717 nation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 21
44094718 and Readiness, shall submit to the appropriate committees 22
44104719 of Congress a report on the impacts of the Joint Travel 23
4411-Regulations on members of the Coast Guard who are com-24 155
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4720+Regulations on members of the Coast Guard who are com-24
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44134724 muting, on permanent change of station travel, or on other 1
44144725 official travel to or from locations served by ferry systems. 2
44154726 (b) E
44164727 LEMENTS.—The report required under sub-3
44174728 section (a) shall include an analysis of the impacts on such 4
44184729 members of the Coast Guard of the following policies 5
44194730 under the Joint Travel Regulations: 6
44204731 (1) The one-vehicle shipping policy. 7
44214732 (2) The unavailability of reimbursement of 8
44224733 costs incurred by such members due to ferry sched-9
44234734 ule unavailability, sailing cancellations, and other 10
44244735 sailing delays during commuting, permanent change 11
44254736 of station travel, or other official travel. 12
44264737 (3) The unavailability of local infrastructure to 13
44274738 support vehicles or goods shipped to duty stations in 14
44284739 locations outside the contiguous United States that 15
44294740 are not connected by the road system, including lo-16
44304741 cations served by the Alaska Marine Highway Sys-17
44314742 tem. 18
44324743 (c) D
44334744 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19
44344745 (1) A
44354746 PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -20
44364747 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-21
44374748 gress’’ means— 22
44384749 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 23
44394750 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 24
4440-Transportation of the Senate; and 25 156
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4751+Transportation of the Senate; and 25
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44424755 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and 1
44434756 the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Mari-2
44444757 time Transportation of the Committee on 3
44454758 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 4
44464759 of Representatives. 5
44474760 (2) J
44484761 OINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS .—The term 6
44494762 ‘‘Joint Travel Regulations’’, with respect to official 7
44504763 travel, means the terms, rates, conditions, and regu-8
44514764 lations maintained under section 464 of title 37, 9
44524765 United States Code. 10
44534766 SEC. 189. REPORT ON JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAIN-11
44544767 ING CORPS PROGRAM. 12
44554768 (a) I
44564769 NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 13
44574770 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall sub-14
44584771 mit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-15
44594772 portation of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-16
44604773 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 17
44614774 a report on the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 18
44624775 program. 19
44634776 (b) E
44644777 LEMENTS.—The report required under sub-20
44654778 section (a) shall include the following: 21
44664779 (1) A description of the standards and criteria 22
44674780 prescribed by the Coast Guard for educational insti-23
44684781 tution participation in the Coast Guard Junior Re-24
4469-serve Officers’ Training Corps program. 25 157
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44714786 (2) With respect to each educational institution 1
44724787 offering a Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ 2
44734788 Training Corps program— 3
44744789 (A) a description of— 4
44754790 (i) the training and course of military 5
44764791 instruction provided to students; 6
44774792 (ii) the facilities and drill areas used 7
44784793 for the program; 8
44794794 (iii) the type and amount of Coast 9
44804795 Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 10
44814796 Corps program resources provided by the 11
44824797 Coast Guard; 12
44834798 (iv) the type and amount of Coast 13
44844799 Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 14
44854800 Corps program resources provided by the 15
44864801 educational institution; and 16
44874802 (v) any other matter relating to pro-17
44884803 gram requirements the Commandant con-18
44894804 siders appropriate; 19
44904805 (B) an assessment as to whether the edu-20
44914806 cational institution is located in an education-21
44924807 ally and economically deprived area (as de-22
44934808 scribed in section 2031 of title 10, United 23
4494-States Code); 24 158
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4809+States Code); 24
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44964813 (C) beginning with the year in which the 1
44974814 program was established at the educational in-2
44984815 stitution, the number of students who have par-3
44994816 ticipated in the program, disaggregated by gen-4
45004817 der, race, and grade of student participants; 5
45014818 and 6
45024819 (D) an assessment of the participants in 7
45034820 the program, including— 8
45044821 (i) the performance of the participants 9
45054822 in the program; 10
45064823 (ii) the number of participants in the 11
45074824 program who express an intent to pursue 12
45084825 a commission or enlistment in the Coast 13
45094826 Guard; and 14
45104827 (iii) a description of any other factor 15
45114828 or matter considered by the Commandant 16
45124829 to be important in assessing the success of 17
45134830 program participants at the educational in-18
45144831 stitution. 19
45154832 (3) With respect to any unit of the Coast Guard 20
45164833 Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps suspended 21
45174834 or placed on probation pursuant to section 2031(h) 22
45184835 of title 10, United States Code— 23
4519-(A) a description of the unit; 24 159
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4836+(A) a description of the unit; 24
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45214840 (B) the reason for such suspension or 1
45224841 placement on probation; 2
45234842 (C) the year the unit was so suspended or 3
45244843 placed on probation; and 4
45254844 (D) with respect to any unit that was rein-5
45264845 stated after previously being suspended or 6
45274846 placed on probation, a justification for the rein-7
45284847 statement of such unit. 8
45294848 (4) A description of the resources and personnel 9
45304849 required to maintain, implement, and provide over-10
45314850 sight for the Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ 11
45324851 Training Corps program at each participating edu-12
45334852 cational institution and within the Coast Guard, in-13
45344853 cluding the funding provided to each such edu-14
45354854 cational institution, disaggregated by educational in-15
45364855 stitution and year. 16
45374856 (5) A recommendation with respect to— 17
45384857 (A) whether the number of educational in-18
45394858 stitutions participating in the Coast Guard Jun-19
45404859 ior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program 20
45414860 should be increased; and 21
45424861 (B) in the case of a recommendation that 22
45434862 such number should be increased, additional 23
45444863 recommendations relating to such an increase, 24
4545-including— 25 160
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4864+including— 25
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45474868 (i) the number of additional edu-1
45484869 cational institutions that should be in-2
45494870 cluded in the program; 3
45504871 (ii) the locations of such institutions; 4
45514872 (iii) any additional authorities or re-5
45524873 sources necessary for such an increase; and 6
45534874 (iv) any other matter the Com-7
45544875 mandant considers appropriate. 8
45554876 (6) Any other matter the Commandant con-9
45564877 siders necessary in order to provide a full assess-10
45574878 ment of the effectiveness of the Coast Guard Junior 11
45584879 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. 12
45594880 SEC. 190. REPORT ON AND EXPANSION OF COAST GUARD 13
45604881 JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING 14
45614882 CORPS PROGRAM. 15
45624883 (a) R
45634884 EPORT.— 16
45644885 (1) I
45654886 N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 17
45664887 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-18
45674888 mandant shall submit to the Committee on Com-19
45684889 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 20
45694890 and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-21
45704891 structure of the House of Representatives a report 22
45714892 on the status of the Coast Guard Junior Reserve Of-23
4572-ficers’ Training Program. 24 161
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4893+ficers’ Training Program. 24
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45744897 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-1
45754898 graph (1) shall include the following: 2
45764899 (A) A review and timeline of Coast Guard 3
45774900 outreach efforts in Coast Guard districts that 4
45784901 do not have a Coast Guard Junior Reserve Offi-5
45794902 cers’ Training Program. 6
45804903 (B) A review and timeline of Coast Guard 7
45814904 outreach efforts in Coast Guard districts in 8
45824905 which there are multiple Coast Guard Junior 9
45834906 Reserve Officers’ Training Programs. 10
45844907 (C) Policy recommendations regarding fu-11
45854908 ture expansion of the Coast Guard Junior Re-12
45864909 serve Officers’ Training Program. 13
45874910 (b) E
45884911 XPANSION.— 14
45894912 (1) I
45904913 N GENERAL.—Beginning on December 31, 15
45914914 2026, the Secretary of the department in which the 16
45924915 Coast Guard is operating shall maintain at all times 17
45934916 a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program 18
45944917 with not fewer than 20 such programs. 19
45954918 (2) C
45964919 OST ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 1 year 20
45974920 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-21
45984921 retary of the department in which the Coast Guard 22
45994922 is operating shall provide Congress with an estimate 23
46004923 of the costs associated with implementing this sub-24
4601-section. 25 162
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4924+section. 25
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46034928 TITLE II—SHIPPING AND 1
46044929 NAVIGATION 2
46054930 Subtitle A—Merchant Mariner 3
46064931 Credentials 4
46074932 SEC. 201. MERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIALING. 5
46084933 (a) R
46094934 EVISINGMERCHANTMARINERDECKTRAINING 6
46104935 R
46114936 EQUIREMENTS.— 7
46124937 (1) G
46134938 ENERAL DEFINITIONS .—Section 2101 of 8
46144939 title 46, United States Code, is amended— 9
46154940 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (20) 10
46164941 through (56) as paragraphs (21), (22), (24), 11
46174942 (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), 12
46184943 (33), (34), (35), (36), (37), (38), (39), (40), 13
46194944 (41), (42), (43), (44), (45), (46), (47), (48), 14
46204945 (49), (50), (51), (52), (53), (54), (55), (56), 15
46214946 (57), and (58), respectively; and 16
46224947 (B) by inserting after paragraph (19) the 17
46234948 following: 18
46244949 ‘‘(20) ‘merchant mariner credential’ means a 19
46254950 merchant mariner license, certificate, or document 20
46264951 that the Secretary is authorized to issue pursuant to 21
46274952 this title.’’; and 22
46284953 (C) by inserting after paragraph (22), as 23
4629-so redesignated, the following: 24 163
4630-†S 524 ES
4954+so redesignated, the following: 24
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46314958 ‘‘(23) ‘nautical school program’ means a pro-1
46324959 gram that— 2
46334960 ‘‘(A) offers a comprehensive program of 3
46344961 training that includes substantial sea service on 4
46354962 nautical school vessels or merchant vessels of 5
46364963 the United States primarily to train individuals 6
46374964 for service in the merchant marine; and 7
46384965 ‘‘(B) is approved by the Secretary for pur-8
46394966 poses of section 7315, in accordance with regu-9
46404967 lations promulgated by the Secretary.’’. 10
46414968 (2) E
46424969 XAMINATIONS.—Section 7116 of title 46, 11
46434970 United States Code, is amended by striking sub-12
46444971 section (c). 13
46454972 (3) M
46464973 ERCHANT MARINERS DOCUMENTS .— 14
46474974 (A) G
46484975 ENERAL REQUIREMENTS .—Section 15
46494976 7306 of title 46, United States Code, is amend-16
46504977 ed to read as follows: 17
46514978 ‘‘§ 7306. General requirements and classifications for 18
46524979 members of deck departments 19
46534980 ‘‘(a) I
46544981 NGENERAL.—The Secretary may issue a mer-20
46554982 chant mariner credential, to members of the deck depart-21
46564983 ment in the following classes: 22
46574984 ‘‘(1) Able Seaman-Unlimited. 23
46584985 ‘‘(2) Able Seaman-Limited. 24
4659-‘‘(3) Able Seaman-Special. 25 164
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4986+‘‘(3) Able Seaman-Special. 25
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46614990 ‘‘(4) Able Seaman-Offshore Supply Vessels. 1
46624991 ‘‘(5) Able Seaman-Sail. 2
46634992 ‘‘(6) Able Seaman-Fishing Industry. 3
46644993 ‘‘(7) Ordinary Seaman. 4
46654994 ‘‘(b) C
46664995 LASSIFICATION OFCREDENTIALS.—The Sec-5
46674996 retary may classify the merchant mariner credential issued 6
46684997 under subsection (a) based on— 7
46694998 ‘‘(1) the tonnage and means of propulsion of 8
46704999 vessels; 9
46715000 ‘‘(2) the waters on which vessels are to be oper-10
46725001 ated; or 11
46735002 ‘‘(3) other appropriate standards. 12
46745003 ‘‘(c) Q
46755004 UALIFICATIONS.—To qualify for a credential 13
46765005 under this section, an applicant shall provide satisfactory 14
46775006 proof that the applicant— 15
46785007 ‘‘(1) is at least 18 years of age; 16
46795008 ‘‘(2) has the service required by the applicable 17
46805009 section of this part; 18
46815010 ‘‘(3) is qualified professionally as demonstrated 19
46825011 by an applicable examination or educational require-20
46835012 ments; 21
46845013 ‘‘(4) is qualified as to sight, hearing, and phys-22
46855014 ical condition to perform the seafarer’s duties; and 23
46865015 ‘‘(5) has satisfied any additional requirements 24
4687-established by the Secretary, including career pat-25 165
4688-†S 524 ES
5016+established by the Secretary, including career pat-25
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46895020 terns and service appropriate to the particular serv-1
46905021 ice, industry, or job functions the individual is en-2
46915022 gaged.’’. 3
46925023 (B) I
46935024 MPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of 4
46945025 the department in which the Coast Guard is op-5
46955026 erating shall implement the requirements under 6
46965027 subsection (c) of section 7306 of title 46, 7
46975028 United States Code (as amended by this sec-8
46985029 tion), without regard to chapters 5 and 6 of 9
46995030 title 5, United States Code, and Executive Or-10
47005031 ders 12866 and 13563 (5 U.S.C. 601 note). 11
47015032 (C) C
47025033 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 12
47035034 for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 13
47045035 is amended by striking the item relating to sec-14
47055036 tion 7306 and inserting the following: 15
47065037 ‘‘7306. General requirements and classifications for members of deck depart-
47075038 ments.’’.
47085039 (b) GENERALREQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF 16
47095040 E
47105041 NGINEDEPARTMENTS.— 17
47115042 (1) I
47125043 N GENERAL.—Section 7313 of title 46, 18
47135044 United States Code, is amended— 19
47145045 (A) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘and coal 20
47155046 passer’’; and 21
47165047 (B) by striking subsection (c) and insert-22
4717-ing the following: 23 166
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5048+ing the following: 23
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47195052 ‘‘(c) CLASSIFICATION OFCREDENTIALS.—The Sec-1
47205053 retary may classify the merchant mariner credential issued 2
47215054 under subsection (a) based on— 3
47225055 ‘‘(1) the tonnage and means of propulsion of 4
47235056 vessels; 5
47245057 ‘‘(2) the waters on which vessels are to be oper-6
47255058 ated; or 7
47265059 ‘‘(3) other appropriate standards. 8
47275060 ‘‘(d) Q
47285061 UALIFICATIONS.—To qualify for an credential 9
47295062 under this section, an applicant shall provide satisfactory 10
47305063 proof that the applicant— 11
47315064 ‘‘(1) is at least 18 years of age; 12
47325065 ‘‘(2) has a minimum of 6-months service in the 13
47335066 related entry rating; 14
47345067 ‘‘(3) is qualified professionally as demonstrated 15
47355068 by an applicable examination or educational require-16
47365069 ments; and 17
47375070 ‘‘(4) is qualified as to sight, hearing, and phys-18
47385071 ical condition to perform the member’s duties.’’. 19
47395072 (2) R
47405073 EPEAL.—Section 7314 of title 46, United 20
47415074 States Code, and the item relating to such section 21
47425075 in the analysis for chapter 73 of such title, are re-22
47435076 pealed. 23
47445077 (c) T
4745-RAINING.— 24 167
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5078+RAINING.— 24
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47475082 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7315 of title 46, 1
47485083 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 2
47495084 ‘‘§ 7315. Training 3
47505085 ‘‘(a) N
47515086 AUTICALSCHOOLPROGRAM.—Graduation 4
47525087 from a nautical school program may be substituted for the 5
47535088 sea service requirements under sections 7307 through 6
47545089 7311a and 7313 of this title. 7
47555090 ‘‘(b) O
47565091 THERAPPROVEDTRAININGPROGRAMS.—The 8
47575092 satisfactory completion of a training program approved by 9
47585093 the Secretary may be substituted for not more than one- 10
47595094 half of the sea service requirements under sections 7307 11
47605095 through 7311a and 7313 of this title in accordance with 12
47615096 subsection (c). 13
47625097 ‘‘(c) T
47635098 RAININGDAYS.—For purposes of subsection 14
47645099 (b), training days undertaken in connection with training 15
47655100 programs approved by the Secretary may be substituted 16
47665101 for days of required sea service under sections 7307 17
47675102 through 7311a and 7313 of this title as follows: 18
47685103 ‘‘(1) Each shore-based training day in the form 19
47695104 of classroom lectures may be substituted for 2 days 20
47705105 of sea service requirements. 21
47715106 ‘‘(2) Each training day of laboratory training, 22
47725107 practical demonstrations, and other similar training, 23
47735108 may be substituted for 4 days of sea service require-24
4774-ments. 25 168
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47765113 ‘‘(3) Each training day of full mission simulator 1
47775114 training may be substituted for 6 days of sea service 2
47785115 requirements. 3
47795116 ‘‘(4) Each training day underway on a vessel 4
47805117 while enrolled in an approved training program may 5
47815118 be substituted for 1
47825119 1
47835120 ⁄2days of sea service require-6
47845121 ments, as long as— 7
47855122 ‘‘(A) the structured training provided while 8
47865123 underway on a vessel is— 9
47875124 ‘‘(i) acceptable to the Secretary as 10
47885125 part of the approved training program; and 11
47895126 ‘‘(ii) fully completed by the individual; 12
47905127 and 13
47915128 ‘‘(B) the tonnage of such vessel is appro-14
47925129 priate to the endorsement being sought. 15
47935130 ‘‘(d) D
47945131 EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘training 16
47955132 day’ means a day that consists of not less than 7 hours 17
47965133 of training.’’. 18
47975134 (2) I
47985135 MPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of the 19
47995136 department in which the Coast Guard is operating 20
48005137 shall implement the requirements of section 7315 of 21
48015138 title 46, United States Code, as amended by this 22
48025139 subsection, without regard to chapters 5 and 6 of 23
4803-title 5, United States Code, and Executive Orders 24 169
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48055144 12866 and 13563 (5 U.S.C. 601 note) and 14094 1
48065145 (88 Fed. Reg. 21879). 2
48075146 (3) T
48085147 ECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND -3
48095148 MENTS.— 4
48105149 (A) T
48115150 ITLE 46.—Title 46, United States 5
48125151 Code, is amended— 6
48135152 (i) in section 2113(3) by striking 7
48145153 ‘‘section 2101(53)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-8
48155154 tion 2101(55)(A)’’; 9
48165155 (ii) in section 3202(a)(1)(A) by strik-10
48175156 ing ‘‘section 2101(29)(A)’’ and inserting 11
48185157 ‘‘section 2101(31)(A)’’; 12
48195158 (iii) in section 3507(k)(1) by striking 13
48205159 ‘‘section 2101(31)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 14
48215160 2101(33)’’; 15
48225161 (iv) in section 4105(d) by striking 16
48235162 ‘‘section 2101(53)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-17
48245163 tion 2101(55)(A)’’; 18
48255164 (v) in section 12119(a)(3) by striking 19
48265165 ‘‘section 2101(26)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 20
48275166 2101(28)’’; and 21
48285167 (vi) in section 51706(c)(6)(C)(ii) by 22
48295168 striking ‘‘section 2101(24)’’ and inserting 23
48305169 ‘‘section 2101(26)’’. 24
48315170 (B) O
4832-THER LAWS.— 25 170
4833-†S 524 ES
5171+THER LAWS.— 25
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48345175 (i) Section 3(3) of the Magnuson-Ste-1
48355176 vens Fishery Conservation and Manage-2
48365177 ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1802(3)) is amended 3
48375178 by striking ‘‘2101(30) of title 46’’ and in-4
48385179 serting ‘‘2101 of title 46’’. 5
48395180 (ii) Section 1992(d)(7) of title 18, 6
48405181 United States Code, is amended by strik-7
48415182 ing ‘‘section 2101(31) of title 46’’ and in-8
48425183 serting ‘‘section 2101 of title 46’’. 9
48435184 (iii) Section 311(a)(26)(D) of the 10
48445185 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 11
48455186 U.S.C. 1321(a)(26)(D)) is amended by 12
48465187 striking ‘‘section 2101(23)’’ and inserting 13
48475188 ‘‘section 2101’’. 14
48485189 (iv) Section 1101 of title 49, United 15
48495190 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Sec-16
48505191 tion 2101(23)’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 17
48515192 2101(24)’’. 18
48525193 (d) A
48535194 MENDMENTS.— 19
48545195 (1) M
48555196 ERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIALS .—The 20
48565197 heading for part E of subtitle II of title 46, United 21
48575198 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘
48585199 MERCHANT 22
48595200 SEAMEN LICENSES , CERTIFICATES, AND DOCU-23
48605201 MENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘MERCHANT MARINER 24
4861-CREDENTIALS ’’. 25 171
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5202+CREDENTIALS ’’. 25
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48635206 (2) ABLE SEAFARERS—UNLIMITED.— 1
48645207 (A) I
48655208 N GENERAL.—The section heading for 2
48665209 section 7307 of title 46, United States Code, is 3
48675210 amended by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 4
48685211 ‘‘seafarers’’. 5
48695212 (B) R
48705213 EDUCTION OF LENGTH OF CERTAIN 6
48715214 PERIOD OF SERVICE.—Section 7307 of title 46, 7
48725215 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘3 8
48735216 years’’ and inserting ‘‘18 months’’. 9
48745217 (C) C
48755218 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 10
48765219 for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 11
48775220 is further amended in the item relating to sec-12
48785221 tion 7307 by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 13
48795222 ‘‘seafarers’’. 14
48805223 (3) A
48815224 BLE SEAMEN—LIMITED.— 15
48825225 (A) I
48835226 N GENERAL.—The section heading for 16
48845227 section 7308 of title 46, United States Code, is 17
48855228 amended by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 18
48865229 ‘‘seafarers’’. 19
48875230 (B) R
48885231 EDUCTION OF LENGTH OF CERTAIN 20
48895232 PERIOD OF SERVICE.—Section 7308 of title 46, 21
48905233 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘18 22
48915234 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 months’’. 23
48925235 (C) C
48935236 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 24
4894-for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 25 172
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5237+for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 25
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48965241 is further amended in the item relating to sec-1
48975242 tion 7308 by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 2
48985243 ‘‘seafarers’’. 3
48995244 (4) A
49005245 BLE SEAFARERS—SPECIAL.— 4
49015246 (A) I
49025247 N GENERAL.—The section heading for 5
49035248 section 7309 of title 46, United States Code, is 6
49045249 amended by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 7
49055250 ‘‘seafarers’’. 8
49065251 (B) R
49075252 EDUCTION OF LENGTH OF CERTAIN 9
49085253 PERIOD OF SERVICE.—Section 7309 of title 46, 10
49095254 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘12 11
49105255 months’’ and inserting ‘‘6 months’’. 12
49115256 (C) C
49125257 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 13
49135258 for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 14
49145259 is further amended in the item relating to sec-15
49155260 tion 7309 by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 16
49165261 ‘‘seafarers’’. 17
49175262 (5) A
49185263 BLE SEAFARERS—OFFSHORE SUPPLY VES -18
49195264 SELS.— 19
49205265 (A) I
49215266 N GENERAL.—The section heading for 20
49225267 section 7310 of title 46, United States Code, is 21
49235268 amended by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 22
49245269 ‘‘seafarers’’. 23
49255270 (B) C
49265271 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 24
4927-for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 25 173
4928-†S 524 ES
5272+for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 25
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49295276 is further amended in the item relating to sec-1
49305277 tion 7310 by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 2
49315278 ‘‘seafarers’’. 3
49325279 (6) A
49335280 BLE SEAFARERS—SAIL.— 4
49345281 (A) I
49355282 N GENERAL.—The section heading for 5
49365283 section 7311 of title 46, United States Code, is 6
49375284 amended by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 7
49385285 ‘‘seafarers’’. 8
49395286 (B) C
49405287 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 9
49415288 for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 10
49425289 is further amended in the item relating to sec-11
49435290 tion 7311 by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 12
49445291 ‘‘seafarers’’. 13
49455292 (7) A
49465293 BLE SEAMEN—FISHING INDUSTRY.— 14
49475294 (A) I
49485295 N GENERAL.—The section heading for 15
49495296 section 7311a of title 46, United States Code, 16
49505297 is amended by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and insert-17
49515298 ing ‘‘seafarers’’. 18
49525299 (B) C
49535300 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 19
49545301 for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 20
49555302 is further amended in the item relating to sec-21
49565303 tion 7311a by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 22
49575304 ‘‘seafarers’’. 23
49585305 (8) P
49595306 ARTS E AND F.—Parts E and F of subtitle 24
4960-II of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 25 174
4961-†S 524 ES
5307+II of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 25
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49625311 (A) by striking ‘‘seaman’’ and inserting 1
49635312 ‘‘seafarer’’ each place it appears; and 2
49645313 (B) by striking ‘‘seamen’’ and inserting 3
49655314 ‘‘seafarers’’ each place it appears. 4
49665315 (9) C
49675316 LERICAL AMENDMENTS .—The analysis for 5
49685317 subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, is amend-6
49695318 ed in the item relating to part E by striking ‘‘
49705319 MER-7
49715320 CHANT SEAMEN LICENSES , CERTIFICATES, AND 8
49725321 DOCUMENTS ’’ and inserting ‘‘MERCHANT MAR -9
49735322 INER CREDENTIALS ’’. 10
49745323 (10) T
49755324 EMPORARY REDUCTION OF LENGTHS OF 11
49765325 CERTAIN PERIODS OF SERVICE .—Section 3534(j) of 12
49775326 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 13
49785327 Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) is repealed. 14
49795328 (11) M
49805329 ERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIALS .—Sec-15
49815330 tion 7510 of title 46, United States Code, is amend-16
49825331 ed by striking subsection (d). 17
49835332 (e) R
49845333 ENEWAL OF MERCHANTMARINERLICENSES 18
49855334 ANDDOCUMENTS.—Section 7507 of title 46, United 19
49865335 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-20
49875336 lowing: 21
49885337 ‘‘(d) R
49895338 ENEWAL.—With respect to any renewal of an 22
49905339 active merchant mariner credential issued under this part 23
4991-that is not an extension under subsection (a) or (b), such 24 175
4992-†S 524 ES
5340+that is not an extension under subsection (a) or (b), such 24
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49935344 credential shall begin the day after the expiration of the 1
49945345 active credential of the credential holder.’’. 2
49955346 (f) M
49965347 ERCHANTSEAMENLICENSES, CERTIFICATES, 3
49975348 ANDDOCUMENTS; MANNING OFVESSELS.— 4
49985349 (1) C
49995350 ITIZENSHIP OR NONCITIZEN NATION -5
50005351 ALITY.— 6
50015352 (A) I
50025353 N GENERAL.—Section 7102 of title 7
50035354 46, United States Code, is amended— 8
50045355 (i) in the section heading by inserting 9
50055356 ‘‘or noncitizen nationality’’ after 10
50065357 ‘‘Citizenship’’; and 11
50075358 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or noncitizen nation-12
50085359 als (as such term is described in section 13
50095360 308 of the Immigration and Nationality 14
50105361 Act (8 U.S.C. 1408))’’ after ‘‘citizens’’. 15
50115362 (B) C
50125363 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 16
50135364 for chapter 71 of title 46, United States Code, 17
50145365 is amended by striking the item relating to sec-18
50155366 tion 7102 and inserting the following: 19
50165367 ‘‘7102. Citizenship or noncitizen nationality.’’.
50175368 (2) CITIZENSHIP OR NONCITIZEN NATIONALITY 20
50185369 NOTATION ON MERCHANT MARINERS ’ DOCU-21
50195370 MENTS.— 22
50205371 (A) I
50215372 N GENERAL.—Section 7304 of title 23
5022-46, United States Code, is amended— 24 176
5023-†S 524 ES
5373+46, United States Code, is amended— 24
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50245377 (i) in the section heading by inserting 1
50255378 ‘‘or noncitizen nationality’’ after 2
50265379 ‘‘Citizenship’’; and 3
50275380 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or noncitizen na-4
50285381 tional (as such term is described in section 5
50295382 308 of the Immigration and Nationality 6
50305383 Act (8 U.S.C. 1408))’’ after ‘‘citizen’’. 7
50315384 (B) C
50325385 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 8
50335386 for chapter 73 of title 46, United States Code, 9
50345387 is amended by striking the item relating to sec-10
50355388 tion 7304 and inserting the following: 11
50365389 ‘‘7304. Citizenship or noncitizen nationality notation on merchant mariners’ doc-
50375390 uments.’’.
50385391 (3) CITIZENSHIP OR NONCITIZEN NATION -12
50395392 ALITY.— 13
50405393 (A) I
50415394 N GENERAL.—Section 8103 of title 14
50425395 46, United States Code, is amended— 15
50435396 (i) in the section heading by inserting 16
50445397 ‘‘or noncitizen nationality’’ after 17
50455398 ‘‘Citizenship’’; 18
50465399 (ii) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘or 19
50475400 noncitizen national’’ after ‘‘citizen’’; 20
50485401 (iii) in subsection (b)— 21
50495402 (I) in paragraph (1)(A)(i) by in-22
50505403 serting ‘‘or noncitizen national’’ after 23
5051-‘‘citizen’’; 24 177
5052-†S 524 ES
5404+‘‘citizen’’; 24
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50535408 (II) in paragraph (3) by inserting 1
50545409 ‘‘or noncitizen nationality’’ after ‘‘citi-2
50555410 zenship’’; and 3
50565411 (III) in paragraph (3)(C) by in-4
50575412 serting ‘‘or noncitizen nationals’’ after 5
50585413 ‘‘citizens’’; 6
50595414 (iv) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘or 7
50605415 noncitizen nationals’’ after ‘‘citizens’’; 8
50615416 (v) in subsection (d)— 9
50625417 (I) in paragraph (1) by inserting 10
50635418 ‘‘or noncitizen nationals’’ after ‘‘citi-11
50645419 zens’’; and 12
50655420 (II) in paragraph (2) by inserting 13
50665421 ‘‘or noncitizen national’’ after ‘‘cit-14
50675422 izen’’ each place it appears; 15
50685423 (vi) in subsection (e) by inserting ‘‘or 16
50695424 noncitizen national’’ after ‘‘citizen’’ each 17
50705425 place it appears; 18
50715426 (vii) in subsection (i)(1)(A) by insert-19
50725427 ing ‘‘or noncitizen national’’ after ‘‘cit-20
50735428 izen’’; 21
50745429 (viii) in subsection (k)(1)(A) by in-22
50755430 serting ‘‘or noncitizen national’’ after ‘‘cit-23
5076-izen’’; and 24 178
5077-†S 524 ES
5431+izen’’; and 24
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50785435 (ix) by adding at the end the fol-1
50795436 lowing: 2
50805437 ‘‘(l) N
50815438 ONCITIZENNATIONALDEFINED.—In this sec-3
50825439 tion, the term ‘noncitizen national’ means an individual 4
50835440 described in section 308 of the Immigration and Nation-5
50845441 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1408).’’. 6
50855442 (B) C
50865443 LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The analysis 7
50875444 for chapter 81 of title 46, United States Code, 8
50885445 is amended by striking the item relating to sec-9
50895446 tion 8103 and inserting the following: 10
50905447 ‘‘8103. Citizenship or noncitizen nationality and Navy Reserve requirements.’’.
50915448 (4) COMMAND OF DOCUMENTED VESSELS .— 11
50925449 Section 12131(a) of title 46, United States Code, is 12
50935450 amended by inserting ‘‘or noncitizen national (as 13
50945451 such term is described in section 308 of the Immi-14
50955452 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1408))’’ after 15
50965453 ‘‘citizen’’. 16
50975454 (5) I
50985455 NVALIDATION OF CERTIFICATES OF DOCU -17
50995456 MENTATION.—Section 12135(2) of title 46, United 18
51005457 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or noncitizen 19
51015458 national (as such term is described in section 308 of 20
51025459 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 21
51035460 1408))’’ after ‘‘citizen’’. 22
51045461 SEC. 202. NONOPERATING INDIVIDUAL. 23
51055462 Section 8313(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 24
5106-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 25 179
5107-†S 524 ES
5463+National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 25
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51085467 (Public Law 116–283) is amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and 1
51095468 inserting ‘‘2027’’. 2
51105469 SEC. 203. MERCHANT MARINER LICENSING AND DOCU-3
51115470 MENTATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. 4
51125471 (a) I
51135472 NGENERAL.—Chapter 75 of title 46, United 5
51145473 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-6
51155474 lowing: 7
51165475 ‘‘§ 7512. Requirements of electronic merchant mar-8
51175476 iner credentialing system 9
51185477 ‘‘(a) D
51195478 EFINITION OFMERCHANTMARINERCREDEN-10
51205479 TIAL.—In this section, the term ‘merchant mariner cre-11
51215480 dential’ means a merchant mariner license, certificate, or 12
51225481 document that the Secretary is authorized to issue pursu-13
51235482 ant to this title. 14
51245483 ‘‘(b) N
51255484 ECESSARY CONSIDERATIONS.—In imple-15
51265485 menting any electronic merchant mariner credentialing 16
51275486 system for purposes of this chapter, the Secretary shall 17
51285487 consider how to allow, to the maximum extent prac-18
51295488 ticable— 19
51305489 ‘‘(1) the electronic submission of the compo-20
51315490 nents of merchant mariner credential applications 21
51325491 (such as sea service documentation, professional 22
51335492 qualifications, course completion certificates, safety 23
51345493 and suitability documents, and medical records) and 24
5135-course approval requests; 25 180
5136-†S 524 ES
5494+course approval requests; 25
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51375498 ‘‘(2) the direct electronic and secure submission 1
51385499 of— 2
51395500 ‘‘(A) sea service verification documentation 3
51405501 from employers; 4
51415502 ‘‘(B) course completion certificates from 5
51425503 training providers; and 6
51435504 ‘‘(C) necessary documentation from other 7
51445505 stakeholders; and 8
51455506 ‘‘(3) the electronic processing and evaluation of 9
51465507 information for the issuance of merchant mariner 10
51475508 credentials and course approvals, including the capa-11
51485509 bility for the Secretary to complete remote evalua-12
51495510 tion of information submitted through the system. 13
51505511 ‘‘(c) A
51515512 CCESS TODATA.—The Secretary shall ensure 14
51525513 that the Maritime Administration and other Federal agen-15
51535514 cies, as authorized by the Secretary, have access to 16
51545515 anonymized and aggregated data from the electronic sys-17
51555516 tem described in subsection (b) and that such data in-18
51565517 clude, at a minimum— 19
51575518 ‘‘(1) the total amount of sea service for individ-20
51585519 uals with a valid merchant mariner credential; 21
51595520 ‘‘(2) the number of mariners with valid mer-22
51605521 chant mariner credentials for each rating, including 23
51615522 the capability to filter data based on credential en-24
5162-dorsements; 25 181
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5523+dorsements; 25
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51645527 ‘‘(3) demographic information including age, 1
51655528 gender, and region or address; 2
51665529 ‘‘(4) the estimated times for the Coast Guard 3
51675530 to process merchant mariner credential applications, 4
51685531 mariner medical certificates, and course approvals; 5
51695532 ‘‘(5) the number of providers approved to pro-6
51705533 vide training for purposes of this part and, for each 7
51715534 such training provider, the number of classes taken 8
51725535 by individuals with, or applying for, a merchant 9
51735536 mariner credential; and 10
51745537 ‘‘(6) if applicable, the branch of the uniformed 11
51755538 services (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10) and 12
51765539 duty status of applicants for a merchant mariner 13
51775540 credential. 14
51785541 ‘‘(d) P
51795542 RIVACYREQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 15
51805543 collect the information required under subsection (b) in 16
51815544 a manner that protects the privacy rights of individuals 17
51825545 who are the subjects of such information.’’. 18
51835546 (b) C
51845547 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-19
51855548 ter 75 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by add-20
51865549 ing at the end the following: 21
51875550 ‘‘7512. Requirements of electronic merchant mariner credentialing system.’’.
51885551 Subtitle B—Vessel Safety 22
51895552 SEC. 211. GROSSLY NEGLIGENT OPERATIONS OF A VESSEL. 23
51905553 Section 2302(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 24
5191-amended to read as follows: 25 182
5192-†S 524 ES
5554+amended to read as follows: 25
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51935558 ‘‘(b) GROSSLYNEGLIGENTOPERATION.— 1
51945559 ‘‘(1) M
51955560 ISDEMEANOR.—A person operating a 2
51965561 vessel in a grossly negligent manner that endangers 3
51975562 the life, limb, or property of a person commits a 4
51985563 class A misdemeanor. 5
51995564 ‘‘(2) F
52005565 ELONY.—A person operating a vessel in 6
52015566 a grossly negligent manner that results in serious 7
52025567 bodily injury, as defined in section 1365(h)(3) of 8
52035568 title 18— 9
52045569 ‘‘(A) commits a class E felony; and 10
52055570 ‘‘(B) may be assessed a civil penalty of not 11
52065571 more than $35,000.’’. 12
52075572 SEC. 212. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR SECURITY 13
52085573 RISKS. 14
52095574 (a) S
52105575 ECURITYRISK.—Section 7702(d)(1) of title 46, 15
52115576 United States Code, is amended— 16
52125577 (1) in subparagraph (B) by redesignating 17
52135578 clauses (i) through (iv) as subclauses (I) through 18
52145579 (IV), respectively (and by conforming the margins 19
52155580 accordingly); 20
52165581 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 21
52175582 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively (and by con-22
52185583 forming the margins accordingly); 23
52195584 (3) by striking ‘‘an individual if—’’ and insert-24
5220-ing the following: ‘‘an individual— 25 183
5221-†S 524 ES
5585+ing the following: ‘‘an individual— 25
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52225589 ‘‘(A) if—’’; 1
52235590 (4) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(IV), as so redesig-2
52245591 nated, by striking the period at the end and insert-3
52255592 ing ‘‘; or’’; and 4
52265593 (5) by adding at the end the following: 5
52275594 ‘‘(B) if there is probable cause to believe that 6
52285595 the individual has violated company policy and is a 7
52295596 security risk that poses a threat to other individuals 8
52305597 on the vessel.’’. 9
52315598 (b) T
52325599 ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—Section 2101(47)(B) 10
52335600 of title 46, United States Code (as so redesignated), is 11
52345601 amended by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’. 12
52355602 SEC. 213. STUDY OF AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS. 13
52365603 (a) I
52375604 NGENERAL.—The Commandant shall conduct 14
52385605 a study to determine the applicability of current safety 15
52395606 regulations that apply to commercial amphibious vessels. 16
52405607 (b) E
52415608 LEMENTS.—The study required under sub-17
52425609 section (a) shall include the following: 18
52435610 (1) An overview and analysis that identifies 19
52445611 safety regulations that apply to commercial amphib-20
52455612 ious vessels; 21
52465613 (2) An evaluation of whether safety gaps and 22
52475614 risks exist associated with the application of regula-23
52485615 tions identified in subsection (b)(1) to the operation 24
5249-of commercial amphibious vessels; 25 184
5250-†S 524 ES
5616+of commercial amphibious vessels; 25
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52515620 (3) An evaluation of whether aspects of the reg-1
52525621 ulations established in section 11502 of the James 2
52535622 M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 3
52545623 Fiscal Year 2023 (46 U.S.C. 3306 note) should 4
52555624 apply to amphibious commercial vessels; and 5
52565625 (4) Recommendations on whether potential reg-6
52575626 ulations that should apply to commercial amphibious 7
52585627 vessels. 8
52595628 (c) R
52605629 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 9
52615630 of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall sub-10
52625631 mit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-11
52635632 ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 12
52645633 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 13
52655634 a report containing the findings, conclusions, and rec-14
52665635 ommendations from the study required under subsection 15
52675636 (a). 16
52685637 (d) D
52695638 EFINITION OFAMPHIBIOUSVESSEL.—In this 17
52705639 section, the term ‘‘amphibious vessel’’ means a vessel 18
52715640 which is operating as a small passenger vessel in waters 19
52725641 subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, as defined 20
52735642 in section 2.38 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations 21
52745643 (or a successor regulation) and is operating as a motor 22
52755644 vehicle as defined in section 216 of the Clean Air Act (42 23
52765645 U.S.C. 7550) that is not a DUKW amphibious passenger 24
5277-vessel as defined in section 11502 of the James M. Inhofe 25 185
5278-†S 524 ES
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52795650 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 1
52805651 (46 U.S.C. 3306 note). 2
52815652 SEC. 214. PERFORMANCE DRIVEN EXAMINATION SCHED-3
52825653 ULE. 4
52835654 (a) A
52845655 MENDMENTS.—Section 3714 of title 46, United 5
52855656 States Code, is amended— 6
52865657 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘The Sec-7
52875658 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub-8
52885659 section (c), the Secretary’’; 9
52895660 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-10
52905661 section (d); and 11
52915662 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-12
52925663 lowing: 13
52935664 ‘‘(c) P
52945665 ERFORMANCE-DRIVENEXAMINATIONSCHED-14
52955666 ULE.— 15
52965667 ‘‘(1) I
52975668 N GENERAL.—With respect to examina-16
52985669 tions of foreign vessels to which this chapter applies, 17
52995670 and subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary may 18
53005671 adopt a performance-driven examination schedule to 19
53015672 which such vessels are to be examined and the fre-20
53025673 quency with which such examinations occur, includ-21
53035674 ing the frequency of examinations for each vessel. 22
53045675 Such schedule shall be consistent with the Sec-23
53055676 retary’s assessment of the safety performance of 24
5306-such vessels, including each vessel participating in 25 186
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53085681 the performance-driven examination schedule, in ac-1
53095682 cordance with paragraph (2). 2
53105683 ‘‘(2) C
53115684 ONSIDERATIONS.—In developing an ex-3
53125685 amination schedule under paragraph (1) and subject 4
53135686 to paragraph (3), with respect to each vessel in de-5
53145687 termining eligibility to participate in the perform-6
53155688 ance based examination schedule— 7
53165689 ‘‘(A) the Secretary shall consider— 8
53175690 ‘‘(i) certificate of compliance and ex-9
53185691 amination history, to include those con-10
53195692 ducted by foreign countries; 11
53205693 ‘‘(ii) history of violations, vessel deten-12
53215694 tions, incidents, and casualties; 13
53225695 ‘‘(iii) history of notices of violation 14
53235696 issued by the Coast Guard; 15
53245697 ‘‘(iv) safety related information pro-16
53255698 vided by the flag state of the vessel; 17
53265699 ‘‘(v) owner and operator history; 18
53275700 ‘‘(vi) historical classification society 19
53285701 data, which may include relevant surveys; 20
53295702 ‘‘(vii) cargo-specific documentation; 21
53305703 ‘‘(viii) data from port state control 22
53315704 safety exams; and 23
53325705 ‘‘(ix) relevant repair and maintenance 24
5333-history; and 25 187
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53355710 ‘‘(B) the Secretary may consider— 1
53365711 ‘‘(i) data from relevant vessel quality 2
53375712 assurance and risk assessment programs 3
53385713 including Quality Shipping for the 21st 4
53395714 Century (QUALSHIP 21); 5
53405715 ‘‘(ii) data from industry inspection re-6
53415716 gimes; 7
53425717 ‘‘(iii) data from vessel self assess-8
53435718 ments submitted to the International Mari-9
53445719 time Organization or other maritime orga-10
53455720 nizations; and 11
53465721 ‘‘(iv) other safety relevant data or in-12
53475722 formation as determined by the Secretary. 13
53485723 ‘‘(3) E
53495724 LIGIBILITY.—In developing an examina-14
53505725 tion schedule under paragraph (1), the Secretary 15
53515726 shall not consider a vessel eligible to take part in a 16
53525727 performance-driven examination schedule under 17
53535728 paragraph (1) if, within the last 36 months, the ves-18
53545729 sel has— 19
53555730 ‘‘(A) been detained by the Coast Guard; 20
53565731 ‘‘(B) a record of a violation issued by the 21
53575732 Coast Guard against the owners or operators 22
53585733 with a finding of proved; or 23
53595734 ‘‘(C) suffered a marine casualty that, as 24
5360-determined by the Secretary, involves the safe 25 188
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53625739 operation of the vessel and overall performance 1
53635740 of the vessel. 2
53645741 ‘‘(4) R
53655742 ESTRICTIONS.—The Secretary may not 3
53665743 adopt a performance-driven examination schedule 4
53675744 under paragraph (1) until the Secretary has— 5
53685745 ‘‘(A) conducted the assessment rec-6
53695746 ommended in the Government Accountability 7
53705747 Office report submitted under section 8254(a) 8
53715748 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 9
53725749 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 10
53735750 (Public Law 116–283); 11
53745751 ‘‘(B) concluded through such assessment 12
53755752 that a performance-driven examination schedule 13
53765753 provides not less than the level of safety pro-14
53775754 vided by the annual examinations required 15
53785755 under subsection (a)(1); and 16
53795756 ‘‘(C) provided the results of such assess-17
53805757 ment to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 18
53815758 and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-19
53825759 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 20
53835760 the House of Representatives.’’. 21
53845761 (b) C
53855762 AREERINCENTIVEPAY FORMARINEINSPEC-22
53865763 TORS.—Subsection (a) of section 11237 of the James M. 23
53875764 Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 24
5388-2023 (Public Law 117–263) is amended as follows: 25 189
5389-†S 524 ES
5765+2023 (Public Law 117–263) is amended as follows: 25
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53905769 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TOPROVIDEASSIGNMENTPAY OR 1
53915770 S
53925771 PECIALDUTYPAY.—For the purposes of addressing an 2
53935772 identified shortage of marine inspectors, the Secretary 3
53945773 may provide assignment pay or special duty pay under sec-4
53955774 tion 352 of title 37, United States Code, to a member of 5
53965775 the Coast Guard serving in a prevention position that— 6
53975776 ‘‘(1) is assigned in support of or is serving as 7
53985777 a marine inspector pursuant to section 312 of title 8
53995778 14, United States Code; and 9
54005779 ‘‘(2) is assigned to a billet that is difficult to fill 10
54015780 due to geographic location, requisite experience or 11
54025781 certifications, or lack of sufficient candidates, as de-12
54035782 termined by the Commandant, in an effort to ad-13
54045783 dress inspector workforce gaps.’’. 14
54055784 (c) B
54065785 RIEFING.—Not later than 6 months after the 15
54075786 date of enactment of this Act, and annually for 2 years 16
54085787 after the implementation of a performance-driven exam-17
54095788 ination schedule program under section 3714(c) of title 18
54105789 46, United States Code, the Commandant shall brief the 19
54115790 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 20
54125791 the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In-21
54135792 frastructure of the House of Representatives on— 22
54145793 (1) the status of utilizing the performance-driv-23
54155794 en examination schedule program, including the 24
5416-quantity of examinations conducted and duration be-25 190
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5795+quantity of examinations conducted and duration be-25
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54185799 tween examinations for each individual vessel exam-1
54195800 ined under the performance-driven examination 2
54205801 schedule; 3
54215802 (2) an overview of the size of the Coast Guard 4
54225803 marine inspector workforce, including any personnel 5
54235804 shortages assessed by the Coast Guard, for inspec-6
54245805 tors that conduct inspections under section 3714 of 7
54255806 such title; and 8
54265807 (3) recommendations for the inspection, govern-9
54275808 ance, or oversight of vessels inspected under section 10
54285809 3714 of such title. 11
54295810 SEC. 215. PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY. 12
54305811 (a) W
54315812 ATERFRONT SAFETY.—Section 70011(a) of 13
54325813 title 46, United States Code, is amended— 14
54335814 (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘, including 15
54345815 damage or destruction resulting from cyber inci-16
54355816 dents, transnational organized crime, or foreign 17
54365817 state threats’’ after ‘‘adjacent to such waters’’; and 18
54375818 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘or harm re-19
54385819 sulting from cyber incidents, transnational organized 20
54395820 crime, or foreign state threats’’ after ‘‘loss’’. 21
54405821 (b) R
54415822 EGULATION OF ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT 22
54425823 OFVESSELSDURINGNATIONALEMERGENCY.—Section 23
54435824 70051 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by in-24
5444-serting ‘‘or cyber incidents, or transnational organized 25 191
5445-†S 524 ES
5825+serting ‘‘or cyber incidents, or transnational organized 25
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54465829 crime, or foreign state threats,’’ after ‘‘threatened war, or 1
54475830 invasion, or insurrection, or subversive activity,’’. 2
54485831 (c) F
54495832 ACILITYVISIT BYSTATESPONSOR OFTER-3
54505833 RORISM.—Section 70011(b) of title 46, United States 4
54515834 Code, is amended— 5
54525835 (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 6
54535836 end; 7
54545837 (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at 8
54555838 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 9
54565839 (3) by adding at the end the following: 10
54575840 ‘‘(5) prohibiting a representative of a govern-11
54585841 ment of country that the Secretary of State has de-12
54595842 termined has repeatedly provided support for acts of 13
54605843 international terrorism under section 620A of the 14
54615844 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) 15
54625845 from visiting a facility for which a facility security 16
54635846 plan is required under section 70103(c).’’. 17
54645847 SEC. 216. STUDY ON BERING STRAIT VESSEL TRAFFIC PRO-18
54655848 JECTIONS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE POS-19
54665849 TURE AT PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 20
54675850 (a) I
54685851 NGENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 21
54695852 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-22
54705853 tation, acting through the United States Committee on the 23
54715854 Marine Transportation System, and in coordination with 24
5472-the Commandant, shall— 25 192
5473-†S 524 ES
5855+the Commandant, shall— 25
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54745859 (1) complete an analysis regarding commercial 1
54755860 vessel traffic, at the time of the study, that transits 2
54765861 through the Bering Strait and projections for the 3
54775862 growth of such traffic over the next decade; and 4
54785863 (2) assess the adequacy of emergency response 5
54795864 capabilities and infrastructure at the ports of the 6
54805865 United States that are in proximity to the vessel 7
54815866 traffic that transits the Bering Strait, including the 8
54825867 port facilities at Point Spencer, Alaska, Nome, Alas-9
54835868 ka, and Kotzebue, Alaska, to— 10
54845869 (A) address future navigation safety risks; 11
54855870 and 12
54865871 (B) conduct emergency maritime response 13
54875872 operations in the Arctic environment. 14
54885873 (b) E
54895874 LEMENTS.—The study under this section shall 15
54905875 include the following: 16
54915876 (1) An analysis of the volume and types of com-17
54925877 mercial vessel traffic, including— 18
54935878 (A) oil and gas tankers, cargo vessels, 19
54945879 barges, fishing vessels, and cruise lines, both 20
54955880 domestic and international; 21
54965881 (B) projected growth of such traffic 22
54975882 through the Bering Strait; 23
54985883 (C) the seasonality of vessel transits of the 24
5499-Bering Strait; and 25 193
5500-†S 524 ES
5884+Bering Strait; and 25
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55015888 (D) a summation of the sizes, ages, and 1
55025889 the country of registration or documentation of 2
55035890 such vessels transiting the Arctic, including oil 3
55045891 and product tankers either documented in tran-4
55055892 sit to or from Russia or China or owned or op-5
55065893 erated by a Russian or Chinese entity. 6
55075894 (2) An assessment of the state and adequacy of 7
55085895 vessel traffic services and oil spill and emergency re-8
55095896 sponse capabilities in the vicinity of the Bering 9
55105897 Strait and its southern and northern approaches in 10
55115898 the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea. 11
55125899 (3) A risk assessment of the projected growth 12
55135900 in commercial vessel traffic in the Bering Strait and 13
55145901 potential of increased frequency in the number of 14
55155902 maritime accidents, including spill events, and the 15
55165903 potential impacts to the Arctic maritime environ-16
55175904 ment and Native Alaskan village communities in the 17
55185905 vicinity of the vessel traffic in Western Alaska, in-18
55195906 cluding the Bering Strait. 19
55205907 (4) An evaluation of the extent to which Point 20
55215908 Spencer can serve as a port of refuge and as a stag-21
55225909 ing, logistics, and operations center from which to 22
55235910 conduct and support maritime emergency and spill 23
5524-response activities. 24 194
5525-†S 524 ES
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55265915 (5) Recommendations for practical actions that 1
55275916 can be taken by Congress, Federal agencies, the 2
55285917 State of Alaska, vessel carriers and operators, the 3
55295918 marine salvage and emergency response industry, 4
55305919 and other relevant stakeholders to mitigate risks 5
55315920 identified in the study carried out under this section. 6
55325921 (c) C
55335922 ONSULTATION.—In the preparation of the study 7
55345923 under this section, the United States Committee on the 8
55355924 Marine Transportation System shall consult with— 9
55365925 (1) the Maritime Administration; 10
55375926 (2) the Coast Guard; 11
55385927 (3) the Army Corps of Engineers; 12
55395928 (4) the Department of State; 13
55405929 (5) the National Transportation Safety Board; 14
55415930 (6) the Government of Canada, as appropriate; 15
55425931 (7) the Port Coordination Council for the Port 16
55435932 of Point Spencer; 17
55445933 (8) State and local governments; 18
55455934 (9) other maritime industry participants, in-19
55465935 cluding carriers, shippers, ports, labor, fishing, or 20
55475936 other entities; and 21
55485937 (10) nongovernmental entities with relevant ex-22
55495938 pertise monitoring and characterizing vessel traffic 23
5550-or the environment in the Arctic. 24 195
5551-†S 524 ES
5939+or the environment in the Arctic. 24
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55525943 (d) TRIBALCONSULTATION.—In addition to the enti-1
55535944 ties described in subsection (c), in preparing the study 2
55545945 under this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall 3
55555946 consult with Indian Tribes, including Alaska Native Cor-4
55565947 porations, and Alaska Native communities. 5
55575948 (e) R
55585949 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after initiating 6
55595950 the study under this section, the United States Committee 7
55605951 on the Marine Transportation System shall submit to the 8
55615952 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 9
55625953 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 10
55635954 and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 11
55645955 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 12
55655956 Representatives a report on the findings and recommenda-13
55665957 tions of the study. 14
55675958 (f) D
55685959 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15
55695960 (1) A
55705961 RCTIC.—The term ‘‘Arctic’’ has the mean-16
55715962 ing given such term in section 112 of the Arctic Re-17
55725963 search and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111). 18
55735964 (2) P
55745965 ORT COORDINATION COUNCIL FOR THE 19
55755966 PORT OF POINT SPENCER .—The term ‘‘Port Coordi-20
55765967 nation Council for the Port of Point Spencer’’ means 21
55775968 the Council established under section 541 of Coast 22
55785969 Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114– 23
5579-120). 24 196
5580-†S 524 ES
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55815974 SEC. 217. UNDERWATER INSPECTIONS BRIEF. 1
55825975 Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 2
55835976 of this Act, the Commandant, or a designated individual, 3
55845977 shall brief the Committee on Transportation and Infra-4
55855978 structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-5
55865979 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 6
55875980 Senate on the underwater inspection in lieu of drydock 7
55885981 program established under section 176.615 of title 46, 8
55895982 Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 9
55905983 enactment of this Act). 10
55915984 SEC. 218. ST. LUCIE RIVER RAILROAD BRIDGE. 11
55925985 Regarding Docket Number USCG–2022–0222, be-12
55935986 fore adopting a final rule, the Commandant shall conduct 13
55945987 an independent boat traffic study at mile 7.4 of the St. 14
55955988 Lucie River. 15
55965989 SEC. 219. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH SAFETY ZONES FOR 16
55975990 SPECIAL ACTIVITIES IN EXCLUSIVE ECO-17
55985991 NOMIC ZONE. 18
55995992 (a) S
56005993 PECIALACTIVITIES INEXCLUSIVEECONOMIC 19
56015994 Z
56025995 ONE.—Subchapter I of chapter 700 of title 46, United 20
56035996 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-21
56045997 lowing: 22
56055998 ‘‘§ 70008. Special activities in exclusive economic 23
56065999 zone 24
56076000 ‘‘(a) I
56086001 NGENERAL.—The Secretary of the department 25
5609-in which the Coast Guard is operating may establish safe-26 197
5610-†S 524 ES
6002+in which the Coast Guard is operating may establish safe-26
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56116006 ty zones to address special activities in the exclusive eco-1
56126007 nomic zone. 2
56136008 ‘‘(b) D
56146009 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
56156010 ‘‘(1) S
56166011 AFETY ZONE.—The term ‘safety zone’— 4
56176012 ‘‘(A) means a water area, shore area, or 5
56186013 water and shore area to which, for safety or en-6
56196014 vironmental purposes, access is limited to au-7
56206015 thorized persons, vehicles, or vessels; and 8
56216016 ‘‘(B) may be stationary and described by 9
56226017 fixed limits or may be described as a zone 10
56236018 around a vessel in motion. 11
56246019 ‘‘(2) S
56256020 PECIAL ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘special 12
56266021 activities’ includes— 13
56276022 ‘‘(A) space activities, including launch and 14
56286023 reentry (as such terms are defined in section 15
56296024 50902 of title 51) carried out by United States 16
56306025 citizens; and 17
56316026 ‘‘(B) offshore energy development activi-18
56326027 ties, as described in section 8(p)(1)(C) of the 19
56336028 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 20
56346029 1337(p)(1)(C)), on or near fixed platforms. 21
56356030 ‘‘(3) U
56366031 NITED STATES CITIZEN .—The term 22
56376032 ‘United States citizen’ has the meaning given the 23
5638-term ‘eligible owners’ in section 12103. 24 198
5639-†S 524 ES
6033+term ‘eligible owners’ in section 12103. 24
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56406037 ‘‘(4) FIXED PLATFORM.—The term ‘fixed plat-1
56416038 form’ means an artificial island, installation, or 2
56426039 structure permanently attached to the sea-bed for 3
56436040 the purpose of exploration or exploitation of re-4
56446041 sources or for other economic purposes.’’. 5
56456042 (b) C
56466043 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-6
56476044 ter 700 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 7
56486045 inserting after the item relating to section 70007 the fol-8
56496046 lowing: 9
56506047 ‘‘70008. Special activities in exclusive economic zone.’’.
56516048 (c) REPEAL.—Section 8343 of the William M. (Mac) 10
56526049 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 11
56536050 Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) is repealed. 12
56546051 (d) R
56556052 ETROACTIVEEFFECTIVEDATE.—The amend-13
56566053 ments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall 14
56576054 take effect as if enacted on February 1, 2024. 15
56586055 SEC. 220. IMPROVING VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE MONI-16
56596056 TORING. 17
56606057 (a) P
56616058 ROXIMITY OFANCHORAGES TOPIPELINES.— 18
56626059 (1) I
56636060 MPLEMENTATION OF RESTRUCTURING 19
56646061 PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after the date of en-20
56656062 actment of this Act, the Commandant shall imple-21
56666063 ment the November 2021 proposed plan of the Ves-22
56676064 sel Traffic Service Los Angeles-Long Beach for re-23
56686065 structuring the Federal anchorages in San Pedro 24
5669-Bay described on page 54 of the Report of the Na-25 199
5670-†S 524 ES
6066+Bay described on page 54 of the Report of the Na-25
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56716070 tional Transportation Safety Board titled ‘‘Anchor 1
56726071 Strike of Underwater Pipeline and Eventual Crude 2
56736072 Oil Release’’ and issued January 2, 2024. 3
56746073 (2) S
56756074 TUDY.—The Secretary of the department 4
56766075 in which the Coast Guard is operating shall conduct 5
56776076 a study to identify any anchorage grounds other 6
56786077 than the San Pedro Bay Federal anchorages in 7
56796078 which the distance between the center of an ap-8
56806079 proved anchorage ground and a pipeline is less than 9
56816080 1 mile. 10
56826081 (3) R
56836082 EPORT.— 11
56846083 (A) I
56856084 N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 12
56866085 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 13
56876086 Commandant shall submit to the Committee on 14
56886087 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 15
56896088 of Representatives and the Committee on Com-16
56906089 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-17
56916090 ate a report on the results of the study required 18
56926091 under paragraph (2). 19
56936092 (B) C
56946093 ONTENTS.—The report under sub-20
56956094 paragraph (A) shall include— 21
56966095 (i) a list of the anchorage grounds de-22
5697-scribed under paragraph (2); 23 200
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56996100 (ii) whether it is possible to move each 1
57006101 such anchorage ground to provide a min-2
57016102 imum distance of 1 mile; and 3
57026103 (iii) a recommendation of whether to 4
57036104 move any such anchorage ground and ex-5
57046105 planation for the recommendation. 6
57056106 (b) P
57066107 ROXIMITY TOPIPELINEALERTS.— 7
57076108 (1) A
57086109 UDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARMS .—The Com-8
57096110 mandant shall consult with the providers of vessel 9
57106111 monitoring systems to add to the monitoring sys-10
57116112 tems for vessel traffic services audible and visual 11
57126113 alarms that alert the watchstander when an an-12
57136114 chored vessel is encroaching on a pipeline. 13
57146115 (2) N
57156116 OTIFICATION PROCEDURES .—Not later 14
57166117 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 15
57176118 the Commandant shall develop procedures for all 16
57186119 vessel traffic services to notify pipeline and utility 17
57196120 operators following potential incursions on sub-18
57206121 merged pipelines within the vessel traffic service 19
57216122 area of responsibility. 20
57226123 (3) R
57236124 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 21
57246125 date of enactment of this Act, and annually for the 22
57256126 subsequent 3 years, the Commandant shall submit 23
57266127 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-24
5727-ture of the House of Representatives and the Com-25 201
5728-†S 524 ES
6128+ture of the House of Representatives and the Com-25
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57296132 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 1
57306133 the Senate a report on the implementation of para-2
57316134 graphs (1) and (2). 3
57326135 SEC. 221. DESIGNATING PILOTAGE WATERS FOR THE 4
57336136 STRAITS OF MACKINAC. 5
57346137 (a) I
57356138 NGENERAL.—Section 9302(a)(1)(A) of title 46, 6
57366139 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘in waters’’ 7
57376140 and inserting ‘‘in the Straits of Mackinac and in all other 8
57386141 waters’’. 9
57396142 (b) D
57406143 EFINITION OF THE STRAITS OFMACKINAC.— 10
57416144 Section 9302 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 11
57426145 by adding at the end the following: 12
57436146 ‘‘(g) D
57446147 EFINITION OF THESTRAITS OFMACKINAC.— 13
57456148 In this section, the term ‘Straits of Mackinac’ includes all 14
57466149 of the United States navigable waters bounded by lon-15
57476150 gitudes 84 degrees 20 minutes west and 85 degrees 10 16
57486151 minutes west and latitudes 45 degrees 39 minutes north 17
57496152 and 45 degrees 54 minutes north, including Gray’s Reef 18
57506153 Passage, the South Channel, and Round Island Passage, 19
57516154 and approaches thereto.’’. 20
57526155 SEC. 222. RECEIPTS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS FOR 21
57536156 ICE PATROL SERVICES. 22
57546157 Section 80301(c) of title 46, United States Code, is 23
57556158 amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 24
5756-‘‘and shall remain available until expended for the purpose 25 202
5757-†S 524 ES
6159+‘‘and shall remain available until expended for the purpose 25
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57586163 of the Coast Guard international ice patrol program under 1
57596164 this chapter.’’. 2
57606165 SEC. 223. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FISHING VESSELS 3
57616166 AND FISH TENDER VESSELS. 4
57626167 (a) E
57636168 XCEPTIONS TO REGULATIONS FOR TOWING 5
57646169 V
57656170 ESSELS.— 6
57666171 (1) I
57676172 N GENERAL.—The Secretary of the depart-7
57686173 ment in which the Coast Guard is operating, acting 8
57696174 through the relevant Officer in Charge, Marine In-9
57706175 spection, may grant temporary waivers from the 10
57716176 towing vessel requirements of chapters 33 and 89 of 11
57726177 title 46, United States Code, including the regula-12
57736178 tions issued under such chapters, for fishing vessels 13
57746179 and fish tender vessels. 14
57756180 (2) A
57766181 PPLICATION.—A temporary waiver issued 15
57776182 under paragraph (1) shall be issued at the discretion 16
57786183 of the relevant Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, 17
57796184 to a fishing vessel or fish tender vessel that— 18
57806185 (A) performs towing operations of net 19
57816186 pens, and associated work platforms, to or from 20
57826187 aquaculture or hatchery worksites; 21
57836188 (B) is less than 200 gross tons; 22
57846189 (C) does not tow a net pen, or associated 23
57856190 work platform, that is carrying cargo or haz-24
5786-ardous material, including oil, on board; 25 203
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6191+ardous material, including oil, on board; 25
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57886195 (D) is operating shoreward of the Bound-1
57896196 ary Line in either— 2
57906197 (i) Southeast Alaska; or 3
57916198 (ii) Prince William Sound; and 4
57926199 (E) complies with all applicable laws for its 5
57936200 use in the usual purpose for which it is nor-6
57946201 mally and substantially operated, including any 7
57956202 applicable inspection requirements under sec-8
57966203 tion 3301 of title 46, United States Code, and 9
57976204 exemptions under section 3302 of such title. 10
57986205 (3) I
57996206 MPLEMENTATION.— 11
58006207 (A) R
58016208 EQUEST PROCESS.—The owner or op-12
58026209 erator of a fishing vessel or fish tender vessel 13
58036210 seeking a waiver under paragraph (1) shall sub-14
58046211 mit a request to the relevant Officer in Charge, 15
58056212 Marine Inspection. 16
58066213 (B) C
58076214 ONTENTS.—The request submitted 17
58086215 under subparagraph (A) shall include— 18
58096216 (i) a description of the intended tow-19
58106217 ing operations; 20
58116218 (ii) the time periods and frequency of 21
58126219 the intended towing operations; 22
58136220 (iii) the location of the intended oper-23
5814-ations; 24 204
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58166225 (iv) a description of the manning of 1
58176226 the fishing vessel or fish tender vessel dur-2
58186227 ing the intended operations; and 3
58196228 (v) any additional safety, operational, 4
58206229 or other relevant information requested by 5
58216230 the relevant Officer in Charge, Marine In-6
58226231 spection. 7
58236232 (4) P
58246233 OLICY.—The Secretary of the department 8
58256234 in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue 9
58266235 policy to facilitate the implementation of this sub-10
58276236 section. 11
58286237 (5) D
58296238 EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 12
58306239 (A) B
58316240 OUNDARY LINE.—The term ‘‘Bound-13
58326241 ary Line’’ has the meaning given such term in 14
58336242 section 103 of title 46, United States Code. 15
58346243 (B) F
58356244 ISHING VESSEL.—The term ‘‘fishing 16
58366245 vessel’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-17
58376246 tion 2101 of title 46, United States Code. 18
58386247 (C) F
58396248 ISH TENDER VESSEL .—The term 19
58406249 ‘‘fish tender vessel’’ has the meaning given such 20
58416250 term in section 2101 of title 46, United States 21
58426251 Code. 22
58436252 (D) O
58446253 FFICER IN CHARGE, MARINE INSPEC-23
5845-TION.—The term ‘‘Officer in Charge, Marine 24 205
5846-†S 524 ES
6254+TION.—The term ‘‘Officer in Charge, Marine 24
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58476258 Inspection’’ has the meaning given such term in 1
58486259 section 3305 of title 46, United States Code. 2
58496260 (E) P
58506261 RINCE WILLIAM SOUND .—The term 3
58516262 ‘‘Prince William Sound’’ means all State and 4
58526263 Federal waters within Prince William Sound, 5
58536264 Alaska, including the approach to 6
58546265 Hinchenbrook Entrance out to, and encom-7
58556266 passing, Seal Rocks. 8
58566267 (F) S
58576268 OUTHEAST ALASKA .—The term 9
58586269 ‘‘Southeast Alaska’’ means the area along the 10
58596270 coast of the State of Alaska from latitude 11
58606271 5440’00’’ N to 6018’24’’ N. 12
58616272 (6) S
58626273 UNSET.—The authorities under this sec-13
58636274 tion shall expire on January 1, 2027. 14
58646275 (b) L
58656276 OADLINES.—Section 11325(a) of the James M. 15
58666277 Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 16
58676278 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 4095) is amended 17
5868-by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’. 18 206
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6279+by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’. 18
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58706283 Subtitle C—Matters Involving 1
58716284 Uncrewed Systems 2
58726285 SEC. 231. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COM-3
58736286 MITTEE ON AUTONOMOUS MARITIME SYS-4
58746287 TEMS. 5
58756288 (a) I
58766289 NGENERAL.—Chapter 151 of title 46, United 6
58776290 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-7
58786291 lowing: 8
58796292 ‘‘§ 15110. Establishment of National Advisory Com-9
58806293 mittee on Autonomous Maritime Systems 10
58816294 ‘‘(a) E
58826295 STABLISHMENT.—There is established a Na-11
58836296 tional Advisory Committee on Autonomous Maritime Sys-12
58846297 tems (in this section referred to as the ‘Committee’). 13
58856298 ‘‘(b) F
58866299 UNCTION.—The Committee shall advise the 14
58876300 Secretary on matters relating to the regulation and use 15
58886301 of Autonomous Systems within the territorial waters of 16
58896302 the United States. 17
58906303 ‘‘(c) M
58916304 EMBERSHIP.— 18
58926305 ‘‘(1) I
58936306 N GENERAL.—The Committee shall con-19
58946307 sist of 15 members appointed by the Secretary in ac-20
58956308 cordance with this section and section 15109. 21
58966309 ‘‘(2) E
58976310 XPERTISE.—Each member of the Com-22
58986311 mittee shall have particular expertise, knowledge, 23
58996312 and experience in matters relating to the function of 24
5900-the Committee. 25 207
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6313+the Committee. 25
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59026317 ‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—Each of the following 1
59036318 groups shall be represented by at least 1 member on 2
59046319 the Committee: 3
59056320 ‘‘(A) Marine safety or security entities. 4
59066321 ‘‘(B) Vessel design and construction enti-5
59076322 ties. 6
59086323 ‘‘(C) Entities engaged in the production or 7
59096324 research of uncrewed vehicles, including drones, 8
59106325 autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles, or 9
59116326 any other product or service integral to the pro-10
59126327 vision, maintenance, or management of such 11
59136328 products or services. 12
59146329 ‘‘(D) Port districts, authorities, or terminal 13
59156330 operators. 14
59166331 ‘‘(E) Vessel operators. 15
59176332 ‘‘(F) National labor unions representing 16
59186333 merchant mariners. 17
59196334 ‘‘(G) Maritime pilots. 18
59206335 ‘‘(H) Commercial space transportation op-19
59216336 erators. 20
59226337 ‘‘(I) Academic institutions.’’. 21
59236338 (b) C
59246339 LERICALAMENDMENTS.—The analysis for 22
59256340 chapter 151 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 23
59266341 by adding at the end the following: 24
59276342 ‘‘15110. Establishment of National Advisory Committee on Autonomous Mari-
5928-time Systems.’’. 208
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6343+time Systems.’’.
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59306347 (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 1
59316348 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 2
59326349 department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 3
59336350 establish the Committee under section 15110 of title 46, 4
59346351 United States Code (as added by this section). 5
59356352 SEC. 232. PILOT PROGRAM FOR GOVERNANCE AND OVER-6
59366353 SIGHT OF SMALL UNCREWED MARITIME SYS-7
59376354 TEMS. 8
59386355 (a) L
59396356 IMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-9
59406357 sion of law, for the period beginning on the date of enact-10
59416358 ment of this Act and ending on the date that is 2 years 11
59426359 after such date of enactment, small uncrewed maritime 12
59436360 systems owned, operated, or chartered by the National 13
59446361 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or that are per-14
59456362 forming specified oceanographic surveys on behalf of and 15
59466363 pursuant to a contract or other written agreement with 16
59476364 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 17
59486365 shall not be subject to any vessel inspection, design, oper-18
59496366 ations, navigation, credentialing, or training requirement, 19
59506367 law, or regulation, that the Assistant Administrator of the 20
59516368 Office of Marine and Aviation Operations of the National 21
59526369 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration determines will 22
59536370 harm real-time operational extreme weather oceanographic 23
5954-and atmospheric data collection and predictions. 24 209
5955-†S 524 ES
6371+and atmospheric data collection and predictions. 24
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59566375 (b) OTHERAUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section 1
59576376 shall limit the authority of the Secretary of the depart-2
59586377 ment in which the Coast Guard is operating, acting 3
59596378 through the Commandant, if there is an immediate safety 4
59606379 or security concern regarding small uncrewed maritime 5
59616380 systems. 6
59626381 SEC. 233. COAST GUARD TRAINING COURSE. 7
59636382 (a) I
59646383 NGENERAL.—For the period beginning on the 8
59656384 date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date that 9
59666385 is 3 years after such date of enactment, the Commandant, 10
59676386 or such other individual or organization as the Com-11
59686387 mandant considers appropriate, shall develop a training 12
59696388 course on small uncrewed maritime systems and offer such 13
59706389 training course at least once each year for Coast Guard 14
59716390 personnel working with or regulating small uncrewed mar-15
59726391 itime systems. 16
59736392 (b) C
59746393 OURSESUBJECTMATTER.—The training course 17
59756394 developed under subsection (a) shall— 18
59766395 (1) provide an overview and introduction to 19
59776396 small uncrewed maritime systems, including exam-20
59786397 ples of those used by the Federal Government, in 21
59796398 academic settings, and in commercial sectors; 22
59806399 (2) address the benefits and disadvantages of 23
5981-use of small uncrewed maritime systems; 24 210
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6400+use of small uncrewed maritime systems; 24
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59836404 (3) address safe navigation of small uncrewed 1
59846405 maritime systems, including measures to ensure col-2
59856406 lision avoidance; 3
59866407 (4) address the ability of small uncrewed mari-4
59876408 time systems to communicate with and alert other 5
59886409 vessels in the vicinity; 6
59896410 (5) address the ability of small uncrewed mari-7
59906411 time systems to respond to system alarms and fail-8
59916412 ures to ensure control commensurate with the risk 9
59926413 posed by the systems; 10
59936414 (6) provide present and future capabilities of 11
59946415 small uncrewed maritime systems; and 12
59956416 (7) provide an overview of the role of the Inter-13
59966417 national Maritime Organization in the governance of 14
59976418 small uncrewed maritime systems. 15
59986419 SEC. 234. NOAA MEMBERSHIP ON AUTONOMOUS VESSEL 16
59996420 POLICY COUNCIL. 17
60006421 Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 18
60016422 of this Act, the Commandant, with the concurrence of the 19
60026423 Assistant Administrator of the Office of Marine and Avia-20
60036424 tion Operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 21
60046425 Administration, shall establish the permanent membership 22
60056426 of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 23
60066427 employee to the Automated and Autonomous Vessel Policy 24
6007-Council of the Coast Guard. 25 211
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6428+Council of the Coast Guard. 25
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60096432 SEC. 235. TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM. 1
60106433 Section 319(b)(1) of title 14, United States Code, is 2
60116434 amended by striking ‘‘2 or more existing Coast Guard 3
60126435 small boats deployed at operational units’’ and inserting 4
60136436 ‘‘2 or more Coast Guard small boats deployed at oper-5
60146437 ational units and 2 or more existing Coast Guard small 6
60156438 boats’’. 7
60166439 SEC. 236. UNCREWED SYSTEMS CAPABILITIES REPORT AND 8
60176440 BRIEFING. 9
60186441 (a) I
60196442 NGENERAL.— 10
60206443 (1) R
60216444 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 11
60226445 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 12
60236446 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 13
60246447 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 14
60256448 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 15
60266449 Transportation of the Senate a report that outlines 16
60276450 a plan for establishing an uncrewed systems capa-17
60286451 bilities office within the Coast Guard responsible for 18
60296452 the acquisition and development of uncrewed system 19
60306453 and counter-uncrewed system technologies and to ex-20
60316454 pand the capabilities of the Coast Guard with re-21
60326455 spect to such technologies. 22
60336456 (2) C
60346457 ONTENTS.—The report required under 23
60356458 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 24
60366459 (A) A management strategy for the acqui-25
6037-sition, development, and deployment of 26 212
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6460+sition, development, and deployment of 26
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60396464 uncrewed system and counter-uncrewed system 1
60406465 technologies. 2
60416466 (B) A service-wide coordination strategy to 3
60426467 synchronize and integrate efforts across the 4
60436468 Coast Guard in order to— 5
60446469 (i) support the primary duties of the 6
60456470 Coast Guard pursuant to section 102 of 7
60466471 title 14, United States Code; and 8
60476472 (ii) pursue expanded research, devel-9
60486473 opment, testing, and evaluation opportuni-10
60496474 ties and funding to expand and accelerate 11
60506475 identification and transition of uncrewed 12
60516476 system and counter-uncrewed system tech-13
60526477 nologies. 14
60536478 (C) The identification of contracting and 15
60546479 acquisition authorities needed to expedite the 16
60556480 development and deployment of uncrewed sys-17
60566481 tem and counter-uncrewed system technologies. 18
60576482 (D) A detailed list of commercially avail-19
60586483 able uncrewed system and counter-uncrewed 20
60596484 system technologies with capabilities determined 21
60606485 to be useful for the Coast Guard. 22
60616486 (E) A cross-agency collaboration plan to 23
60626487 engage with the Department of Defense and 24
6063-other relevant agencies to identify common re-25 213
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6488+other relevant agencies to identify common re-25
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60656492 quirements and opportunities to partner in ac-1
60666493 quiring, contracting, and sustaining uncrewed 2
60676494 system and counter-uncrewed system capabili-3
60686495 ties. 4
60696496 (F) Opportunities to obtain and share 5
60706497 uncrewed system data from government and 6
60716498 commercial sources to improve maritime do-7
60726499 main awareness. 8
60736500 (G) The development of a concept of oper-9
60746501 ations for a data system that supports and inte-10
60756502 grates uncrewed system and counter-uncrewed 11
60766503 system technologies with key enablers, including 12
60776504 enterprise communications networks, data stor-13
60786505 age and management, artificial intelligence and 14
60796506 machine learning tools, and information sharing 15
60806507 and dissemination capabilities. 16
60816508 (b) B
60826509 RIEFINGS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 17
60836510 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for a 18
60846511 period of 3 years, the Commandant, in coordination with 19
60856512 the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-20
60866513 pheric Administration, the Executive Director of the Of-21
60876514 fice of Naval Research, the Director of the National 22
60886515 Science Foundation, and the Director of the White House 23
60896516 Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall brief the 24
6090-Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 25 214
6091-†S 524 ES
6517+Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 25
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60926521 the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In-1
60936522 frastructure of the House of Representatives, on the fu-2
60946523 ture operation and governance of small uncrewed maritime 3
60956524 systems. 4
60966525 SEC. 237. DEFINITIONS. 5
60976526 In this subtitle: 6
60986527 (1) C
60996528 OUNTER-UNCREWED SYSTEM .—The term 7
61006529 ‘‘counter-uncrewed system’’ means a system or de-8
61016530 vice capable of lawfully and safely disabling, dis-9
61026531 rupting, or seizing control of an uncrewed system, 10
61036532 including a counter-UAS system (as such term is de-11
61046533 fined in section 44801 of title 49, United States 12
61056534 Code). 13
61066535 (2) S
61076536 MALL UNCREWED MARITIME SYSTEMS .— 14
61086537 The term ‘‘small uncrewed maritime systems’’ 15
61096538 means unmanned maritime systems (as defined in 16
61106539 section 2 of the CENOTE Act of 2018 (33 U.S.C. 17
61116540 4101)), that— 18
61126541 (A) are not greater than 35 feet overall in 19
61136542 length; 20
61146543 (B) are operated remotely or autono-21
61156544 mously; and 22
61166545 (C) exclusively perform oceanographic sur-23
6117-veys or scientific research. 24 215
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6546+veys or scientific research. 24
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61196550 (3) UNCREWED SYSTEM .—The term ‘‘uncrewed 1
61206551 system’’ means an uncrewed surface, undersea, or 2
61216552 aircraft and associated elements (including commu-3
61226553 nication links and the components that control the 4
61236554 uncrewed system) that are required for the operator 5
61246555 to operate the system safely and efficiently, includ-6
61256556 ing an unmanned aircraft system (as such term is 7
61266557 defined in section 44801 of title 49, United States 8
61276558 Code). 9
61286559 Subtitle D—Other Matters 10
61296560 SEC. 241. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ONBOARD VESSELS. 11
61306561 Section 70503(a) of title 46, United States Code, is 12
61316562 amended— 13
61326563 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 14
61336564 striking ‘‘While on board a covered vessel, an’’ and 15
61346565 inserting ‘‘An’’; 16
61356566 (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-17
61366567 lows: 18
61376568 ‘‘(1) manufacture or distribute, possess with in-19
61386569 tent to manufacture or distribute, or place or cause 20
61396570 to be placed with intent to manufacture or distribute 21
61406571 a controlled substance on board a covered vessel;’’; 22
61416572 (3) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘on board a 23
6142-covered vessel’’ before the semicolon; and 24 216
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6573+covered vessel’’ before the semicolon; and 24
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61446577 (4) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘while on 1
61456578 board a covered vessel’’ after ‘‘such individual’’. 2
61466579 SEC. 242. INFORMATION ON TYPE APPROVAL CERTIFI-3
61476580 CATES. 4
61486581 (a) I
61496582 NGENERAL.—Title IX of the Frank LoBiondo 5
61506583 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 6
61516584 282) is amended by adding at the end the following: 7
61526585 ‘‘SEC. 904. INFORMATION ON TYPE APPROVAL CERTIFI-8
61536586 CATES. 9
61546587 ‘‘Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Com-10
61556588 mandant of the Coast Guard shall, upon request by any 11
61566589 State, the District of Columbia, any Indian Tribe, or any 12
61576590 territory of the United States, provide all data possessed 13
61586591 by the Coast Guard for a ballast water management sys-14
61596592 tem with a type approval certificate approved by the Coast 15
61606593 Guard pursuant to subpart 162.060 of title 46, Code of 16
61616594 Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment 17
61626595 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 pertaining 18
61636596 to— 19
61646597 ‘‘(1) challenge water (as defined in section 20
61656598 162.060–3 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, 21
61666599 as in effect on the date of enactment of the Coast 22
61676600 Guard Authorization Act of 2025) quality character-23
6168-istics; 24 217
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6601+istics; 24
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61706605 ‘‘(2) post-treatment water quality characteris-1
61716606 tics; 2
61726607 ‘‘(3) challenge water (as defined in section 3
61736608 162.060–3 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, 4
61746609 as in effect on the date of enactment of the Coast 5
61756610 Guard Authorization Act of 2025) biologic organism 6
61766611 concentrations data; and 7
61776612 ‘‘(4) post-treatment water biologic organism 8
61786613 concentrations data.’’. 9
61796614 (b) C
61806615 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 10
61816616 for the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act 11
61826617 of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) is amended by inserting 12
61836618 after the item relating to section 903 the following: 13
61846619 ‘‘Sec. 904. Information on type approval certificates.’’.
61856620 SEC. 243. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES.
61866621 14
61876622 (a) I
61886623 NGENERAL.—Section 5(a) of the Deepwater 15
61896624 Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1504(a)) is amended by 16
61906625 striking the first sentence and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding 17
61916626 section 888(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 18
61926627 U.S.C. 468(b)), the Secretary shall have the authority to 19
61936628 issue regulations to carry out the purposes and provisions 20
61946629 of this Act, in accordance with the provisions of section 21
61956630 553 of title 5, United States Code, without regard to sub-22
6196-section (a) thereof.’’. 23 218
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6631+section (a) thereof.’’. 23
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61986635 (b) NEPA COMPLIANCE.—Section 5 of the Deep-1
61996636 water Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1504) is amended by 2
62006637 striking subsection (f) and inserting the following: 3
62016638 ‘‘(f) NEPA C
62026639 OMPLIANCE.— 4
62036640 ‘‘(1) D
62046641 EFINITION OF LEAD AGENCY .—In this 5
62056642 subsection, the term ‘lead agency’ has the meaning 6
62066643 given the term in section 111 of the National Envi-7
62076644 ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336e). 8
62086645 ‘‘(2) L
62096646 EAD AGENCY.— 9
62106647 ‘‘(A) I
62116648 N GENERAL.—For all applications, 10
62126649 the Maritime Administration shall be the Fed-11
62136650 eral lead agency for purposes of the National 12
62146651 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 13
62156652 4321 et seq.). 14
62166653 ‘‘(B) E
62176654 FFECT OF COMPLIANCE .—Compli-15
62186655 ance with the National Environmental Policy 16
62196656 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) in accord-17
62206657 ance with subparagraph (A) shall fulfill the re-18
62216658 quirement of the Federal lead agency in car-19
62226659 rying out the responsibilities under the National 20
62236660 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 21
62246661 4321 et seq.) pursuant to this Act.’’. 22
62256662 (c) R
62266663 EGULATIONS.— 23
62276664 (1) I
62286665 N GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 24
6229-after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-25 219
6230-†S 524 ES
6666+after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-25
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62316670 mandant shall transfer the authorities provided to 1
62326671 the Coast Guard in part 148 of title 33, Code of 2
62336672 Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the 3
62346673 enactment of this Act), except as provided in para-4
62356674 graph (2), to the Secretary of Transportation. 5
62366675 (2) R
62376676 ETENTION OF AUTHORITY .—The Com-6
62386677 mandant shall retain responsibility for authorities 7
62396678 pertaining to design, construction, equipment, and 8
62406679 operation of deepwater ports and navigational safe-9
62416680 ty. 10
62426681 (3) U
62436682 PDATES TO AUTHORITY .—As soon as 11
62446683 practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 12
62456684 the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such reg-13
62466685 ulations as are necessary to reflect the updates to 14
62476686 authorities prescribed by this subsection. 15
62486687 (d) R
62496688 ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-16
62506689 tion, or the amendments made by this section, may be con-17
62516690 strued to limit the authorities of other governmental agen-18
62526691 cies previously delegated authorities of the Deepwater 19
62536692 Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or any other 20
62546693 law. 21
62556694 (e) A
62566695 PPLICATIONS.—Nothing in this section, or the 22
62576696 amendments made by this section, shall apply to any ap-23
62586697 plication submitted before the date of enactment of this 24
6259-Act. 25 220
6260-†S 524 ES
6698+Act. 25
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62616702 SEC. 244. ANCHORAGES. 1
62626703 Section 8437 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 2
62636704 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 3
62646705 (Public Law 116–283) is amended— 4
62656706 (1) by striking subsections (d) and (e); 5
62666707 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-6
62676708 section (d); and 7
62686709 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-8
62696710 lowing: 9
62706711 ‘‘(c) P
62716712 ROHIBITION.—The Commandant shall prohibit 10
62726713 any vessel anchoring on the reach of the Hudson River 11
62736714 described in subsection (a) unless such anchoring is within 12
62746715 any anchorage established before January 1, 2021.’’. 13
62756716 SEC. 245. AMENDMENTS TO PASSENGER VESSEL SECURITY 14
62766717 AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. 15
62776718 (a) M
62786719 AINTENANCE OF SUPPLIESTHATPREVENT 16
62796720 S
62806721 EXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.—Section 17
62816722 3507(d)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended 18
62826723 by inserting ‘‘(taking into consideration the length of the 19
62836724 voyage and the number of passengers and crewmembers 20
62846725 that the vessel can accommodate)’’ after ‘‘a sexual as-21
62856726 sault’’. 22
62866727 (b) C
62876728 REWACCESS TOPASSENGERSTATEROOMS; 23
62886729 P
62896730 ROCEDURES AND RESTRICTIONS.—Section 3507 of title 24
62906731 46, United States Code, is amended— 25
6291-(1) in subsection (f)— 26 221
6292-†S 524 ES
6732+(1) in subsection (f)— 26
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62936736 (A) in paragraph (1)— 1
62946737 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 2
62956738 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 3
62966739 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 4
62976740 (B) the following: 5
62986741 ‘‘(C) a system that electronically records 6
62996742 the date, time, and identity of each crew mem-7
63006743 ber accessing each passenger stateroom; and’’; 8
63016744 and 9
63026745 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-10
63036746 ing the following: 11
63046747 ‘‘(2) ensure that the procedures and restrictions 12
63056748 are— 13
63066749 ‘‘(A) fully and properly implemented; 14
63076750 ‘‘(B) reviewed annually; and 15
63086751 ‘‘(C) updated as necessary.’’. 16
63096752 SEC. 246. CYBER-INCIDENT TRAINING. 17
63106753 Section 70103(c) of title 46, United States Code, is 18
63116754 amended by adding at the end the following: 19
63126755 ‘‘(9) The Secretary may conduct no-notice exercises 20
63136756 in Captain of the Port Zones (as described in part 3 of 21
63146757 title 33, Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on the 22
63156758 date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 23
63166759 of 2025) involving a facility or vessel required to maintain 24
6317-a security plan under this subsection.’’. 25 222
6318-†S 524 ES
6760+a security plan under this subsection.’’. 25
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63196764 SEC. 247. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH A 1
63206765 CETACEAN DESK FOR PUGET SOUND REGION. 2
63216766 Section 11304(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Don Young Coast 3
63226767 Guard Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division K of Public 4
63236768 Law 117–263; 16 U.S.C. 1390 note) is amended by strik-5
63246769 ing ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 years’’. 6
63256770 SEC. 248. SUSPENSION OF ENFORCEMENT OF USE OF DE-7
63266771 VICES BROADCASTING ON AIS FOR PUR-8
63276772 POSES OF MARKING FISHING GEAR. 9
63286773 Section 11320 of the Don Young Coast Guard Au-10
63296774 thorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 11
63306775 4092) is amended by striking ‘‘during the period’’ and all 12
63316776 that follows through the period at the end and inserting 13
63326777 ‘‘until December 31, 2029.’’. 14
63336778 SEC. 249. CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES. 15
63346779 Section 3316(d) of title 46, United States Code, is 16
63356780 amended— 17
63366781 (1) by amending paragraph (2)(B)(i) to read as 18
63376782 follows: 19
63386783 ‘‘(i) the government of the foreign country in 20
63396784 which the foreign society is headquartered— 21
63406785 ‘‘(I) delegates that authority to the Amer-22
63416786 ican Bureau of Shipping; or 23
63426787 ‘‘(II) does not delegate that authority to 24
63436788 any classification society; or’’; and 25
6344-(2) by adding at the end the following: 26 223
6345-†S 524 ES
6789+(2) by adding at the end the following: 26
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63466793 ‘‘(5) CLARIFICATION ON AUTHORITY .—Nothing 1
63476794 in this subsection authorizes the Secretary to make 2
63486795 a delegation under paragraph (2) to a classification 3
63496796 society from the People’s Republic of China.’’. 4
63506797 SEC. 250. ABANDONED AND DERELICT VESSEL REMOVALS. 5
63516798 (a) I
63526799 NGENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 46, United 6
63536800 States Code, is amended— 7
63546801 (1) in the chapter heading by striking 8
63556802 ‘‘BARGES’’ and inserting ‘‘VESSELS’’; 9
63566803 (2) by inserting before section 4701 the fol-10
63576804 lowing: 11
63586805 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—BARGES’’;
63596806 AND 12
63606807 (3) by adding at the end the following: 13
63616808 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—NON-BARGE VESSELS 14
63626809 ‘‘§ 4710. Definitions 15
63636810 ‘‘In this subchapter: 16
63646811 ‘‘(1) A
63656812 BANDON.—The term ‘abandon’ means to 17
63666813 moor, strand, wreck, sink, or leave a covered vessel 18
63676814 unattended for longer than 45 days. 19
63686815 ‘‘(2) C
63696816 OVERED VESSEL .—The term ‘covered 20
63706817 vessel’ means a vessel that is not a barge to which 21
63716818 subchapter I applies. 22
63726819 ‘‘(3) I
63736820 NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 23
6374-has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the 24 224
6375-†S 524 ES
6821+has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the 24
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63766825 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 1
63776826 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 2
63786827 ‘‘(4) N
63796828 ATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION .—The 3
63806829 term ‘Native Hawaiian organization’ has the mean-4
63816830 ing given such term in section 6207 of the Elemen-5
63826831 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 6
63836832 U.S.C. 7517) except the term includes the Depart-7
63846833 ment of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of 8
63856834 Hawaiian Affairs. 9
63866835 ‘‘§ 4711. Abandonment of vessels prohibited 10
63876836 ‘‘(a) I
63886837 NGENERAL.—An owner or operator of a cov-11
63896838 ered vessel may not abandon such vessel on the navigable 12
63906839 waters of the United States. 13
63916840 ‘‘(b) D
63926841 ETERMINATION OFABANDONMENT.— 14
63936842 ‘‘(1) N
63946843 OTIFICATION.— 15
63956844 ‘‘(A) I
63966845 N GENERAL.—With respect to a cov-16
63976846 ered vessel that appears to be abandoned, the 17
63986847 Commandant of the Coast Guard shall— 18
63996848 ‘‘(i) attempt to identify the owner 19
64006849 using the vessel registration number, hull 20
64016850 identification number, or any other infor-21
64026851 mation that can be reasonably inferred or 22
64036852 gathered; and 23
6404-‘‘(ii) notify such owner— 24 225
6405-†S 524 ES
6853+‘‘(ii) notify such owner— 24
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64066857 ‘‘(I) of the penalty described in 1
64076858 subsection (c); and 2
64086859 ‘‘(II) that the vessel will be re-3
64096860 moved at the expense of the owner if 4
64106861 the Commandant determines that the 5
64116862 vessel is abandoned and the owner 6
64126863 does not remove or account for the 7
64136864 vessel. 8
64146865 ‘‘(B) F
64156866 ORM.—The Commandant shall pro-9
64166867 vide the notice required under subparagraph 10
64176868 (A)— 11
64186869 ‘‘(i) if the owner can be identified, via 12
64196870 certified mail or other appropriate forms 13
64206871 determined by the Commandant; or 14
64216872 ‘‘(ii) if the owner cannot be identified, 15
64226873 via an announcement in a local publication 16
64236874 and on a website maintained by the Coast 17
64246875 Guard. 18
64256876 ‘‘(2) D
64266877 ETERMINATION.—The Commandant 19
64276878 shall make a determination not earlier than 45 days 20
64286879 after the date on which the Commandant provides 21
64296880 the notification required under paragraph (1) of 22
64306881 whether a covered vessel described in such para-23
64316882 graph is abandoned. 24
64326883 ‘‘(c) P
6433-ENALTY.— 25 226
6434-†S 524 ES
6884+ENALTY.— 25
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64356888 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant may as-1
64366889 sess a civil penalty of not more than $500 against 2
64376890 an owner or operator of a covered vessel determined 3
64386891 to be abandoned under subsection (b) for a violation 4
64396892 of subsection (a). 5
64406893 ‘‘(2) L
64416894 IABILITY IN REM.—The owner or oper-6
64426895 ator of a covered vessel shall also be liable in rem 7
64436896 for a penalty imposed under paragraph (1). 8
64446897 ‘‘(3) L
64456898 IMITATION.—The Commandant shall not 9
64466899 assess a penalty if the Commandant determines the 10
64476900 vessel was abandoned due to major extenuating cir-11
64486901 cumstances of the owner or operator of the vessel, 12
64496902 including long term medical incapacitation of the 13
64506903 owner or operator. 14
64516904 ‘‘(d) V
64526905 ESSELSNOTABANDONED.—The Commandant 15
64536906 may not determine that a covered vessel is abandoned 16
64546907 under this section if— 17
64556908 ‘‘(1) such vessel is located at a federally ap-18
64566909 proved or State approved mooring area; 19
64576910 ‘‘(2) such vessel is located on private property 20
64586911 with the permission of the owner of such property; 21
64596912 ‘‘(3) the owner or operator of such vessel pro-22
64606913 vides a notification to the Commandant that— 23
6461-‘‘(A) indicates the location of the vessel; 24 227
6462-†S 524 ES
6914+‘‘(A) indicates the location of the vessel; 24
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64636918 ‘‘(B) indicates that the vessel is not aban-1
64646919 doned; and 2
64656920 ‘‘(C) contains documentation proving that 3
64666921 the vessel is allowed to be in such location; or 4
64676922 ‘‘(4) the Commandant determines that such an 5
64686923 abandonment determination would not be in the 6
64696924 public interest. 7
64706925 ‘‘§ 4712. Inventory of abandoned vessels 8
64716926 ‘‘(a) I
64726927 NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 9
64736928 date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 10
64746929 of 2025, the Commandant, in consultation with the Ad-11
64756930 ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-12
64766931 ministration and relevant State agencies, shall establish 13
64776932 and maintain a national inventory of covered vessels that 14
64786933 are abandoned. 15
64796934 ‘‘(b) C
64806935 ONTENTS.—The inventory established and 16
64816936 maintained under subsection (a) shall include data on each 17
64826937 vessel, including geographic information system data re-18
64836938 lated to the location of each such vessel. 19
64846939 ‘‘(c) P
64856940 UBLICATION.—The Commandant shall make 20
64866941 the inventory established under subsection (a) publicly 21
64876942 available on a website of the Coast Guard. 22
64886943 ‘‘(d) R
64896944 EPORTING OF POTENTIALLYABANDONED 23
64906945 V
64916946 ESSELS.—In carrying out this section, the Commandant 24
6492-shall develop a process by which— 25 228
6493-†S 524 ES
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64946951 ‘‘(1) a State, Indian Tribe, Native Hawaiian or-1
64956952 ganization, or person may report a covered vessel 2
64966953 that may be abandoned to the Commandant for po-3
64976954 tential inclusion in the inventory established under 4
64986955 subsection (a); 5
64996956 ‘‘(2) the Commandant shall review any such re-6
65006957 port and add such vessel to the inventory if the 7
65016958 Commandant determines that the reported vessel is 8
65026959 abandoned pursuant to section 4711. 9
65036960 ‘‘(e) C
65046961 LARIFICATION.—Except in a response action 10
65056962 carried out under section 311(j) of the Federal Water Pol-11
65066963 lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321) or in the case of im-12
65076964 minent threat to life and safety, the Commandant shall 13
65086965 not be responsible for removing any covered vessels listed 14
65096966 on the inventory established and maintained under sub-15
65106967 section (a).’’. 16
65116968 (b) R
65126969 ULEMAKING.—The Secretary of the department 17
65136970 in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation 18
65146971 with the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 19
65156972 of Engineers, and the Secretary of Commerce, acting 20
65166973 through the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, 21
65176974 shall issue regulations with respect to the procedures for 22
65186975 determining that a vessel is abandoned for the purposes 23
65196976 of subchapter II of chapter 47 of title 46, United States 24
6520-Code (as added by this section). 25 229
6521-†S 524 ES
6977+Code (as added by this section). 25
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65226981 (c) CONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Chapter 47 of title 1
65236982 46, United States Code, is amended— 2
65246983 (1) in section 4701— 3
65256984 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 4
65266985 by striking ‘‘chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-5
65276986 chapter’’; and 6
65286987 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘chapter’’ 7
65296988 and inserting ‘‘subchapter’’; 8
65306989 (2) in section 4703 by striking ‘‘chapter’’ and 9
65316990 inserting ‘‘subchapter’’; 10
65326991 (3) in section 4704 by striking ‘‘chapter’’ each 11
65336992 place it appears and inserting ‘‘subchapter’’; and 12
65346993 (4) in section 4705 by striking ‘‘chapter’’ and 13
65356994 inserting ‘‘subchapter’’. 14
65366995 (d) C
65376996 LERICALAMENDMENTS.—The analysis for 15
65386997 chapter 47 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 16
65396998 (1) by inserting before the item relating to sec-17
65406999 tion 4701 the following: 18
65417000 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—BARGES’’; AND
65427001 (2) by adding at the end the following: 19
65437002 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—NON-BARGE VESSELS
65447003 ‘‘4710. Definitions.
65457004 ‘‘4711. Abandonment of vessels prohibited.
6546-‘‘4712. Inventory of abandoned vessels.’’. 230
6547-†S 524 ES
7005+‘‘4712. Inventory of abandoned vessels.’’.
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65487009 TITLE III—OIL POLLUTION 1
65497010 RESPONSE 2
65507011 SEC. 301. SALVAGE AND MARINE FIREFIGHTING RESPONSE 3
65517012 CAPABILITY. 4
65527013 (a) S
65537014 ALVAGE ANDMARINEFIREFIGHTINGRESPONSE 5
65547015 C
65557016 APABILITY.—Section 311(j) of the Federal Water Pollu-6
65567017 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(j)) is amended by add-7
65577018 ing at the end the following: 8
65587019 ‘‘(10) S
65597020 ALVAGE AND MARINE FIREFIGHTING 9
65607021 RESPONSE CAPABILITY.— 10
65617022 ‘‘(A) I
65627023 N GENERAL.—The President, acting 11
65637024 through the Secretary of the department in 12
65647025 which the Coast Guard is operating unless oth-13
65657026 erwise delegated by the President, may re-14
65667027 quire— 15
65677028 ‘‘(i) periodic inspection of vessels and 16
65687029 salvage equipment, firefighting equipment, 17
65697030 and other major marine casualty response 18
65707031 equipment on or associated with vessels; 19
65717032 ‘‘(ii) periodic verification of capabili-20
65727033 ties to appropriately, and in a timely man-21
65737034 ner, respond to a marine casualty, includ-22
65747035 ing— 23
65757036 ‘‘(I) drills, with or without prior 24
6576-notice; 25 231
6577-†S 524 ES
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65787041 ‘‘(II) review of contracts and rel-1
65797042 evant third-party agreements; 2
65807043 ‘‘(III) testing of equipment; 3
65817044 ‘‘(IV) review of training; and 4
65827045 ‘‘(V) other evaluations of marine 5
65837046 casualty response capabilities, as de-6
65847047 termined appropriate by the Presi-7
65857048 dent; and 8
65867049 ‘‘(iii) carrying of appropriate response 9
65877050 equipment for responding to a marine cas-10
65887051 ualty that employs the best technology eco-11
65897052 nomically feasible and that is compatible 12
65907053 with the safe operation of the vessel. 13
65917054 ‘‘(B) D
65927055 EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 14
65937056 ‘‘(i) M
65947057 ARINE CASUALTY.—The term 15
65957058 ‘marine casualty’ means a marine casualty 16
65967059 that is required to be reported pursuant to 17
65977060 paragraph (3), (4), or (5) of section 6101 18
65987061 of title 46, United States Code. 19
65997062 ‘‘(ii) S
66007063 ALVAGE EQUIPMENT .—The 20
66017064 term ‘salvage equipment’ means any equip-21
66027065 ment that is capable of being used to assist 22
66037066 a vessel in potential or actual danger in 23
66047067 order to prevent loss of life, damage or de-24
6605-struction of the vessel or its cargo, or re-25 232
6606-†S 524 ES
7068+struction of the vessel or its cargo, or re-25
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66077072 lease of its contents into the marine envi-1
66087073 ronment.’’. 2
66097074 (b) R
66107075 EPORT TOCONGRESS.— 3
66117076 (1) I
66127077 N GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 4
66137078 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-5
66147079 troller General of the United States shall submit to 6
66157080 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 7
66167081 of the House of Representatives and the Committee 8
66177082 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 9
66187083 Senate a report on— 10
66197084 (A) the state of marine firefighting au-11
66207085 thorities, jurisdiction, and plan review; and 12
66217086 (B) other considerations with respect to 13
66227087 fires at waterfront facilities (including vessel 14
66237088 fires) and vessel fires on the navigable waters 15
66247089 (as such term is defined in section 502 of the 16
66257090 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 17
66267091 1362)). 18
66277092 (2) C
66287093 ONTENTS.—In carrying out paragraph (1), 19
66297094 the Comptroller General shall— 20
66307095 (A) examine— 21
66317096 (i) collaboration among Federal and 22
66327097 non-Federal entities for purposes of reduc-23
66337098 ing the risks to local communities of fires 24
6634-described in paragraph (1); 25 233
6635-†S 524 ES
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66367103 (ii) the prevalence and frequency of 1
66377104 such fires; and 2
66387105 (iii) the extent to which firefighters 3
66397106 and marine firefighters are aware of the 4
66407107 dangers of lithium-ion battery fires, includ-5
66417108 ing lithium-ion batteries used for vehicles, 6
66427109 and how to respond to such fires; 7
66437110 (B) review methods of documenting and 8
66447111 sharing best practices throughout the maritime 9
66457112 community for responding to vessel fires; and 10
66467113 (C) make recommendations for— 11
66477114 (i) preparing for, responding to, and 12
66487115 training for such fires; 13
66497116 (ii) clarifying roles and responsibilities 14
66507117 of Federal and non-Federal entities in pre-15
66517118 paring for, responding to, and training for 16
66527119 such fires; and 17
66537120 (iii) other topics for consideration. 18
66547121 SEC. 302. USE OF MARINE CASUALTY INVESTIGATIONS. 19
66557122 Section 6308 of title 46, United States Code, is 20
66567123 amended— 21
66577124 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘initiated’’ and 22
66587125 inserting ‘‘conducted’’; and 23
6659-(2) by adding at the end the following: 24 234
6660-†S 524 ES
7126+(2) by adding at the end the following: 24
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66617130 ‘‘(e) For purposes of this section, an administrative 1
66627131 proceeding conducted by the United States includes pro-2
66637132 ceedings under section 7701 and claims adjudicated under 3
66647133 section 1013 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 4
66657134 2713).’’. 5
66667135 SEC. 303. TIMING OF REVIEW. 6
66677136 Section 1017 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 7
66687137 U.S.C. 2717) is amended by adding at the end the fol-8
66697138 lowing: 9
66707139 ‘‘(g) T
66717140 IMING OFREVIEW.—Before the date of com-10
66727141 pletion of a removal action, no person may bring an action 11
66737142 under this Act, section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution 12
66747143 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321), or chapter 7 of title 5, 13
66757144 United States Code, challenging any decision relating to 14
66767145 such removal action that is made by an on-scene coordi-15
66777146 nator appointed under the National Contingency Plan.’’. 16
66787147 SEC. 304. ONLINE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM. 17
66797148 (a) I
66807149 NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 18
66817150 date of the enactment of this Act, the National Response 19
66827151 Center shall submit to Congress a plan to design, fund, 20
66837152 and staff the National Response Center to develop and 21
66847153 maintain a web-based application by which the National 22
66857154 Response Center may receive notifications of oil dis-23
6686-charges or releases of hazardous substances. 24 235
6687-†S 524 ES
7155+charges or releases of hazardous substances. 24
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66887159 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATION.—Not later 1
66897160 than 2 years after the date on which the plan is submitted 2
66907161 under subsection (a), the National Response Center 3
66917162 shall— 4
66927163 (1) complete development of the application de-5
66937164 scribed in such subsection; and 6
66947165 (2) allow notifications described in such sub-7
66957166 section that are required under Federal law or regu-8
66967167 lation to be made online using such application. 9
66977168 (c) U
66987169 SE OFAPPLICATION.—In carrying out sub-10
66997170 section (b), the National Response Center may not require 11
67007171 the notification of an oil discharge or release of a haz-12
67017172 ardous substance to be made using the application devel-13
67027173 oped under such subsection. 14
67037174 SEC. 305. INVESTMENT OF EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL 15
67047175 COURT RECOVERY IN HIGH YIELD INVEST-16
67057176 MENTS AND MARINE RESEARCH. 17
67067177 Section 350 of Public Law 106–113 (43 U.S.C. 18
67077178 1474b note) is amended— 19
67087179 (1) by striking paragraph (5); 20
67097180 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 21
67107181 (6), and (7) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), 22
67117182 respectively, and indenting the subsections appro-23
67127183 priately; 24
6713-(3) in paragraph (1)— 25 236
6714-†S 524 ES
7184+(3) in paragraph (1)— 25
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67157188 (A) by striking ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding any 1
67167189 other provision of law and subject to the provi-2
67177190 sions of paragraphs (5) and (7)’’ and inserting 3
67187191 the following: 4
67197192 ‘‘(a) D
67207193 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
67217194 ‘‘(1) C
67227195 ONSENT DECREE .—The term ‘Consent 6
67237196 Decree’ means the consent decree issued in United 7
6724-States v. Exxon Corporation, et al. (No. A91-082 8
7197+States v. Exxon Corporation, et al. (No. A91–082 8
67257198 CIV) and State of Alaska v. Exxon Corporation, et 9
67267199 al. (No. A91–083 CIV). 10
67277200 ‘‘(2) F
67287201 UND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Nat-11
67297202 ural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration 12
67307203 Fund established pursuant to title I of the Depart-13
67317204 ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro-14
67327205 priations Act, 1992 (43 U.S.C. 1474b). 15
67337206 ‘‘(3) O
67347207 UTSIDE ACCOUNT.—The term ‘outside 16
67357208 account’ means any account outside the United 17
67367209 States Treasury. 18
67377210 ‘‘(4) T
67387211 RUSTEE.—The term ‘Trustee’ means a 19
67397212 Federal or State natural resource trustee for the 20
67407213 Exxon Valdez oil spill. 21
67417214 ‘‘(b) D
67427215 EPOSITS.— 22
67437216 ‘‘(1) I
67447217 N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 23
67457218 provision of law and subject to subsection (g)’’; 24
6746-(4) in subsection (b)(1) (as so designated)— 25 237
6747-†S 524 ES
7219+(4) in subsection (b)(1) (as so designated)— 25
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67487223 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 1
67497224 (A) by striking ‘‘issued in United States v. 2
6750-Exxon Corporation, et al. (No. A91–082 CIV) 3
7225+Exxon Corporation, et al. (No. A91-082 CIV) 3
67517226 and State of Alaska v. Exxon Corporation, et 4
6752-al. (No. A91–083 CIV) (hereafter referred to as 5
7227+al. (No. A91-083 CIV) (hereafter referred to as 5
67537228 the ‘Consent Decree’),’’; 6
67547229 (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) 7
67557230 and inserting the following: 8
67567231 ‘‘(A) the Fund; 9
67577232 ‘‘(B) an outside account; or’’; and 10
67587233 (C) in the undesignated matter following 11
67597234 subparagraph (C)— 12
67607235 (i) by striking ‘‘the Federal and State 13
67617236 natural resource trustees for the Exxon 14
67627237 Valdez oil spill (‘trustees’)’’ and inserting 15
67637238 ‘‘the Trustees’’; and 16
67647239 (ii) by striking ‘‘Any funds’’ and in-17
67657240 serting the following: 18
67667241 ‘‘(2) R
67677242 EQUIREMENT FOR DEPOSITS IN OUTSIDE 19
67687243 ACCOUNTS.—Any funds’’; 20
67697244 (5) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by para-21
67707245 graph (2)) by striking ‘‘(
67717246 C) Joint’’ and inserting the 22
67727247 following: 23
67737248 ‘‘(c) T
6774-RANSFERS.—Any joint’’; 24 238
6775-†S 524 ES
7249+RANSFERS.—Any joint’’; 24
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67767253 (6) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by para-1
67777254 graph (2)) by striking ‘‘(
67787255 D) The transfer’’ and in-2
67797256 serting the following: 3
67807257 ‘‘(d) N
67817258 OEFFECT ONJURISDICTION.—The transfer’’; 4
67827259 (7) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by para-5
67837260 graph (2))— 6
67847261 (A) by striking ‘‘(
67857262 E) Nothing herein shall 7
67867263 affect’’ and inserting the following: 8
67877264 ‘‘(e) E
67887265 FFECT ONOTHERLAW.—Nothing in this sec-9
67897266 tion affects’’; and 10
67907267 (B) by striking ‘‘trustees’’ and inserting 11
67917268 ‘‘Trustees’’; 12
67927269 (8) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by para-13
67937270 graph (2))— 14
67947271 (A) by striking ‘‘(
67957272 F) The Federal trustees 15
67967273 and the State trustees’’ and inserting the fol-16
67977274 lowing: 17
67987275 ‘‘(f) G
67997276 RANTS.—The Trustees’’; and 18
68007277 (B) by striking ‘‘this program’’ and insert-19
68017278 ing ‘‘this section, prioritizing the issuance of 20
68027279 grants to facilitate habitat protection and habi-21
68037280 tat restoration programs’’; and 22
68047281 (9) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by para-23
6805-graph (2))— 24 239
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7282+graph (2))— 24
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68077286 (A) in the second sentence, by striking 1
68087287 ‘‘Upon the expiration of the authorities granted 2
68097288 in this section all’’ and inserting the following: 3
68107289 ‘‘(2) R
68117290 ETURN OF FUNDS.—On expiration of the 4
68127291 authority provided in this section, all’’; and 5
68137292 (B) by striking ‘‘(
68147293 G) The authority’’ and 6
68157294 inserting the following: 7
68167295 ‘‘(g) E
68177296 XPIRATION.— 8
68187297 ‘‘(1) I
68197298 N GENERAL.—The authority’’. 9
68207299 TITLE IV—SEXUAL ASSAULT AND 10
68217300 SEXUAL HARASSMENT RE-11
68227301 SPONSE 12
68237302 SEC. 401. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF COAST GUARD RE-13
68247303 FORMS. 14
68257304 (a) G
68267305 OVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICERE-15
68277306 PORT.— 16
68287307 (1) I
68297308 N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 17
68307309 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 18
68317310 General of the United States shall report to the 19
68327311 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 20
68337312 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 21
68347313 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-22
68357314 ate on the efforts of the Coast Guard to mitigate 23
68367315 cases of sexual assault and sexual harassment within 24
6837-the service. 25 240
6838-†S 524 ES
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68397320 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 1
68407321 paragraph (1) shall— 2
68417322 (A) evaluate— 3
68427323 (i) the efforts of the Commandant to 4
68437324 implement the directed actions from enclo-5
68447325 sure 1 of the memorandum titled ‘‘Com-6
68457326 mandant’s Directed Actions—Account-7
68467327 ability and Transparency’’ dated November 8
68477328 27, 2023; 9
68487329 (ii) whether the Commandant met the 10
68497330 reporting requirements under section 5112 11
68507331 of title 14, United States Code; and 12
68517332 (iii) the effectiveness of the actions of 13
68527333 the Coast Guard, including efforts outside 14
68537334 of the actions described in the memo-15
68547335 randum titled ‘‘Commandant’s Directed 16
68557336 Actions—Accountability and Trans-17
68567337 parency’’ dated November 27, 2023, to 18
68577338 mitigate instances of sexual assault and 19
68587339 sexual harassment and improve the en-20
68597340 forcement relating to such instances within 21
68607341 the Coast Guard, and how the Coast 22
68617342 Guard is overcoming challenges in imple-23
6862-menting such actions; 24 241
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7343+menting such actions; 24
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68647347 (B) make recommendations to the Com-1
68657348 mandant for improvements to the efforts of the 2
68667349 service to mitigate instances of sexual assault 3
68677350 and sexual harassment and improve the en-4
68687351 forcement relating to such instances within the 5
68697352 Coast Guard; and 6
68707353 (C) make recommendations to the Com-7
68717354 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 8
68727355 the House of Representatives and the Com-9
68737356 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-10
68747357 tation of the Senate to mitigate instances of 11
68757358 sexual assault and sexual harassment in the 12
68767359 Coast Guard and improve the enforcement re-13
68777360 lating to such instances within the Coast 14
68787361 Guard, including proposed changes to any legis-15
68797362 lative authorities. 16
68807363 (b) R
68817364 EPORT BYCOMMANDANT.—Not later than 90 17
68827365 days after the date on which the Comptroller General com-18
68837366 pletes all actions under subsection (a), the Commandant 19
68847367 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-20
68857368 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-21
68867369 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 22
68877370 Senate a report that includes the following: 23
68887371 (1) A plan for Coast Guard implementation, in-24
6889-cluding interim milestones and timeframes, of any 25 242
6890-†S 524 ES
7372+cluding interim milestones and timeframes, of any 25
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68917376 recommendation made by the Comptroller General 1
68927377 under subsection (a)(2)(B) with which the Com-2
68937378 mandant concurs. 3
68947379 (2) With respect to any recommendation made 4
68957380 under subsection (a)(2)(B) with which the Com-5
68967381 mandant does not concur, an explanation of the rea-6
68977382 sons why the Commandant does not concur. 7
68987383 SEC. 402. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND PROCEDURES ON 8
68997384 RETENTION AND ACCESS TO EVIDENCE AND 9
69007385 RECORDS RELATING TO SEXUAL MIS-10
69017386 CONDUCT AND OTHER MISCONDUCT. 11
69027387 (a) I
69037388 NGENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 9 of title 12
69047389 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 13
69057390 the following: 14
69067391 ‘‘§ 955. Comprehensive policy and procedures on re-15
69077392 tention and access to evidence and 16
69087393 records relating to sexual misconduct 17
69097394 and other misconduct 18
69107395 ‘‘(a) I
69117396 SSUANCE OFPOLICY.—Not later than 1 year 19
69127397 after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Au-20
69137398 thorization Act of 2025, the Secretary, in consultation 21
69147399 with the Office of the Inspector General of the department 22
69157400 in which the Coast Guard is operating and the Office of 23
69167401 the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, shall 24
6917-issue a comprehensive policy for the Coast Guard on the 25 243
6918-†S 524 ES
7402+issue a comprehensive policy for the Coast Guard on the 25
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69197406 retention of and access to evidence and records relating 1
69207407 to covered misconduct involving members of the Coast 2
69217408 Guard. 3
69227409 ‘‘(b) O
69237410 BJECTIVES.—The comprehensive policy re-4
69247411 quired by subsection (a) shall revise existing policies and 5
69257412 procedures, including systems of records, as necessary to 6
69267413 ensure preservation of such evidence and records for peri-7
69277414 ods sufficient— 8
69287415 ‘‘(1) to ensure that members of the Coast 9
69297416 Guard who were victims of covered misconduct are 10
69307417 able to pursue claims for veterans benefits; 11
69317418 ‘‘(2) to support administrative processes, crimi-12
69327419 nal proceedings, and civil litigation conducted by 13
69337420 military or civil authorities; and 14
69347421 ‘‘(3) for such other purposes relating to the 15
69357422 documentation of an incident of covered misconduct 16
69367423 in the Coast Guard as the Secretary considers ap-17
69377424 propriate. 18
69387425 ‘‘(c) E
69397426 LEMENTS.— 19
69407427 ‘‘(1) I
69417428 N GENERAL.—In developing the com-20
69427429 prehensive policy required by subsection (a), the Sec-21
69437430 retary shall, at a minimum— 22
69447431 ‘‘(A) identify records relating to an inci-23
69457432 dent of covered misconduct that shall be re-24
6946-tained; 25 244
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69487437 ‘‘(B) with respect to records relating to 1
69497438 covered misconduct involving members of the 2
69507439 Coast Guard that are not records of the Coast 3
69517440 Guard, identify such records known to or in the 4
69527441 possession of the Coast Guard, and set forth 5
69537442 procedures for Coast Guard coordination with 6
69547443 the custodian of such records for proper reten-7
69557444 tion of the records; 8
69567445 ‘‘(C) set forth criteria for the collection 9
69577446 and retention of records relating to covered 10
69587447 misconduct involving members of the Coast 11
69597448 Guard; 12
69607449 ‘‘(D) identify physical evidence and non-13
69617450 documentary forms of evidence relating to cov-14
69627451 ered misconduct that shall be retained; 15
69637452 ‘‘(E) set forth the period for which evi-16
69647453 dence and records relating to covered mis-17
69657454 conduct involving members of the Coast Guard, 18
69667455 including Coast Guard Form 6095, shall be re-19
69677456 tained, except that— 20
69687457 ‘‘(i) any physical or forensic evidence 21
69697458 relating to rape or sexual assault, as de-22
69707459 scribed in sections 920(a) and 920(b) of 23
69717460 title 10 (articles 120(a) and 120(b) of the 24
6972-Uniform Code of Military Justice), shall be 25 245
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7461+Uniform Code of Military Justice), shall be 25
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69747465 retained not less than 50 years, and for 1
69757466 other covered misconduct not less than the 2
69767467 statute of limitations of the alleged offense 3
69777468 under the Uniform Code of Military Jus-4
69787469 tice; and 5
69797470 ‘‘(ii) documentary evidence relating to 6
69807471 rape or sexual assault, as described in sec-7
69817472 tions 920(a) and 920(b) of title 10 (arti-8
69827473 cles 120(a) and 120(b) of the Uniform 9
69837474 Code of Military Justice), shall be retained 10
69847475 not less than 50 years; 11
69857476 ‘‘(F) consider locations in which such 12
69867477 records shall be stored; 13
69877478 ‘‘(G) identify media and methods that may 14
69887479 be used to preserve and ensure access to such 15
69897480 records, including electronic systems of records; 16
69907481 ‘‘(H) ensure the protection of privacy of— 17
69917482 ‘‘(i) individuals named in records and 18
69927483 status of records under section 552 of title 19
69937484 5 (commonly referred to as the ‘Freedom 20
69947485 of Information Act’) and section 552a of 21
69957486 title 5 (commonly referred to as the ‘Pri-22
69967487 vacy Act’); and 23
69977488 ‘‘(ii) individuals named in restricted 24
6998-reporting cases; 25 246
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70007493 ‘‘(I) designate the 1 or more positions 1
70017494 within the Coast Guard that shall have the re-2
70027495 sponsibility for such record retention by the 3
70037496 Coast Guard; 4
70047497 ‘‘(J) require education and training for 5
70057498 members and civilian employees of the Coast 6
70067499 Guard on record retention requirements under 7
70077500 this section; 8
70087501 ‘‘(K) set forth criteria for access to such 9
70097502 records relating to covered misconduct involving 10
70107503 members of the Coast Guard, including whether 11
70117504 the consent of the victim should be required, 12
70127505 by— 13
70137506 ‘‘(i) victims of covered misconduct; 14
70147507 ‘‘(ii) law enforcement authorities; 15
70157508 ‘‘(iii) the Department of Veterans Af-16
70167509 fairs; and 17
70177510 ‘‘(iv) other individuals and entities, in-18
70187511 cluding alleged assailants; 19
70197512 ‘‘(L) require uniform collection of data 20
70207513 on— 21
70217514 ‘‘(i) the incidence of covered mis-22
7022-conduct in the Coast Guard; and 23 247
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70247519 ‘‘(ii) disciplinary actions taken in sub-1
70257520 stantiated cases of covered misconduct in 2
70267521 the Coast Guard; and 3
70277522 ‘‘(M) set forth standards for communica-4
70287523 tions with, and notifications to, victims, con-5
70297524 sistent with— 6
70307525 ‘‘(i) the requirements of any applica-7
70317526 ble Department of Defense policy; and 8
70327527 ‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, any ap-9
70337528 plicable policy of the department in which 10
70347529 the Coast Guard is operating. 11
70357530 ‘‘(2) R
70367531 ETENTION OF CERTAIN FORMS AND EVI -12
70377532 DENCE IN CONNECTION WITH RESTRICTED REPORTS 13
70387533 AND UNRESTRICTED REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 14
70397534 INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD .— 15
70407535 ‘‘(A) I
70417536 N GENERAL.—The comprehensive 16
70427537 policy required by subsection (a) shall require 17
70437538 all unique or original copies of Coast Guard 18
70447539 Form 6095 filed in connection with a restricted 19
70457540 or unrestricted report on an alleged incident of 20
70467541 rape or sexual assault, as described in sections 21
70477542 920(a) and 920(b) of title 10 (articles 120(a) 22
70487543 and 120(b) of the Uniform Code of Military 23
70497544 Justice), involving a member of the Coast 24
7050-Guard to be retained for the longer of— 25 248
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70527549 ‘‘(i) 50 years commencing on the date 1
70537550 of signature of the covered person on 2
70547551 Coast Guard Form 6095; or 3
70557552 ‘‘(ii) the time provided for the reten-4
70567553 tion of such form in connection with unre-5
70577554 stricted and restricted reports on incidents 6
70587555 of sexual assault involving members of the 7
70597556 Coast Guard under Coast Guard policy. 8
70607557 ‘‘(B) P
70617558 ROTECTION OF CONFIDEN -9
70627559 TIALITY.—Any Coast Guard form retained 10
70637560 under subparagraph (A) shall be retained in a 11
70647561 manner that protects the confidentiality of the 12
70657562 member of the Coast Guard concerned in ac-13
70667563 cordance with Coast Guard policy. 14
70677564 ‘‘(3) R
70687565 ETENTION OF CASE NOTES IN INVES -15
70697566 TIGATIONS OF COVERED MISCONDUCT INVOLVING 16
70707567 MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD .— 17
70717568 ‘‘(A) R
70727569 EQUIRED RETENTION OF ALL IN -18
70737570 VESTIGATIVE RECORDS .—The comprehensive 19
70747571 policy required by subsection (a) shall require, 20
70757572 for all criminal investigations relating to an al-21
70767573 leged incident of covered misconduct involving a 22
70777574 member of the Coast Guard, the retention of all 23
7078-elements of the case file. 24 249
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70807579 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—The elements of the 1
70817580 case file to be retained under subparagraph (A) 2
70827581 shall include, at a minimum— 3
70837582 ‘‘(i) the case activity record; 4
70847583 ‘‘(ii) the case review record; 5
70857584 ‘‘(iii) investigative plans; and 6
70867585 ‘‘(iv) all case notes made by any in-7
70877586 vestigating agent. 8
70887587 ‘‘(C) R
70897588 ETENTION PERIOD.—All elements of 9
70907589 the case file shall be retained for not less than 10
70917590 50 years for cases involving rape or sexual as-11
70927591 sault, as described in sections 920(a) and 12
70937592 920(b) of title 10 (articles 120(a) and 120(b) 13
70947593 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), and 14
70957594 not less than the statute of limitations of the 15
70967595 alleged offense under the Uniform Code of Mili-16
70977596 tary Justice for other covered misconduct, and 17
70987597 no element of any such case file may be de-18
70997598 stroyed until the expiration of such period. 19
71007599 ‘‘(4) R
71017600 ETURN OF PERSONAL PROPERTY UPON 20
71027601 COMPLETION OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS IN UNRE -21
71037602 STRICTED REPORTING CASES .—Notwithstanding the 22
71047603 records and evidence retention requirements de-23
71057604 scribed in paragraphs (1)(E) and (2), personal prop-24
7106-erty retained as evidence in connection with an inci-25 250
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71087609 dent of rape or sexual assault, as described in sec-1
71097610 tions 920(a) and 920(b) of title 10 (articles 120(a) 2
71107611 and 120(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-3
71117612 tice), involving a member of the Coast Guard may 4
71127613 be returned to the rightful owner of such property 5
71137614 after the conclusion of all legal, adverse action, and 6
71147615 administrative proceedings related to such incident, 7
71157616 as determined by the Commandant. 8
71167617 ‘‘(5) R
71177618 ETURN OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN RE -9
71187619 STRICTED REPORTING CASES .— 10
71197620 ‘‘(A) I
71207621 N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 11
71217622 prescribe procedures under which a victim who 12
71227623 files a restricted report of an incident of sexual 13
71237624 assault may request, at any time, the return of 14
71247625 any personal property of the victim obtained as 15
71257626 part of the sexual assault forensic examination. 16
71267627 ‘‘(B) R
71277628 EQUIREMENTS.—The procedures re-17
71287629 quired by subparagraph (A) shall ensure that— 18
71297630 ‘‘(i) a request by a victim for the re-19
71307631 turn of personal property described under 20
71317632 subparagraph (A) may be made on a con-21
71327633 fidential basis and without affecting the re-22
71337634 stricted nature of the restricted report; and 23
71347635 ‘‘(ii) at the time of the filing of the re-24
7135-stricted report, a Special Victims’ Counsel, 25 251
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71377640 Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, or 1
71387641 Sexual Assault Prevention and Response 2
71397642 Victim Advocate— 3
71407643 ‘‘(I) informs the victim that the 4
71417644 victim may request the return of per-5
71427645 sonal property as described in such 6
71437646 subparagraph; and 7
71447647 ‘‘(II) advises the victim that such 8
71457648 a request for the return of personal 9
71467649 property may negatively impact a sub-10
71477650 sequent case adjudication if the victim 11
71487651 later decides to convert the restricted 12
71497652 report to an unrestricted report. 13
71507653 ‘‘(C) R
71517654 ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Except 14
71527655 with respect to personal property returned to a 15
71537656 victim under this paragraph, nothing in this 16
71547657 paragraph may be construed to affect the re-17
71557658 quirement to retain a sexual assault forensic ex-18
71567659 amination kit for the period specified in para-19
71577660 graph (2). 20
71587661 ‘‘(6) V
71597662 ICTIM ACCESS TO RECORDS .—With re-21
71607663 spect to victim access to records after all final dis-22
71617664 position actions and any appeals have been com-23
71627665 pleted, as applicable, the comprehensive policy re-24
7163-quired by subsection (a) shall provide that, to the 25 252
7164-†S 524 ES
7666+quired by subsection (a) shall provide that, to the 25
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71657670 maximum extent practicable, and in such a manner 1
71667671 that will not jeopardize an active investigation or an 2
71677672 active case— 3
71687673 ‘‘(A) a victim of covered misconduct in a 4
71697674 case in which either the victim or alleged perpe-5
71707675 trator is a covered person shall have access to 6
71717676 all records that are directly related to the vic-7
71727677 tim’s case, or related to the victim themselves, 8
71737678 in accordance with the policy issued under sub-9
71747679 section (a) and subject to required protections 10
71757680 under sections 552 and 552a of title 5; 11
71767681 ‘‘(B) a victim of covered misconduct who 12
71777682 requests access to records under section 552 or 13
71787683 552a of title 5 concerning the victim’s case 14
71797684 shall be determined to have a compelling need, 15
71807685 and the records request shall be processed 16
71817686 under expedited processing procedures, if in the 17
71827687 request for such records the victim indicates 18
71837688 that the records concerned are related to the 19
71847689 covered misconduct case; 20
71857690 ‘‘(C) in applying sections 552 and 552a of 21
71867691 title 5 to the redaction of information related to 22
71877692 a records request by a victim of covered mis-23
7188-conduct made under such sections after all final 24 253
7189-†S 524 ES
7693+conduct made under such sections after all final 24
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71907697 disposition actions and any appeals have been 1
71917698 completed— 2
71927699 ‘‘(i) any such redaction shall be ap-3
71937700 plied to the minimum extent possible so as 4
71947701 to ensure the provision of the maximum 5
71957702 amount of unredacted information to the 6
71967703 victim that is permissible by law; and 7
71977704 ‘‘(ii) any such redaction shall not be 8
71987705 applied to— 9
71997706 ‘‘(I) receipt by the victim of the 10
72007707 victim’s own statement; or 11
72017708 ‘‘(II) the victim’s information 12
72027709 from an investigation; and 13
72037710 ‘‘(D) in the case of such a records request 14
72047711 for which the timelines for expedited processing 15
72057712 are not met, the Commandant shall provide to 16
72067713 the Secretary, the Committee on Commerce, 17
72077714 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and 18
72087715 the Committee on Transportation and Infra-19
72097716 structure of the House of Representatives a 20
72107717 briefing that explains the reasons for the denial 21
72117718 or the delay in processing, as applicable. 22
72127719 ‘‘(d) D
72137720 EFINITION OFCOVEREDPERSON.—In this 23
7214-section, the term ‘covered person’ includes— 24 254
7215-†S 524 ES
7721+section, the term ‘covered person’ includes— 24
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72167725 ‘‘(1) a member of the Coast Guard on active 1
72177726 duty; 2
72187727 ‘‘(2) a member of the Coast Guard Reserve 3
72197728 with respect to crimes investigated by or reported to 4
72207729 the Secretary on any date on which such member is 5
72217730 in a military status under section 802 of title 10 (ar-6
72227731 ticle 2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); 7
72237732 ‘‘(3) a former member of the Coast Guard with 8
72247733 respect to crimes investigated by or reported to the 9
72257734 Secretary; and 10
72267735 ‘‘(4) in the case of an investigation of covered 11
72277736 misconduct conducted by, or an incident of covered 12
72287737 misconduct reported to, the Coast Guard involving a 13
72297738 civilian employee of the Coast Guard, any such civil-14
72307739 ian employee of the Coast Guard. 15
72317740 ‘‘(e) S
72327741 AVINGSCLAUSE.—Nothing in this section au-16
72337742 thorizes or requires, or shall be construed to authorize or 17
72347743 require, the discovery, inspection, or production of reports, 18
72357744 memoranda, or other internal documents or work product 19
72367745 generated by counsel, an attorney for the Government, or 20
72377746 their assistants or representatives.’’. 21
72387747 (b) I
72397748 NGENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 9 of title 22
72407749 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 23
7241-the end the following: 24 255
7242-†S 524 ES
7750+the end the following: 24
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72437754 ‘‘§ 956. Requirement to maintain certain records 1
72447755 ‘‘(a) I
72457756 NGENERAL.—The Commandant shall maintain 2
72467757 all work product related to documenting a disposition deci-3
72477758 sion on an investigation by the Coast Guard Investigative 4
72487759 Service or other law enforcement entity investigating a 5
72497760 Coast Guard member accused of an offense against chap-6
72507761 ter 47 of title 10. 7
72517762 ‘‘(b) R
72527763 ECORDRETENTIONPERIOD.—Work product 8
72537764 documents and the case action summary described in sub-9
72547765 section (c) shall be maintained for a period of not less 10
72557766 than 7 years from the date of the disposition decision. 11
72567767 ‘‘(c) C
72577768 ASEACTIONSUMMARY.—Upon a final disposi-12
72587769 tion action for cases described in subsection (a), except 13
72597770 for offenses of wrongful use or possession of a controlled 14
72607771 substance under section 912a of title 10 (article 112a of 15
72617772 the Uniform Code of Military Justice), where the member 16
72627773 accused is an officer of pay grade O–4 and below or an 17
72637774 enlisted member of pay grade E–7 and below, a convening 18
72647775 authority shall sign a case action summary that includes 19
72657776 the following: 20
72667777 ‘‘(1) The disposition actions. 21
72677778 ‘‘(2) The name and command of the referral 22
72687779 authority. 23
72697780 ‘‘(3) Records documenting when a referral au-24
72707781 thority consulted with a staff judge advocate or spe-25
7271-cial trial counsel, as applicable, before a disposition 26 256
7272-†S 524 ES
7782+cial trial counsel, as applicable, before a disposition 26
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72737786 action was taken, to include the recommendation of 1
72747787 the staff judge advocate or special trial counsel. 2
72757788 ‘‘(4) A reference section listing the materials re-3
72767789 viewed in making a disposition decision. 4
72777790 ‘‘(5) The Coast Guard Investigative Service re-5
72787791 port of investigation. 6
72797792 ‘‘(6) The completed Coast Guard Investigative 7
72807793 Service report of adjudication included as an enclo-8
72817794 sure. 9
72827795 ‘‘(d) D
72837796 EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘work 10
72847797 product’ includes— 11
72857798 ‘‘(1) a prosecution memorandum; 12
72867799 ‘‘(2) emails, notes, and other correspondence re-13
72877800 lated to a disposition decision; and 14
72887801 ‘‘(3) the contents described in paragraphs (1) 15
72897802 through (6) of subsection (c). 16
72907803 ‘‘(e) S
72917804 AVINGSCLAUSE.—Nothing in this section au-17
72927805 thorizes or requires, or shall be construed to authorize or 18
72937806 require, the discovery, inspection, or production of reports, 19
72947807 memoranda, or other internal documents or work product 20
72957808 generated by counsel, an attorney for the Government, or 21
72967809 their assistants or representatives.’’. 22
72977810 (c) C
72987811 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-23
72997812 ter 9 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by add-24
7300-ing at the end the following: 25 257
7301-†S 524 ES
7813+ing at the end the following: 25
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73027817 ‘‘Sec. 955. Comprehensive policy and procedures on retention and access to evi-
73037818 dence and records relating to sexual misconduct and other mis-
73047819 conduct.
73057820 ‘‘Sec. 956. Requirement to maintain certain records.’’.
73067821 SEC. 403. CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF
73077822 1
73087823 A CADET AT THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY 2
73097824 WHO IS THE VICTIM OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT 3
73107825 OR RELATED OFFENSE. 4
73117826 Section 1902 of title 14, United States Code, is fur-5
73127827 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 6
73137828 ‘‘(g) C
73147829 ONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FORTRANSFER 7
73157830 OFCADETWHOIS THEVICTIM OFSEXUALASSAULT OR 8
73167831 R
73177832 ELATEDOFFENSE.— 9
73187833 ‘‘(1) I
73197834 N GENERAL.—The Commandant shall 10
73207835 provide for timely consideration of and action on a 11
73217836 request submitted by a cadet appointed to the Coast 12
73227837 Guard Academy who is the victim of an alleged sex-13
73237838 ual assault or other offense covered by section 920, 14
73247839 920c, or 930 of title 10 (article 120, 120c, or 130 15
73257840 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) for transfer 16
73267841 to another military service academy or to enroll in 17
73277842 a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program 18
73287843 affiliated with another institution of higher edu-19
73297844 cation. 20
73307845 ‘‘(2) R
73317846 EGULATIONS.—The Commandant, in 21
73327847 consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall es-22
7333-tablish policies to carry out this subsection that— 23 258
7334-†S 524 ES
7848+tablish policies to carry out this subsection that— 23
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73357852 ‘‘(A) provide that the Superintendent shall 1
73367853 ensure that any cadet who has been appointed 2
73377854 to the Coast Guard Academy is informed of the 3
73387855 right to request a transfer pursuant to this sub-4
73397856 section, and that any formal request submitted 5
73407857 by a cadet who alleges an offense referred to in 6
73417858 paragraph (1) is processed as expeditiously as 7
73427859 practicable through the chain of command for 8
73437860 review and action by the Superintendent; 9
73447861 ‘‘(B) direct the Superintendent, in coordi-10
73457862 nation with the Superintendent of the military 11
73467863 service academy to which the cadet requests to 12
73477864 transfer— 13
73487865 ‘‘(i) to take action on a request for 14
73497866 transfer under this subsection not later 15
73507867 than 72 hours after receiving the formal 16
73517868 request from the cadet; 17
73527869 ‘‘(ii) to approve such request for 18
73537870 transfer unless there are exceptional cir-19
73547871 cumstances that require denial of the re-20
73557872 quest; 21
73567873 ‘‘(iii) upon approval of such request 22
73577874 for transfer, to take all necessary and ap-23
73587875 propriate action to effectuate the transfer 24
7359-of the cadet to the military service acad-25 259
7360-†S 524 ES
7876+of the cadet to the military service acad-25
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73617880 emy concerned as expeditiously as possible, 1
73627881 subject to the considerations described in 2
73637882 clause (iv); and 3
73647883 ‘‘(iv) in determining the transfer date 4
73657884 of the cadet to the military service acad-5
73667885 emy concerned, to take into account— 6
73677886 ‘‘(I) the preferences of the cadet, 7
73687887 including any preference to delay 8
73697888 transfer until the completion of any 9
73707889 academic course in which the cadet is 10
73717890 enrolled at the time of the request for 11
73727891 transfer; and 12
73737892 ‘‘(II) the well-being of the cadet; 13
73747893 and 14
73757894 ‘‘(C) direct the Superintendent of the 15
73767895 Coast Guard Academy, in coordination with the 16
73777896 Secretary of the military department that spon-17
73787897 sors the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 18
73797898 Corps program at the institution of higher edu-19
73807899 cation to which the cadet requests to transfer— 20
73817900 ‘‘(i) to take action on a request for 21
73827901 transfer under this subsection not later 22
73837902 than 72 hours after receiving the formal 23
7384-request from the cadet; 24 260
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7903+request from the cadet; 24
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73867907 ‘‘(ii) subject to the cadet’s acceptance 1
73877908 for admission to the institution of higher 2
73887909 education to which the cadet wishes to 3
73897910 transfer, to approve such request for trans-4
73907911 fer unless there are exceptional cir-5
73917912 cumstances that require denial of the re-6
73927913 quest; 7
73937914 ‘‘(iii) to take all necessary and appro-8
73947915 priate action to effectuate the cadet’s en-9
73957916 rollment in the institution of higher edu-10
73967917 cation to which the cadet wishes to trans-11
73977918 fer and to process the cadet for participa-12
73987919 tion in the relevant Senior Reserve Offi-13
73997920 cers’ Training Corps program as expedi-14
74007921 tiously as possible, subject to the consider-15
74017922 ations described in clause (iv); and 16
74027923 ‘‘(iv) in determining the transfer date 17
74037924 of the cadet to the institution of higher 18
74047925 education to which the cadet wishes to 19
74057926 transfer, to take into account— 20
74067927 ‘‘(I) the preferences of the cadet, 21
74077928 including any preference to delay 22
74087929 transfer until the completion of any 23
7409-academic course in which the cadet is 24 261
7410-†S 524 ES
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74117934 enrolled at the time of the request for 1
74127935 transfer; and 2
74137936 ‘‘(II) the well-being of the cadet. 3
74147937 ‘‘(3) R
74157938 EVIEW.—If the Superintendent denies a 4
74167939 request for transfer under this subsection, the cadet 5
74177940 may request review of the denial by the Secretary, 6
74187941 who shall take action on such request for review not 7
74197942 later than 72 hours after receipt of such request. 8
74207943 ‘‘(4) C
74217944 ONFIDENTIALITY.—The Secretary shall 9
74227945 ensure that all records of any request, determina-10
74237946 tion, transfer, or other action under this subsection 11
74247947 remain confidential, consistent with applicable law 12
74257948 and regulation. 13
74267949 ‘‘(5) E
74277950 FFECT OF OTHER LAW .—A cadet who 14
74287951 transfers under this subsection may retain the ca-15
74297952 det’s appointment to the Coast Guard Academy or 16
74307953 may be appointed to the military service academy to 17
74317954 which the cadet transfers without regard to the limi-18
74327955 tations and requirements set forth in sections 7442, 19
74337956 8454, and 9442 of title 10. 20
74347957 ‘‘(6) C
74357958 OMMISSION AS OFFICER IN THE COAST 21
74367959 GUARD.— 22
74377960 ‘‘(A) I
74387961 N GENERAL.—Upon graduation, a 23
74397962 graduate of the United States Military Acad-24
7440-emy, the United States Air Force Academy, or 25 262
7441-†S 524 ES
7963+emy, the United States Air Force Academy, or 25
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74427967 the United States Naval Academy who trans-1
74437968 ferred to that academy under this subsection is 2
74447969 entitled to be accepted for appointment as a 3
74457970 permanent commissioned officer in the Regular 4
74467971 Coast Guard in the same manner as graduates 5
74477972 of the Coast Guard Academy, as set forth in 6
74487973 section 2101 of this title. 7
74497974 ‘‘(B) C
74507975 OMMISSION AS OFFICER IN OTHER 8
74517976 ARMED FORCE.— 9
74527977 ‘‘(i) I
74537978 N GENERAL.—A cadet who 10
74547979 transfers under this subsection to the 11
74557980 United States Military Academy, the 12
74567981 United States Air Force Academy, or the 13
74577982 United States Naval Academy and indi-14
74587983 cates a preference pursuant to clause (ii) 15
74597984 may be appointed as a commissioned offi-16
74607985 cer in an armed force associated with the 17
74617986 academy from which the cadet graduated. 18
74627987 ‘‘(ii) S
74637988 TATEMENT OF PREFERENCE .— 19
74647989 A cadet seeking appointment as a commis-20
74657990 sioned officer in an armed force associated 21
74667991 with the academy from which the cadet 22
74677992 graduated under clause (i) shall, before 23
74687993 graduating from that academy, indicate to 24
7469-the Commandant that the cadet has a 25 263
7470-†S 524 ES
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74717998 preference for appointment to that armed 1
74727999 force. 2
74738000 ‘‘(iii) C
74748001 ONSIDERATION BY COAST 3
74758002 GUARD.—The Commandant shall consider 4
74768003 a preference of a cadet indicated pursuant 5
74778004 to clause (ii), but may require the cadet to 6
74788005 serve as a permanent commissioned officer 7
74798006 in the Regular Coast Guard instead of 8
74808007 being appointed as a commissioned officer 9
74818008 in an armed force associated with the 10
74828009 academy from which the cadet graduated. 11
74838010 ‘‘(iv) T
74848011 REATMENT OF SERVICE 12
74858012 AGREEMENT.—With respect to a service 13
74868013 agreement entered into under section 1925 14
74878014 of this title by a cadet who transfers under 15
74888015 this subsection to the United States Mili-16
74898016 tary Academy, the United States Air Force 17
74908017 Academy, or the United States Naval 18
74918018 Academy and is appointed as a commis-19
74928019 sioned officer in an armed force associated 20
74938020 with that academy, the service obligation 21
74948021 undertaken under such agreement shall be 22
74958022 considered to be satisfied upon the comple-23
74968023 tion of 5 years of active duty service in the 24
7497-service of such armed force. 25 264
7498-†S 524 ES
8024+service of such armed force. 25
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74998028 ‘‘(C) SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS ’ TRAIN-1
75008029 ING CORPS PROGRAM .—A cadet who transfers 2
75018030 under this subsection to a Senior Reserve Offi-3
75028031 cers’ Training Corps program affiliated with 4
75038032 another institution of higher education is enti-5
75048033 tled upon graduation from the Senior Reserve 6
75058034 Officers’ Training program to commission into 7
75068035 the Coast Guard, as set forth in section 3738a 8
75078036 of this title.’’. 9
75088037 SEC. 404. DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS WITH PARTICULAR 10
75098038 EXPERTISE IN MILITARY JUSTICE OR 11
75108039 HEALTHCARE. 12
75118040 (a) I
75128041 NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 13
75138042 14, United States Code is amended by adding at the end 14
75148043 the following: 15
75158044 ‘‘§ 2132. Designation of officers with particular exper-16
75168045 tise in military justice or healthcare 17
75178046 ‘‘(a) S
75188047 ECRETARYDESIGNATION.—The Secretary may 18
75198048 designate a limited number of officers of the Coast Guard 19
75208049 as having particular expertise in— 20
75218050 ‘‘(1) military justice; or 21
75228051 ‘‘(2) healthcare. 22
75238052 ‘‘(b) P
75248053 ROMOTION AND GRADE.—An individual des-23
7525-ignated under this section— 24 265
7526-†S 524 ES
8054+ignated under this section— 24
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75278058 ‘‘(1) shall not be included on the active duty 1
75288059 promotion list; 2
75298060 ‘‘(2) shall be promoted under section 2126; and 3
75308061 ‘‘(3) may not be promoted to a grade higher 4
75318062 than captain.’’. 5
75328063 (b) C
75338064 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-6
75348065 ter 21 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-7
75358066 serting after the item relating to section 2131 the fol-8
75368067 lowing: 9
75378068 ‘‘2132. Designation of officers with particular expertise in military justice or
75388069 healthcare.’’.
75398070 (c) CONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 10
75408071 (1) Section 2102(a) of title 14, United States 11
75418072 Code, is amended, in the second sentence by striking 12
75428073 ‘‘and officers of the permanent commissioned teach-13
75438074 ing staff of the Coast Guard Academy’’ and insert-14
75448075 ing ‘‘officers of the permanent commissioned teach-15
75458076 ing staff of the Coast Guard Academy, and officers 16
75468077 designated by the Secretary pursuant this section’’. 17
75478078 (2) Subsection (e) of section 2103 of title 14, 18
75488079 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 19
75498080 ‘‘(e) S
75508081 ECRETARYTOPRESCRIBENUMBERS FORCER-20
75518082 TAINOFFICERS.—The Secretary shall prescribe the num-21
75528083 ber of officers authorized to be serving on active duty in 22
7553-each grade of— 23 266
7554-†S 524 ES
8084+each grade of— 23
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75558088 ‘‘(1) the permanent commissioned teaching 1
75568089 staff of the Coast Guard Academy; 2
75578090 ‘‘(2) the officers designated by the Secretary 3
75588091 pursuant to this section; and 4
75598092 ‘‘(3) the officers of the Reserve serving in con-5
75608093 nection with organizing, administering, recruiting, 6
75618094 instructing, or training the reserve components.’’. 7
75628095 (3) Section 2126 of title 14, United States 8
75638096 Code, is amended, in the second sentence, by insert-9
75648097 ing ‘‘and as to officers designated by the Secretary 10
75658098 pursuant to this section’’ after ‘‘reserve compo-11
75668099 nents’’. 12
75678100 (4) Section 3736(a) of title 14, United States 13
75688101 Code, is amended— 14
75698102 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘pro-15
75708103 motion list and the’’ and inserting ‘‘promotion 16
75718104 list, officers designated by the Secretary pursu-17
75728105 ant to this section, and the officers on the’’; 18
75738106 and 19
75748107 (B) in the second sentence by striking 20
75758108 ‘‘promotion list or the’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-21
75768109 motion list, officers designated by the Secretary 22
7577-pursuant to this section, or the officers on the’’. 23 267
7578-†S 524 ES
8110+pursuant to this section, or the officers on the’’. 23
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75798114 SEC. 405. SAFE-TO-REPORT POLICY FOR COAST GUARD. 1
75808115 (a) I
75818116 NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 19 of title 2
75828117 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 3
75838118 the end the following: 4
75848119 ‘‘§ 1909. Safe-to-Report policy for Coast Guard 5
75858120 ‘‘(a) I
75868121 NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 6
75878122 date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 7
75888123 of 2025, the Commandant shall, in consultation with the 8
75898124 Secretaries of the military departments, establish and 9
75908125 maintain a safe-to-report policy described in subsection (b) 10
75918126 that applies with respect to all members of the Coast 11
75928127 Guard (including members of the reserve and auxiliary 12
75938128 components of the Coast Guard), cadets at the Coast 13
75948129 Guard Academy, and any other individual undergoing 14
75958130 training at an accession point of the Coast Guard. 15
75968131 ‘‘(b) S
75978132 AFE-TO-REPORTPOLICY.—The safe-to-report 16
75988133 policy described in this subsection is a policy that— 17
75998134 ‘‘(1) prescribes the handling of minor collateral 18
76008135 misconduct, involving a member of the Coast Guard 19
76018136 who is the alleged victim or reporting witness of a 20
76028137 sexual assault; and 21
76038138 ‘‘(2) applies to all such individuals, regardless 22
76048139 of— 23
76058140 ‘‘(A) to whom the victim makes the allega-24
76068141 tion or who receives the victim’s report of sex-25
7607-ual assault; or 26 268
7608-†S 524 ES
8142+ual assault; or 26
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76098146 ‘‘(B) whether the report, investigation, or 1
76108147 prosecution is handled by military or civilian 2
76118148 authorities. 3
76128149 ‘‘(c) M
76138150 ITIGATING AND AGGRAVATING CIR-4
76148151 CUMSTANCES.—In issuing the policy under subsection (a), 5
76158152 the Commandant shall specify mitigating circumstances 6
76168153 that decrease the gravity of minor collateral misconduct 7
76178154 or the impact of such misconduct on good order and dis-8
76188155 cipline and aggravating circumstances that increase the 9
76198156 gravity of minor collateral misconduct or the impact of 10
76208157 such misconduct on good order and discipline for purposes 11
76218158 of the safe-to-report policy. 12
76228159 ‘‘(d) T
76238160 RACKING OFCOLLATERALMISCONDUCTINCI-13
76248161 DENTS.—In conjunction with the issuance of the policy 14
76258162 under subsection (a), the Commandant shall develop and 15
76268163 implement a process to anonymously track incidents of 16
76278164 minor collateral misconduct that are subject to the safe- 17
76288165 to-report policy. 18
76298166 ‘‘(e) M
76308167 INORCOLLATERALMISCONDUCTDEFINED.— 19
76318168 In this section, the term ‘minor collateral misconduct’ 20
76328169 means any minor misconduct that is potentially punish-21
76338170 able under chapter 47 of title 10 that— 22
76348171 ‘‘(1) is committed close in time to or during a 23
7635-sexual assault and directly related to the incident 24 269
7636-†S 524 ES
8172+sexual assault and directly related to the incident 24
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76378176 that formed the basis of the allegation of sexual as-1
76388177 sault allegation; 2
76398178 ‘‘(2) is discovered as a direct result of the re-3
76408179 port of sexual assault or the ensuing investigation 4
76418180 into such sexual assault; and 5
76428181 ‘‘(3) does not involve aggravating circumstances 6
76438182 (as specified in the policy issued under subsection 7
76448183 (a)) that increase the gravity of the minor mis-8
76458184 conduct or the impact of such misconduct on good 9
76468185 order and discipline.’’. 10
76478186 (b) C
76488187 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-11
76498188 ter 19 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended 12
76508189 by inserting after the item relating to section 1908 (as 13
76518190 added by this Act) the following: 14
76528191 ‘‘1909. Safe-to-Report policy for Coast Guard.’’.
76538192 SEC. 406. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
76548193 15
76558194 ON COVERED MISCONDUCT IN COAST GUARD. 16
76568195 (a) A
76578196 SSESSMENT OF POLICY ONCOVEREDMIS-17
76588197 CONDUCT.—Section 1902 of title 14, United States Code, 18
76598198 is further amended— 19
76608199 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘Policy 20
76618200 on sexual harassment and sexual vio-21
76628201 lence’’ and inserting ‘‘Academy policy and 22
76638202 report on covered misconduct’’; and 23
76648203 (2) by striking subsections (c) through (e) and 24
7665-inserting the following: 25 270
7666-†S 524 ES
8204+inserting the following: 25
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76678208 ‘‘(c) ASSESSMENT.— 1
76688209 ‘‘(1) I
76698210 N GENERAL.—The Commandant shall di-2
76708211 rect the Superintendent of the Coast Guard Acad-3
76718212 emy to conduct at the Coast Guard Academy during 4
76728213 each Academy program year an assessment to deter-5
76738214 mine the effectiveness of the policies of the Academy 6
76748215 with respect to covered misconduct involving cadets 7
76758216 or other military or civilian personnel of the Acad-8
76768217 emy. 9
76778218 ‘‘(2) B
76788219 IENNIAL SURVEY.—For the assessment 10
76798220 at the Academy under paragraph (1) with respect to 11
76808221 an Academy program year that begins in an odd- 12
76818222 numbered calendar year, the Superintendent shall 13
76828223 conduct a survey of cadets and other military and ci-14
76838224 vilian personnel of the Academy— 15
76848225 ‘‘(A) to measure the incidence, during such 16
76858226 program year— 17
76868227 ‘‘(i) of covered misconduct events, on 18
76878228 or off the Academy campus, that have been 19
76888229 reported to an official of the Academy; 20
76898230 ‘‘(ii) of covered misconduct events, on 21
76908231 or off the Academy campus, that have not 22
76918232 been reported to an official of the Acad-23
7692-emy; and 24 271
7693-†S 524 ES
8233+emy; and 24
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76948237 ‘‘(iii) of retaliation related to a report 1
76958238 of a covered misconduct event, on or off 2
76968239 the Academy campus; and 3
76978240 ‘‘(B) to assess the perceptions of the ca-4
76988241 dets and other military and civilian personnel of 5
76998242 the Academy with respect to— 6
77008243 ‘‘(i) the Academy’s policies, training, 7
77018244 and procedures on covered misconduct in-8
77028245 volving cadets and other military and civil-9
77038246 ian personnel of the Academy; 10
77048247 ‘‘(ii) the enforcement of such policies; 11
77058248 ‘‘(iii) the incidence of covered mis-12
77068249 conduct involving cadets and other military 13
77078250 and civilian personnel of the Academy; and 14
77088251 ‘‘(iv) any other issues relating to cov-15
77098252 ered misconduct involving cadets and other 16
77108253 military and civilian personnel of the Acad-17
77118254 emy. 18
77128255 ‘‘(d) R
77138256 EPORT.— 19
77148257 ‘‘(1) I
77158258 N GENERAL.—Not earlier than 1 year 20
77168259 after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard 21
77178260 Authorization Act of 2025, and each March 1 there-22
77188261 after through March 1, 2031, the Commandant shall 23
77198262 direct the Superintendent to submit to the Com-24
7720-mandant a report on incidents of covered misconduct 25 272
7721-†S 524 ES
8263+mandant a report on incidents of covered misconduct 25
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77228267 and retaliation for reporting of covered misconduct 1
77238268 involving cadets or other military and civilian per-2
77248269 sonnel of the Academy. 3
77258270 ‘‘(2) E
77268271 LEMENTS.— 4
77278272 ‘‘(A) I
77288273 N GENERAL.—Each report required 5
77298274 under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 6
77308275 ‘‘(i) Information and data on all inci-7
77318276 dents of covered misconduct and retaliation 8
77328277 described in paragraph (1) reported to the 9
77338278 Superintendent or any other official of the 10
77348279 Academy during the preceding Academy 11
77358280 program year (referred to in this sub-12
77368281 section as a ‘reported incident’), 13
77378282 ‘‘(ii) The number of reported incidents 14
77388283 committed against a cadet or any other 15
77398284 military or civilian personnel of the Acad-16
77408285 emy. 17
77418286 ‘‘(iii) The number of reported inci-18
77428287 dents committed by a cadet or any other 19
77438288 military or civilian personnel of the Acad-20
77448289 emy. 21
77458290 ‘‘(iv) Information on reported inci-22
77468291 dents, in accordance with the policy pre-23
77478292 scribed under section 549G(b) of the Na-24
7748-tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 25 273
7749-†S 524 ES
8293+tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 25
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77508297 Year 2022 (10 U.S.C. 1561 note), to the 1
77518298 maximum extent practicable. 2
77528299 ‘‘(v) The number of reported incidents 3
77538300 that were entered into the Catch a Serial 4
77548301 Offender system, including the number of 5
77558302 such incidents that resulted in the identi-6
77568303 fication of a potential or confirmed match. 7
77578304 ‘‘(vi) The number of reported inci-8
77588305 dents that were substantiated (referred to 9
77598306 in this subsection as a ‘substantiated re-10
77608307 ported incident’). 11
77618308 ‘‘(vii) A synopsis of each substan-12
77628309 tiated reported incident that includes— 13
77638310 ‘‘(I) a brief description of the na-14
77648311 ture of the incident; 15
77658312 ‘‘(II) whether the accused cadet 16
77668313 or other military or civilian personnel 17
77678314 of the Academy had previously been 18
77688315 convicted of sexual assault; and 19
77698316 ‘‘(III) whether alcohol or other 20
77708317 controlled or prohibited substances 21
77718318 were involved in the incident, and a 22
7772-description of the involvement. 23 274
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77748323 ‘‘(viii) The type of case disposition as-1
77758324 sociated with each substantiated reported 2
77768325 incident, such as— 3
77778326 ‘‘(I) conviction and sentence by 4
77788327 court-martial, including charges and 5
77798328 specifications for which convicted; 6
77808329 ‘‘(II) acquittal of all charges at 7
77818330 court-martial; 8
77828331 ‘‘(III) as appropriate, imposition 9
77838332 of a nonjudicial punishment under 10
77848333 section 815 of title 10 (article 15 of 11
77858334 the Uniform Code of Military Jus-12
77868335 tice); 13
77878336 ‘‘(IV) as appropriate, administra-14
77888337 tive action taken, including a descrip-15
77898338 tion of each type of such action im-16
77908339 posed; 17
77918340 ‘‘(V) dismissal of all charges, in-18
77928341 cluding a description of each reason 19
77938342 for dismissal and the stage at which 20
77948343 dismissal occurred; and 21
77958344 ‘‘(VI) whether the accused cadet 22
77968345 or other military or civilian personnel 23
77978346 of the Academy was administratively 24
7798-separated or, in the case of an officer, 25 275
7799-†S 524 ES
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78008351 allowed to resign in lieu of court mar-1
78018352 tial, and the characterization (honor-2
78028353 able, general, or other than honorable) 3
78038354 of the service of the military member 4
78048355 upon separation or resignation. 5
78058356 ‘‘(ix) With respect to any incident of 6
78068357 covered misconduct involving cadets or 7
78078358 other military and civilian personnel of the 8
78088359 Academy reported to the Superintendent 9
78098360 or any other official of the Academy during 10
78108361 the preceding Academy program year that 11
78118362 involves a report of retaliation relating to 12
78128363 the incident— 13
78138364 ‘‘(I) a narrative description of 14
78148365 the retaliation claim; 15
78158366 ‘‘(II) the nature of the relation-16
78168367 ship between the complainant and the 17
78178368 individual accused of committing the 18
78188369 retaliation; and 19
78198370 ‘‘(III) the nature of the relation-20
78208371 ship between the individual accused of 21
78218372 committing the covered misconduct 22
78228373 and the individual accused of commit-23
7823-ting the retaliation. 24 276
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8374+ting the retaliation. 24
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78258378 ‘‘(x) With respect to any investigation 1
78268379 of a reported incident— 2
78278380 ‘‘(I) whether the investigation is 3
78288381 in open or completed status; 4
78298382 ‘‘(II) an identification of the in-5
78308383 vestigating entity; 6
78318384 ‘‘(III) whether a referral has 7
78328385 been made to outside law enforcement 8
78338386 entities; 9
78348387 ‘‘(IV) in the case of an investiga-10
78358388 tion that is complete, a description of 11
78368389 the results of such an investigation 12
78378390 and information with respect to 13
78388391 whether the results of the investiga-14
78398392 tion were provided to the complainant; 15
78408393 and 16
78418394 ‘‘(V) whether the investigation 17
78428395 substantiated an offense under chap-18
78438396 ter 47 of title 10 (the Uniform Code 19
78448397 of Military Justice). 20
78458398 ‘‘(B) F
78468399 ORMAT.—With respect to the infor-21
78478400 mation and data required under subparagraph 22
78488401 (A), the Commandant shall report such infor-23
78498402 mation and data separately for each type of 24
7850-covered misconduct offense, and shall not ag-25 277
7851-†S 524 ES
8403+covered misconduct offense, and shall not ag-25
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78528407 gregate the information and data for multiple 1
78538408 types of covered misconduct offenses. 2
78548409 ‘‘(3) T
78558410 RENDS.—Subject to subsection (f), begin-3
78568411 ning on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard 4
78578412 Authorization Act of 2025, each report required 5
78588413 under paragraph (1) shall include an analysis of 6
78598414 trends in incidents described in paragraph (1), as 7
78608415 applicable, since the date of the enactment of the 8
78618416 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 9
78628417 2012 (Public Law 112–213). 10
78638418 ‘‘(4) R
78648419 ESPONSE.—Each report required under 11
78658420 paragraph (1) shall include, for the preceding Acad-12
78668421 emy program year, a description of the policies, pro-13
78678422 cedures, processes, initiatives, investigations (includ-14
78688423 ing overarching investigations), research, or studies 15
78698424 implemented by the Commandant in response to any 16
78708425 incident described in paragraph (1) involving a cadet 17
78718426 or any other military or civilian personnel of the 18
78728427 Academy. 19
78738428 ‘‘(5) P
78748429 LAN.—Each report required under para-20
78758430 graph (1) shall include a plan for actions to be taken 21
78768431 during the year following the Academy program year 22
78778432 covered by the report to enhance the prevention of 23
78788433 and response to incidents of covered misconduct and 24
7879-retaliation for reporting of covered misconduct in-25 278
7880-†S 524 ES
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78818438 volving cadets or other military or civilian personnel 1
78828439 of the Academy. 2
78838440 ‘‘(6) C
78848441 OVERED MISCONDUCT PREVENTION AND 3
78858442 RESPONSE ACTIVITIES.—Each report required under 4
78868443 paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the 5
78878444 adequacy of covered misconduct prevention and re-6
78888445 sponse carried out by the Academy during the pre-7
78898446 ceding Academy program year. 8
78908447 ‘‘(7) C
78918448 ONTRIBUTING FACTORS .—Each report 9
78928449 required under paragraph (1) shall include, for inci-10
78938450 dents of covered misconduct and retaliation for re-11
78948451 porting of covered misconduct involving cadets or 12
78958452 other military or civilian personnel of the Acad-13
78968453 emy— 14
78978454 ‘‘(A) an analysis of the factors that may 15
78988455 have contributed to such incidents; 16
78998456 ‘‘(B) an assessment of the role of such fac-17
79008457 tors in contributing to such incidents during 18
79018458 such Academy program year; and 19
79028459 ‘‘(C) recommendations for mechanisms to 20
79038460 eliminate or reduce such contributing factors. 21
79048461 ‘‘(8) B
79058462 IENNIAL SURVEY.—Each report under 22
79068463 paragraph (1) for an Academy program year that 23
7907-begins in an odd-numbered calendar year shall in-24 279
7908-†S 524 ES
8464+begins in an odd-numbered calendar year shall in-24
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79098468 clude the results of the survey conducted under sub-1
79108469 section (c)(2) in such Academy program year. 2
79118470 ‘‘(9) F
79128471 OCUS GROUPS.—For each Academy pro-3
79138472 gram year with respect to which the Superintendent 4
79148473 is not required to conduct a survey at the Academy 5
79158474 under subsection (c)(2), the Commandant shall re-6
79168475 quire focus groups to be conducted at the Academy 7
79178476 for the purpose of ascertaining information relating 8
79188477 to covered misconduct issues at the Academy. 9
79198478 ‘‘(10) S
79208479 UBMISSION OF REPORT; BRIEFING.— 10
79218480 ‘‘(A) S
79228481 UBMISSION.—Not later than 270 11
79238482 days after the date on which the Commandant 12
79248483 receives a report from the Superintendent 13
79258484 under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall 14
79268485 submit to the Committee on Commerce, 15
79278486 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 16
79288487 the Committee on Transportation and Infra-17
79298488 structure of the House of Representatives, as 18
79308489 an enclosure or appendix to the report required 19
79318490 by section 5112— 20
79328491 ‘‘(i) the report of the Superintendent; 21
79338492 ‘‘(ii) the comments of the Com-22
79348493 mandant with respect to the report; and 23
79358494 ‘‘(iii) relevant information gathered 24
7936-during a focus group under subparagraph 25 280
7937-†S 524 ES
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79388499 (A) during the Academy program year cov-1
79398500 ered by the report, as applicable. 2
79408501 ‘‘(B) B
79418502 RIEFING.—Not later than 180 days 3
79428503 after the date on which the Commandant sub-4
79438504 mits a report under subparagraph (A), the 5
79448505 Commandant shall provide a briefing on the re-6
79458506 port submitted under subparagraph (A) to— 7
79468507 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Commerce, 8
79478508 Science, and Transportation of the Senate 9
79488509 and the Committee on Transportation and 10
79498510 Infrastructure of the House of Representa-11
79508511 tives; and 12
79518512 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-13
79528513 rity. 14
79538514 ‘‘(e) V
79548515 ICTIMCONFIDENTIALITY.—To the extent that 15
79558516 information collected or reported under the authority of 16
79568517 this section, such information shall be provided in a form 17
79578518 that is consistent with applicable privacy protections under 18
79588519 Federal law and does not jeopardize the confidentiality of 19
79598520 victims. 20
79608521 ‘‘(f) C
79618522 ONTINUITY OF DATA ANDREPORTING.—In 21
79628523 carrying out this section, the Commandant shall ensure 22
79638524 the continuity of data collection and reporting such that 23
7964-the ability to analyze trends is not compromised.’’. 24 281
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8525+the ability to analyze trends is not compromised.’’. 24
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79668529 (b) COVEREDMISCONDUCT INCOASTGUARD.—Sec-1
79678530 tion 5112 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to 2
79688531 read as follows: 3
79698532 ‘‘§ 5112. Covered misconduct in Coast Guard 4
79708533 ‘‘(a) I
79718534 NGENERAL.—Not later than March 1 each 5
79728535 year, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on 6
79738536 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 7
79748537 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 8
79758538 the House of Representatives a report on incidents of cov-9
79768539 ered misconduct involving members of the Coast Guard, 10
79778540 including recruits and officer candidates, and claims of re-11
79788541 taliation related to the reporting of any such incident. 12
79798542 ‘‘(b) C
79808543 ONTINUITY OF DATA ANDREPORTING.—In 13
79818544 carrying out this section, the Commandant shall ensure 14
79828545 the continuity of data collection and reporting such that 15
79838546 the ability to analyze trends is not compromised. 16
79848547 ‘‘(c) C
79858548 ONTENTS.— 17
79868549 ‘‘(1) I
79878550 NCIDENTS INVOLVING MEMBERS .— 18
79888551 ‘‘(A) I
79898552 NFORMATION AND DATA .— 19
79908553 ‘‘(i) I
79918554 N GENERAL.—Each report re-20
79928555 quired under subsection (a) shall include, 21
79938556 for the preceding calendar year, informa-22
79948557 tion and data on— 23
79958558 ‘‘(I) incidents of covered mis-24
7996-conduct; and 25 282
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79988563 ‘‘(II) incidents of retaliation 1
79998564 against a member of the Coast Guard 2
80008565 related to the reporting of covered 3
80018566 misconduct, disaggregated by type of 4
80028567 retaliation claim. 5
80038568 ‘‘(ii) I
80048569 NCLUSIONS.—The information 6
80058570 and data on the incidents described in 7
80068571 clause (i) shall include the following: 8
80078572 ‘‘(I) All incidents of covered mis-9
80088573 conduct and retaliation described in 10
80098574 clause (i) reported to the Com-11
80108575 mandant or any other official of the 12
80118576 Coast Guard during the preceding cal-13
80128577 endar year (referred to in this sub-14
80138578 section as a ‘reported incident’). 15
80148579 ‘‘(II) The number of reported in-16
80158580 cidents committed against members of 17
80168581 the Coast Guard. 18
80178582 ‘‘(III) The number of reported 19
80188583 incidents committed by members of 20
80198584 the Coast Guard. 21
80208585 ‘‘(IV) Information on reported 22
80218586 incidents, in accordance with the pol-23
80228587 icy prescribed under section 549G(b) 24
8023-of the National Defense Authorization 25 283
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8588+of the National Defense Authorization 25
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80258592 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (10 U.S.C. 1
80268593 1561 note), to the maximum extent 2
80278594 practicable. 3
80288595 ‘‘(V) The number of reported in-4
80298596 cidents that were entered into the 5
80308597 Catch a Serial Offender system, in-6
80318598 cluding the number of such incidents 7
80328599 that resulted in the identification of a 8
80338600 potential or confirmed match. 9
80348601 ‘‘(VI) The number of reported in-10
80358602 cidents that were substantiated (re-11
80368603 ferred to in this subsection as a ‘sub-12
80378604 stantiated reported incident’). 13
80388605 ‘‘(VII) A synopsis of each sub-14
80398606 stantiated reported incident that in-15
80408607 cludes— 16
80418608 ‘‘(aa) a brief description of 17
80428609 the nature of the incident; 18
80438610 ‘‘(bb) whether the accused 19
80448611 member has previously been con-20
80458612 victed of sexual assault; and 21
80468613 ‘‘(cc) whether alcohol or 22
80478614 other controlled or prohibited 23
8048-substances were involved in the 24 284
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80508619 incident, and a description of the 1
80518620 involvement. 2
80528621 ‘‘(VIII) The type of case disposi-3
80538622 tion associated with each substan-4
80548623 tiated reported incident, such as— 5
80558624 ‘‘(aa) conviction and sen-6
80568625 tence by court-martial, including 7
80578626 charges and specifications for 8
80588627 which convicted; 9
80598628 ‘‘(bb) acquittal of all charges 10
80608629 at court-martial; 11
80618630 ‘‘(cc) as appropriate, imposi-12
80628631 tion of a nonjudicial punishment 13
80638632 under section 815 of title 10 (ar-14
80648633 ticle 15 of the Uniform Code of 15
80658634 Military Justice); 16
80668635 ‘‘(dd) as appropriate, admin-17
80678636 istrative action taken, including a 18
80688637 description of each type of such 19
80698638 action imposed; 20
80708639 ‘‘(ee) dismissal of all 21
80718640 charges, including a description 22
80728641 of each reason for dismissal and 23
80738642 the stage at which dismissal oc-24
8074-curred; and 25 285
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80768647 ‘‘(ff) whether the accused 1
80778648 member was administratively sep-2
80788649 arated or, in the case of an offi-3
80798650 cer, allowed to resign in lieu of 4
80808651 court-martial, and the character-5
80818652 ization (honorable, general, or 6
80828653 other than honorable) of the 7
80838654 service of the member upon sepa-8
80848655 ration or resignation. 9
80858656 ‘‘(IX) With respect to any inci-10
80868657 dent of covered misconduct reported 11
80878658 to the Commandant or any other offi-12
80888659 cial of the Coast Guard during the 13
80898660 preceding calendar year that involves 14
80908661 a report of retaliation relating to the 15
80918662 incident— 16
80928663 ‘‘(aa) a narrative description 17
80938664 of the retaliation claim; 18
80948665 ‘‘(bb) the nature of the rela-19
80958666 tionship between the complainant 20
80968667 and the individual accused of 21
80978668 committing the retaliation; and 22
80988669 ‘‘(cc) the nature of the rela-23
80998670 tionship between the individual 24
8100-accused of committing the cov-25 286
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81028675 ered misconduct and the indi-1
81038676 vidual accused of committing the 2
81048677 retaliation. 3
81058678 ‘‘(X) The disposition of or action 4
81068679 taken by the Coast Guard or any 5
81078680 other Federal, State, local, or Tribal 6
81088681 entity with respect to a substantiated 7
81098682 reported incident. 8
81108683 ‘‘(XI) With respect to any inves-9
81118684 tigation of a reported incident— 10
81128685 ‘‘(aa) the status of the in-11
81138686 vestigation or information relat-12
81148687 ing to any referral to outside law 13
81158688 enforcement entities; 14
81168689 ‘‘(bb) the official or office of 15
81178690 the Coast Guard that received 16
81188691 the complaint; 17
81198692 ‘‘(cc) a description of the re-18
81208693 sults of such an investigation or 19
81218694 information with respect to 20
81228695 whether the results of the inves-21
81238696 tigation were provided to the 22
81248697 complainant; or 23
81258698 ‘‘(dd) whether the investiga-24
8126-tion substantiated an offense 25 287
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8699+tion substantiated an offense 25
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81288703 under chapter 47 of title 10 (the 1
81298704 Uniform Code of Military Jus-2
81308705 tice). 3
81318706 ‘‘(iii) F
81328707 ORMAT.—With respect to the 4
81338708 information and data required under 5
81348709 clause (i), the Commandant shall report 6
81358710 such information and data separately for 7
81368711 each type of covered misconduct offense, 8
81378712 and shall not aggregate the information 9
81388713 and data for multiple types of covered mis-10
81398714 conduct offenses. 11
81408715 ‘‘(B) T
81418716 RENDS.—Subject to subsection (b), 12
81428717 beginning on the date of enactment of the 13
81438718 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, each 14
81448719 report required by subsection (a) shall include, 15
81458720 for the preceding calendar year, an analysis or 16
81468721 assessment of trends in the occurrence, as ap-17
81478722 plicable, of incidents described in subparagraph 18
81488723 (A)(i), since the date of enactment of the Coast 19
81498724 Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 20
81508725 2012 (Public Law 112–213). 21
81518726 ‘‘(C) R
81528727 ESPONSE.—Each report required 22
81538728 under subsection (a) shall include, for the pre-23
81548729 ceding calendar year, a description of the poli-24
8155-cies, procedures, processes, initiatives, investiga-25 288
8156-†S 524 ES
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81578734 tions (including overarching investigations), re-1
81588735 search, or studies implemented by the Com-2
81598736 mandant in response to any incident described 3
81608737 in subparagraph (A)(i) involving a member of 4
81618738 the Coast Guard. 5
81628739 ‘‘(D) P
81638740 LAN.—Each report required under 6
81648741 subsection (a) shall include a plan for actions to 7
81658742 be taken during the year following the year cov-8
81668743 ered by the report to enhance the prevention of 9
81678744 and response to incidents described in subpara-10
81688745 graph (A)(i) involving members of the Coast 11
81698746 Guard. 12
81708747 ‘‘(E) C
81718748 OVERED MISCONDUCT PREVENTION 13
81728749 AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES .—Each report re-14
81738750 quired under subsection (a) shall include an as-15
81748751 sessment of the adequacy of covered misconduct 16
81758752 prevention and response activities related to in-17
81768753 cidents described in subparagraph (A)(i) carried 18
81778754 out by the Coast Guard during the preceding 19
81788755 calendar year. 20
81798756 ‘‘(F) C
81808757 ONTRIBUTING FACTORS .—Each re-21
81818758 port required under subsection (a) shall include, 22
81828759 for incidents described in subparagraph 23
8183-(A)(i)— 24 289
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81858764 ‘‘(i) an analysis of the factors that 1
81868765 may have contributed to such incidents; 2
81878766 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the role of such 3
81888767 factors in contributing to such incidents 4
81898768 during such year; and 5
81908769 ‘‘(iii) recommendations for mecha-6
81918770 nisms to eliminate or reduce such contrib-7
81928771 uting factors. 8
81938772 ‘‘(2) I
81948773 NCIDENTS INVOLVING RECRUITS AND OF -9
81958774 FICER CANDIDATES.— 10
81968775 ‘‘(A) I
81978776 NFORMATION AND DATA .— 11
81988777 ‘‘(i) I
81998778 N GENERAL.—Subject to sub-12
82008779 section (b), each report required under 13
82018780 subsection (a) shall include, as a separate 14
82028781 appendix or enclosure, for the preceding 15
82038782 calendar year, information and data on— 16
82048783 ‘‘(I) incidents of covered mis-17
82058784 conduct involving a recruit of the 18
82068785 Coast Guard at Training Center Cape 19
82078786 May or an officer candidate at the 20
82088787 Coast Guard Officer Candidate 21
82098788 School; and 22
82108789 ‘‘(II) incidents of retaliation 23
82118790 against such a recruit or officer can-24
8212-didate related to the reporting of cov-25 290
8213-†S 524 ES
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82148795 ered misconduct, disaggregated by 1
82158796 type of retaliation claim. 2
82168797 ‘‘(ii) I
82178798 NCLUSIONS.— 3
82188799 ‘‘(I) I
82198800 N GENERAL.—The informa-4
82208801 tion and data on the incidents de-5
82218802 scribed in clause (i) shall include the 6
82228803 following: 7
82238804 ‘‘(aa) All incidents of cov-8
82248805 ered misconduct and retaliation 9
82258806 described in clause (i) reported to 10
82268807 the Commandant or any other of-11
82278808 ficial of the Coast Guard during 12
82288809 the preceding calendar year (re-13
82298810 ferred to in this subsection as a 14
82308811 ‘reported incident’). 15
82318812 ‘‘(bb) The number of re-16
82328813 ported incidents committed 17
82338814 against recruits and officer can-18
82348815 didates described in clause (i)(I). 19
82358816 ‘‘(cc) The number of re-20
82368817 ported incidents committed by 21
82378818 such recruits and officer can-22
82388819 didates. 23
82398820 ‘‘(dd) Information on re-24
8240-ported incidents, in accordance 25 291
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82428825 with the policy prescribed under 1
82438826 section 549G(b) of the National 2
82448827 Defense Authorization Act for 3
82458828 Fiscal Year 2022 (10 U.S.C. 4
82468829 1561 note), to the maximum ex-5
82478830 tent practicable. 6
82488831 ‘‘(ee)(AA) The number of 7
82498832 reported incidents that were en-8
82508833 tered into the Catch a Serial Of-9
82518834 fender system. 10
82528835 ‘‘(BB) Of such reported 11
82538836 incidents entered into such 12
82548837 system, the number that re-13
82558838 sulted in the identification of 14
82568839 a potential or confirmed 15
82578840 match. 16
82588841 ‘‘(ff) The number of re-17
82598842 ported incidents that were sub-18
82608843 stantiated (referred to in this 19
82618844 subsection as a ‘substantiated re-20
82628845 ported incident’). 21
82638846 ‘‘(gg) A synopsis of each 22
82648847 substantiated reported incident 23
8265-that includes— 24 292
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8848+that includes— 24
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82678852 ‘‘(AA) a brief descrip-1
82688853 tion of the nature of the in-2
82698854 cident; and 3
82708855 ‘‘(BB) whether alcohol 4
82718856 or other controlled or pro-5
82728857 hibited substances were in-6
82738858 volved in the incident, and a 7
82748859 description of the involve-8
82758860 ment. 9
82768861 ‘‘(hh) The type of case dis-10
82778862 position associated with each sub-11
82788863 stantiated reported incident, such 12
82798864 as— 13
82808865 ‘‘(AA) conviction and 14
82818866 sentence by court-martial, 15
82828867 including charges and speci-16
82838868 fications for which convicted; 17
82848869 ‘‘(BB) acquittal of all 18
82858870 charges at court-martial; 19
82868871 ‘‘(CC) as appropriate, 20
82878872 imposition of a nonjudicial 21
82888873 punishment under section 22
82898874 815 of title 10 (article 15 of 23
82908875 the Uniform Code of Mili-24
8291-tary Justice); 25 293
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82938880 ‘‘(DD) as appropriate, 1
82948881 administrative action taken, 2
82958882 including a description of 3
82968883 each type of such action im-4
82978884 posed; 5
82988885 ‘‘(EE) dismissal of all 6
82998886 charges, including a descrip-7
83008887 tion of each reason for dis-8
83018888 missal and the stage at 9
83028889 which dismissal occurred; 10
83038890 and 11
83048891 ‘‘(FF) whether the ac-12
83058892 cused member was adminis-13
83068893 tratively separated or, in the 14
83078894 case of an officer, allowed to 15
83088895 resign in lieu of court-mar-16
83098896 tial, and the characterization 17
83108897 (honorable, general, or other 18
83118898 than honorable) of the serv-19
83128899 ice of the member upon sep-20
83138900 aration or resignation. 21
83148901 ‘‘(ii) With respect to any in-22
83158902 cident of covered misconduct in-23
83168903 volving recruits or officer can-24
8317-didates reported to the Com-25 294
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83198908 mandant or any other official of 1
83208909 the Coast Guard during the pre-2
83218910 ceding calendar year that in-3
83228911 volves a report of retaliation re-4
83238912 lating to the incident— 5
83248913 ‘‘(AA) a narrative de-6
83258914 scription of the retaliation 7
83268915 claim; 8
83278916 ‘‘(BB) the nature of the 9
83288917 relationship between the 10
83298918 complainant and the indi-11
83308919 vidual accused of commit-12
83318920 ting the retaliation; and 13
83328921 ‘‘(CC) the nature of the 14
83338922 relationship between the in-15
83348923 dividual accused of commit-16
83358924 ting the covered misconduct 17
83368925 and the individual accused 18
83378926 of committing the retalia-19
83388927 tion. 20
83398928 ‘‘(jj) The disposition of or 21
83408929 action taken by the Coast Guard 22
83418930 or any other Federal, State, 23
8342-local, or Tribal entity with re-24 295
8343-†S 524 ES
8931+local, or Tribal entity with re-24
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83448935 spect to a substantiated reported 1
83458936 incident. 2
83468937 ‘‘(kk) With respect to any 3
83478938 investigation of a reported inci-4
83488939 dent— 5
83498940 ‘‘(AA) the status of the 6
83508941 investigation or information 7
83518942 relating to any referral to 8
83528943 outside law enforcement en-9
83538944 tities; 10
83548945 ‘‘(BB) the official or of-11
83558946 fice of the Coast Guard that 12
83568947 received the complaint; 13
83578948 ‘‘(CC) a description of 14
83588949 the results of such an inves-15
83598950 tigation or information with 16
83608951 respect to whether the re-17
83618952 sults of the investigation 18
83628953 were provided to the com-19
83638954 plainant; or 20
83648955 ‘‘(DD) whether the in-21
83658956 vestigation substantiated an 22
83668957 offense under chapter 47 of 23
83678958 title 10 (the Uniform Code 24
8368-of Military Justice). 25 296
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8959+of Military Justice). 25
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83708963 ‘‘(II) FORMAT.—With respect to 1
83718964 the information and data required 2
83728965 under clause (i), the Commandant 3
83738966 shall report such information and 4
83748967 data separately for each type of cov-5
83758968 ered misconduct offense, and shall not 6
83768969 aggregate the information and data 7
83778970 for multiple types of covered mis-8
83788971 conduct offenses. 9
83798972 ‘‘(B) T
83808973 RENDS.—Subject to subsection (b), 10
83818974 beginning on the date of enactment of Coast 11
83828975 Guard Authorization Act of 2025, each report 12
83838976 required by subsection (a) shall include, for the 13
83848977 preceding calendar year, an analysis or assess-14
83858978 ment of trends in the occurrence, as applicable, 15
83868979 of incidents described in subparagraph (A)(i), 16
83878980 since the date of enactment of the Coast Guard 17
83888981 and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 18
83898982 (Public Law 112–213). 19
83908983 ‘‘(C) R
83918984 ESPONSE.—Each report required 20
83928985 under subsection (a) shall include, for the pre-21
83938986 ceding calendar year, a description of the poli-22
83948987 cies, procedures, processes, initiatives, investiga-23
83958988 tions (including overarching investigations), re-24
8396-search, or studies implemented by the Com-25 297
8397-†S 524 ES
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83988993 mandant in response to any incident described 1
83998994 in subparagraph (A)(i) involving— 2
84008995 ‘‘(i) a recruit of the Coast Guard at 3
84018996 Training Center Cape May; or 4
84028997 ‘‘(ii) an officer candidate at the Coast 5
84038998 Guard Officer Candidate School. 6
84048999 ‘‘(D) P
84059000 LAN.—Each report required under 7
84069001 subsection (a) shall include a plan for actions to 8
84079002 be taken during the year following the year cov-9
84089003 ered by the report to enhance the prevention of 10
84099004 and response to incidents described in subpara-11
84109005 graph (A)(i) involving a recruit of the Coast 12
84119006 Guard at Training Center Cape May or an offi-13
84129007 cer candidate at the Coast Guard Officer Can-14
84139008 didate School. 15
84149009 ‘‘(E) C
84159010 OVERED MISCONDUCT PREVENTION 16
84169011 AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES .—Each report re-17
84179012 quired under subsection (a) shall include an as-18
84189013 sessment of the adequacy of covered misconduct 19
84199014 prevention and response activities related to in-20
84209015 cidents described in subparagraph (A)(i) of this 21
84219016 paragraph carried out by the Coast Guard dur-22
84229017 ing the preceding calendar year. 23
84239018 ‘‘(F) C
84249019 ONTRIBUTING FACTORS .—Each re-24
8425-port required under subsection (a) shall include, 25 298
8426-†S 524 ES
9020+port required under subsection (a) shall include, 25
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84279024 for incidents described in subparagraph 1
84289025 (A)(i)— 2
84299026 ‘‘(i) an analysis of the factors that 3
84309027 may have contributed to such incidents; 4
84319028 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the role of such 5
84329029 factors in contributing to such incidents 6
84339030 during such year; and 7
84349031 ‘‘(iii) recommendations for mecha-8
84359032 nisms to eliminate or reduce such contrib-9
84369033 uting factors. 10
84379034 ‘‘(3) I
84389035 MPLEMENTATION STATUS OF ACCOUNT -11
84399036 ABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY REVIEW DIRECTED AC -12
84409037 TIONS.—Each report required under subsection (a) 13
84419038 submitted during the 5-year period beginning on 14
84429039 March 1, 2025, shall include information on the im-15
84439040 plementation by the Commandant of the directed ac-16
84449041 tions described in the memorandum of the Coast 17
84459042 Guard titled ‘Commandant’s Directed Actions—Ac-18
84469043 countability and Transparency’, issued on November 19
84479044 27, 2023, including— 20
84489045 ‘‘(A) a description of actions taken to ad-21
84499046 dress each directed action during the year cov-22
84509047 ered by the report; 23
84519048 ‘‘(B) the implementation status of each di-24
8452-rected action; 25 299
8453-†S 524 ES
9049+rected action; 25
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84549053 ‘‘(C) in the case of any directed action that 1
84559054 has not been implemented— 2
84569055 ‘‘(i) a detailed action plan for imple-3
84579056 mentation of the recommendation; 4
84589057 ‘‘(ii) an estimated timeline for imple-5
84599058 mentation of the recommendation; 6
84609059 ‘‘(iii) description of changes the Com-7
84619060 mandant intends to make to associated 8
84629061 Coast Guard policies so as to enable the 9
84639062 implementation of the recommendation; 10
84649063 and 11
84659064 ‘‘(iv) any other information the Com-12
84669065 mandant considers appropriate; 13
84679066 ‘‘(D) a description of the metrics and mile-14
84689067 stones used to measure completion, account-15
84699068 ability, and effectiveness of each directed ac-16
84709069 tion; 17
84719070 ‘‘(E) a description of any additional ac-18
84729071 tions the Commandant is taking to mitigate in-19
84739072 stances of covered misconduct within the Coast 20
84749073 Guard; 21
84759074 ‘‘(F) any legislative change proposal nec-22
84769075 essary to implement the directed actions; and 23
84779076 ‘‘(G) a detailed list of funding necessary to 24
8478-implement the directed actions in a timely and 25 300
8479-†S 524 ES
9077+implement the directed actions in a timely and 25
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84809081 effective manner, including a list of personnel 1
84819082 needed for such implementation. 2
84829083 ‘‘(d) V
84839084 ICTIMCONFIDENTIALITY.—To the extent that 3
84849085 information collected under the authority of this section 4
84859086 is reported or otherwise made available to the public, such 5
84869087 information shall be provided in a form that is consistent 6
84879088 with applicable privacy protections under Federal law and 7
84889089 does not jeopardize the confidentiality of victims. 8
84899090 ‘‘(e) S
84909091 UBSTANTIATEDDEFINED.—In this section, the 9
84919092 term ‘substantiated’ has the meaning given the term 10
84929093 under section 1631(c) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 11
84939094 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (10 U.S.C. 1561 12
84949095 note).’’. 13
84959096 (c) C
84969097 LERICALAMENDMENTS.— 14
84979098 (1) C
84989099 HAPTER 19.—The table of sections for 15
84999100 chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, is 16
85009101 amended by striking the item relating to section 17
85019102 1902 and inserting the following new item: 18
85029103 ‘‘1902. Academy policy and report on covered misconduct.’’.
85039104 (2) CHAPTER 51.—The table of sections for 19
85049105 chapter 51 of title 14, United States Code, is 20
85059106 amended by striking the item relating to section 21
85069107 5112 and inserting the following new item: 22
8507-‘‘5112. Covered misconduct in the Coast Guard.’’. 301
8508-†S 524 ES
9108+‘‘5112. Covered misconduct in the Coast Guard.’’.
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85099112 SEC. 407. MODIFICATIONS TO THE OFFICER INVOLUNTARY 1
85109113 SEPARATION PROCESS. 2
85119114 (a) R
85129115 EVIEW OFRECORDS.—Section 2158 of title 14, 3
85139116 United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding 4
85149117 paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘may at any time convene a 5
85159118 board of officers’’ and inserting ‘‘shall prescribe, by regu-6
85169119 lation, procedures’’. 7
85179120 (b) B
85189121 OARDS OFINQUIRY.—Section 2159(c) of such 8
85199122 title is amended by striking ‘‘send the record of its pro-9
85209123 ceedings to a board of review’’ and inserting ‘‘recommend 10
85219124 to the Secretary that the officer not be retained on active 11
85229125 duty’’. 12
85239126 (c) R
85249127 EPEAL OFBOARDS OFREVIEW.—Section 2160 13
85259128 of title 14, United States Code, is repealed. 14
85269129 (d) T
85279130 ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 15
85289131 (1) Title 14, United States Code, is amended— 16
85299132 (A) in section 2161 by striking ‘‘section 17
85309133 2158, 2159, or 2160’’ each place it appears and 18
85319134 inserting ‘‘section 2158 or 2159’’; 19
85329135 (B) in section 2163, in the first sentence 20
85339136 by striking ‘‘board of review under section 2160 21
85349137 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘board of inquiry 22
85359138 under section 2159 of this title’’; and 23
85369139 (C) in section 2164(a), in the matter pre-24
8537-ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘or 2160’’. 25 302
8538-†S 524 ES
9140+ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘or 2160’’. 25
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85399144 (2) The analysis at the beginning of chapter 21 1
85409145 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by strik-2
85419146 ing the item relating to section 2160. 3
85429147 SEC. 408. REVIEW OF DISCHARGE CHARACTERIZATION. 4
85439148 (a) I
85449149 NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 25 of title 5
85459150 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 6
85469151 the end the following: 7
85479152 ‘‘§ 2518. Review of discharge characterization 8
85489153 ‘‘(a) D
85499154 OWNGRADE.— 9
85509155 ‘‘(1) I
85519156 N GENERAL.—The decision to conduct a 10
85529157 case review under this section shall be at the discre-11
85539158 tion of the Secretary of the department in which the 12
85549159 Coast Guard is operating. 13
85559160 ‘‘(2) B
85569161 OARD OF REVIEW .—In addition to the 14
85579162 requirements of section 1553 of title 10, a board of 15
85589163 review for a former member of the Coast Guard es-16
85599164 tablished pursuant to such section and under part 17
85609165 51 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in ef-18
85619166 fect on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard 19
85629167 Authorization Act of 2025), may upon a motion of 20
85639168 the board and subject to review by the Secretary of 21
85649169 the department in which the Coast Guard is oper-22
85659170 ating, downgrade an honorable discharge to a gen-23
85669171 eral (under honorable conditions) discharge upon a 24
8567-finding that a former member of the Coast Guard, 25 303
8568-†S 524 ES
9172+finding that a former member of the Coast Guard, 25
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85699176 while serving on active duty as a member of the 1
85709177 armed forces, committed sexual assault or sexual 2
85719178 harassment in violation of section 920, 920b, or 934 3
85729179 of title 10 (article 120, 120b, or 134 of the Uniform 4
85739180 Code of Military Justice). 5
85749181 ‘‘(3) E
85759182 VIDENCE.—Any downgrade under para-6
85769183 graph (2) shall be supported by clear and convincing 7
85779184 evidence. 8
85789185 ‘‘(4) L
85799186 IMITATION.—The review board under 9
85809187 paragraph (2) may not downgrade a discharge of a 10
85819188 former member of the Coast Guard if the same ac-11
85829189 tion described in paragraph (2) was considered prior 12
85839190 to separation from active duty by an administrative 13
85849191 board in determining the characterization of dis-14
85859192 charge as otherwise provided by law and in accord-15
85869193 ance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 16
85879194 the department in which the Coast Guard is oper-17
85889195 ating. 18
85899196 ‘‘(b) P
85909197 ROCEDURALRIGHTS.— 19
85919198 ‘‘(1) I
85929199 N GENERAL.—A review by a board estab-20
85939200 lished under section 1553 of title 10 and under part 21
85949201 51 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in ef-22
85959202 fect on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard 23
85969203 Authorization Act of 2025), shall be based on the 24
8597-records of the Coast Guard, and with respect to a 25 304
8598-†S 524 ES
9204+records of the Coast Guard, and with respect to a 25
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85999208 member who also served in another one of the armed 1
86009209 forces, the records of the armed forces concerned 2
86019210 and such other evidence as may be presented to the 3
86029211 board. 4
86039212 ‘‘(2) E
86049213 VIDENCE BY WITNESS .—A witness may 5
86059214 present evidence to the board in person or by affi-6
86069215 davit. 7
86079216 ‘‘(3) A
86089217 PPEARANCE BEFORE BOARD .—A person 8
86099218 who requests a review under this section may appear 9
86109219 before the board in person or by counsel or an ac-10
86119220 credited representative of an organization recognized 11
86129221 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under chapter 12
86139222 59 of title 38. 13
86149223 ‘‘(4) N
86159224 OTIFICATION.—A former member of the 14
86169225 Coast Guard who is subject to a downgrade in dis-15
86179226 charge characterization review under subsection 16
86189227 (b)(3) shall be notified in writing of such pro-17
86199228 ceedings, afforded the right to obtain copies of 18
86209229 records and documents relevant to the proceedings, 19
86219230 and the right to appear before the board in person 20
86229231 or by counsel or an accredited representative of an 21
86239232 organization recognized by the Secretary of Veterans 22
86249233 Affairs under chapter 59 of title 38.’’. 23
86259234 (b) R
8626-ULEMAKING.— 24 305
8627-†S 524 ES
9235+ULEMAKING.— 24
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86289239 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 1
86299240 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 2
86309241 shall initiate a rulemaking to implement this section. 3
86319242 (2) D
86329243 EADLINE FOR REGULATIONS .—The regu-4
86339244 lations issued under paragraph (1) shall take effect 5
86349245 not later than 180 days after the date on which the 6
86359246 Commandant promulgates a final rule pursuant to 7
86369247 such paragraph. 8
86379248 (c) C
86389249 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-9
86399250 ter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended 10
86409251 by inserting after the item relating to section 2517 (as 11
86419252 added by this Act) the following: 12
86429253 ‘‘2518. Review of discharge characterization.’’.
86439254 SEC. 409. CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER AS GROUNDS FOR
86449255 13
86459256 DENIAL. 14
86469257 Section 7511(a) of title 46, United States Code, is 15
86479258 amended— 16
86489259 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘or’’; 17
86499260 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘State, local, 18
86509261 or Tribal law’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal, State, local, 19
86519262 or Tribal law’’; 20
86529263 (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-21
86539264 graph (3); and 22
86549265 (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-23
8655-lowing: 24 306
8656-†S 524 ES
9266+lowing: 24
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86579270 ‘‘(2) section 920 or 920b of title 10 (article 120 1
86589271 and 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); 2
86599272 or’’. 3
86609273 SEC. 410. DEFINITION OF COVERED MISCONDUCT. 4
86619274 (a) I
86629275 NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 25 of title 5
86639276 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 6
86649277 the end the following: 7
86659278 ‘‘§ 2519. Covered misconduct defined 8
86669279 ‘‘In this title, the term ‘covered misconduct’ means— 9
86679280 ‘‘(1) rape and sexual assault, as described in 10
86689281 sections 920(a) and 920(b) of title 10 (articles 11
86699282 120(a) and 120(b) of the Uniform Code of Military 12
86709283 Justice); 13
86719284 ‘‘(2) sexual harassment, as described in Execu-14
86729285 tive Order 14062 dated January 26, 2022, and enu-15
86739286 merated under section 934 of title 10 (article 134 of 16
86749287 the Uniform Code of Military Justice); 17
86759288 ‘‘(3) abusive sexual contact and aggravated sex-18
86769289 ual contact, as described in sections 920(c) and 19
86779290 920(d) of title 10 (articles 120(c) and 120(d) of the 20
86789291 Uniform Code of Military Justice); 21
86799292 ‘‘(4) wrongful broadcast, dissemination, or cre-22
86809293 ation of content as described in sections 917 and 23
86819294 920c of title 10 (articles 117a and 120c of the Uni-24
8682-form Code of Military Justice); 25 307
8683-†S 524 ES
9295+form Code of Military Justice); 25
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86849299 ‘‘(5) the child pornography offenses as de-1
86859300 scribed in section 934 of title 10 (article 134 of the 2
86869301 Uniform Code of Military Justice); 3
86879302 ‘‘(6) rape and sexual assault of a child, other 4
86889303 sexual misconduct, and stalking, as described in sec-5
86899304 tions 920b, 920c(a), and 930 of title 10 (articles 6
86909305 120b, 120c, and 130 of the Uniform Code of Mili-7
86919306 tary Justice); and 8
86929307 ‘‘(7) domestic violence, as described in section 9
86939308 928b of title 10 (article 128b of the Uniform Code 10
86949309 of Military Justice).’’. 11
86959310 (b) C
86969311 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-12
86979312 ter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by in-13
86989313 serting after the item relating to section 2518 the fol-14
86999314 lowing: 15
87009315 ‘‘2519. Covered misconduct defined.’’.
87019316 SEC. 411. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO UNIFORM CODE
87029317 16
87039318 OF MILITARY JUSTICE OR MANUAL FOR 17
87049319 COURTS MARTIAL RELATING TO COVERED 18
87059320 MISCONDUCT. 19
87069321 (a) I
87079322 NGENERAL.—Chapter 51 of title 14, United 20
87089323 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-21
8709-lowing: 22 308
8710-†S 524 ES
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87119328 ‘‘§ 5116. Notification of changes to Uniform Code of 1
87129329 Military Justice or Manual for Courts 2
87139330 Martial relating to covered misconduct 3
87149331 ‘‘Beginning on March 30, 2026, and annually there-4
87159332 after, the Commandant shall notify the Committee on 5
87169333 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 6
87179334 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 7
87189335 the House of Representatives with respect to each of the 8
87199336 following: 9
87209337 ‘‘(1) Whether the Uniform Code of Military 10
87219338 Justice (chapter 47 of title 10) has been amended— 11
87229339 ‘‘(A) to add any sex-related offense as a 12
87239340 new article; or 13
87249341 ‘‘(B) to remove an article relating to cov-14
87259342 ered misconduct described in any of paragraphs 15
87269343 (1) through (7) of section 301. 16
87279344 ‘‘(2) Whether the Manual for Courts Martial 17
87289345 has been modified— 18
87299346 ‘‘(A) to add any sex-related offense as an 19
87309347 offense described under an article of the Uni-20
87319348 form Code of Military Justice; or 21
87329349 ‘‘(B) to remove as an offense described 22
87339350 under an article of the Uniform Code of Mili-23
87349351 tary Justice covered misconduct described in 24
87359352 any of paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 25
8736-301.’’. 26 309
8737-†S 524 ES
9353+301.’’. 26
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87389357 (b) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-1
87399358 ter 51 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by add-2
87409359 ing at the end the following: 3
87419360 ‘‘5116. Notification of changes to Uniform Code of Military Justice Or Manual
87429361 for Courts Martial relating to covered misconduct.’’.
87439362 SEC. 412. COMPLAINTS OF RETALIATION BY VICTIMS OF
87449363 4
87459364 SEXUAL ASSAULT OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT 5
87469365 AND RELATED PERSONS. 6
87479366 Section 1562a of title 10, United States Code, is 7
87489367 amended— 8
87499368 (1) in subsection (a)— 9
87509369 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense 10
87519370 shall’’ and inserting the following: 11
87529371 ‘‘(1) I
87539372 N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 12
87549373 shall’’; and 13
87559374 (B) by adding at the end the following: 14
87569375 ‘‘(2) C
87579376 OAST GUARD.—The Secretary of the de-15
87589377 partment in which the Coast Guard is operating 16
87599378 shall designate the Commandant of the Coast Guard 17
87609379 to be responsible for carrying out the requirements 18
87619380 of this section with respect to members of the Coast 19
87629381 Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a 20
87639382 service in the Navy.’’; 21
8764-(2) in subsection (b)— 22 310
8765-†S 524 ES
9383+(2) in subsection (b)— 22
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87669387 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 1
87679388 by inserting ‘‘and the Commandant of the 2
87689389 Coast Guard’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 3
87699390 (B) in paragraph (8) by inserting before 4
87709391 the period at the end ‘‘or with respect to the 5
87719392 Coast Guard, the component designated by the 6
87729393 Commandant of the Coast Guard’’; and 7
87739394 (C) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘Depart-8
87749395 ment of Defense’’; and 9
87759396 (3) in subsection (c)(2)— 10
87769397 (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘, 11
87779398 the Inspector General of the Department of 12
87789399 Homeland Security,’’ before ‘‘or any other in-13
87799400 spector general’’; 14
87809401 (B) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘mili-15
87819402 tary’’ and inserting ‘‘armed force’’; and 16
87829403 (C) in subparagraph (E) by inserting ‘‘or 17
87839404 department in which the Coast Guard is oper-18
87849405 ating when not operating as a service in the 19
87859406 Navy for members of the Coast Guard’’ after 20
87869407 ‘‘Department of Defense’’. 21
87879408 SEC. 413. DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES ON MILITARY PRO-22
87889409 TECTIVE ORDERS. 23
87899410 (1) I
87909411 N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 24
8791-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 25 311
8792-†S 524 ES
9412+after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 25
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87939416 Commandant shall issue updated policies of the 1
87949417 Coast Guard relating to military protective orders 2
87959418 that are consistent with the law and policies of the 3
87969419 Department of Defense. 4
87979420 (2) E
87989421 LEMENTS.—The policies developed under 5
87999422 paragraph (1) shall require— 6
88009423 (A) that any denial of a request for a mili-7
88019424 tary protective order shall include a written ex-8
88029425 planation for the denial, which shall be— 9
88039426 (i) forwarded to the next flag officer 10
88049427 in the chain of command of the com-11
88059428 manding officer or other approving author-12
88069429 ity who denied the request; and 13
88079430 (ii) provided to the member who sub-14
88089431 mitted the request; and 15
88099432 (B) the recusal of an approving authority 16
88109433 from participating in the granting or denying of 17
88119434 a military protective order, if such authority 18
88129435 was, at any time— 19
88139436 (i) the subject of a complaint of any 20
88149437 form of assault, harassment, or retaliation 21
88159438 filed by the member requesting the mili-22
88169439 tary protective order or the member who is 23
88179440 the subject of the military protective order; 24
8818-or 25 312
8819-†S 524 ES
9441+or 25
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88209445 (ii) associated with the member re-1
88219446 questing the military protective order or 2
88229447 the member who is the subject of the mili-3
88239448 tary protective order in a manner that pre-4
88249449 sents as an actual or apparent conflict of 5
88259450 interest. 6
88269451 (3) N
88279452 OTIFICATION REQUIREMENT .—The Com-7
88289453 mandant shall develop a policy to ensure that sexual 8
88299454 assault response coordinators, victim advocates, and 9
88309455 other appropriate personnel shall inform victims of 10
88319456 the process by which the victim may request an ex-11
88329457 pedited transfer, a no-contact order, or a military or 12
88339458 civilian protective order. 13
88349459 SEC. 414. COAST GUARD IMPLEMENTATION OF INDE-14
88359460 PENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION REC-15
88369461 OMMENDATIONS ON ADDRESSING SEXUAL 16
88379462 ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE 17
88389463 MILITARY. 18
88399464 (a) I
88409465 NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 19
88419466 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall re-20
88429467 view the report of the Independent Review Commission ti-21
88439468 tled ‘‘Hard Truths and the Duty to Change: Recommenda-22
88449469 tions from the Independent Review Commission on Sexual 23
88459470 Assault in the Military’’ referred to in the memorandum 24
8846-of the Department of Defense titled ‘‘Memorandum for 25 313
8847-†S 524 ES
9471+of the Department of Defense titled ‘‘Memorandum for 25
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88489475 Senior Pentagon Leadership Commanders of the Combat-1
88499476 ant Commands Defense Agency and DoD Field Activity 2
88509477 Directors’’, dated September 22, 2021, (relating to com-3
88519478 mencing Department of Defense actions and implementa-4
88529479 tion of the recommendations of the Independent Review 5
88539480 Commission to address sexual assault and sexual harass-6
88549481 ment in the military). 7
88559482 (b) S
88569483 TRATEGY AND ACTIONPLAN.—On completion 8
88579484 of the review required under subsection (a), and not later 9
88589485 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 10
88599486 Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Com-11
88609487 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 12
88619488 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 13
88629489 House of Representatives a strategy and action plan 14
88639490 that— 15
88649491 (1)(A) identifies any recommendation set forth 16
88659492 in the report by the Independent Review Commis-17
88669493 sion described in subsection (a) that addresses a 18
88679494 matter that is not within the jurisdiction of the 19
88689495 Coast Guard, does not apply to the Coast Guard, or 20
88699496 otherwise would not be beneficial to members of the 21
88709497 Coast Guard, as determined by the Commandant; 22
88719498 and 23
88729499 (B) includes a brief rationale for such de-24
8873-termination; and 25 314
8874-†S 524 ES
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88759504 (2) with respect to each recommendation set 1
88769505 forth in such report that is not identified under 2
88779506 paragraph (1), includes— 3
88789507 (A)(i) a detailed action plan for implemen-4
88799508 tation of the recommendation; 5
88809509 (ii) a description of changes the Com-6
88819510 mandant will make to associated Coast 7
88829511 Guard policies so as to enable the imple-8
88839512 mentation of the recommendation; 9
88849513 (iii) an estimated timeline for imple-10
88859514 mentation of the recommendation; 11
88869515 (iv) the estimated cost of the imple-12
88879516 mentation; 13
88889517 (v) legislative proposals for such im-14
88899518 plementation, as appropriate; and 15
88909519 (vi) any other information the Com-16
88919520 mandant considers appropriate; or 17
88929521 (B) in the case of such a recommendation 18
88939522 that the Commandant is unable to implement, 19
88949523 an explanation of the reason the recommenda-20
88959524 tion cannot be implemented. 21
88969525 (c) B
88979526 RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 22
88989527 of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter 23
88999528 through 2028, the Commandant shall provide the Com-24
8900-mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 25 315
8901-†S 524 ES
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89029533 Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-1
89039534 structure of the House of Representatives with a briefing 2
89049535 on the status of the implementation of this section and 3
89059536 any modification to the strategy and plan submitted under 4
89069537 subsection (b). 5
89079538 SEC. 415. POLICY RELATING TO CARE AND SUPPORT OF 6
89089539 VICTIMS OF COVERED MISCONDUCT. 7
89099540 (a) I
89109541 NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 8
89119542 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall issue 9
89129543 Coast Guard policy relating to the care and support of 10
89139544 members of the Coast Guard who are alleged victims cov-11
89149545 ered misconduct. 12
89159546 (b) E
89169547 LEMENTS.—The policy required by subsection 13
89179548 (a) shall require, to the maximum extent practicable, 14
89189549 that— 15
89199550 (1) a member of the Coast Guard who is an al-16
89209551 leged victim of covered misconduct and discloses 17
89219552 such covered misconduct to the appropriate indi-18
89229553 vidual of the Coast Guard responsible for providing 19
89239554 victim care and support— 20
89249555 (A) shall receive care and support from 21
89259556 such individual; and 22
89269557 (B) such individual shall not deny or un-23
89279558 reasonably delay providing care and support; 24
8928-and 25 316
8929-†S 524 ES
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89309563 (2) in the case of such an alleged victim to 1
89319564 whom care and support cannot be provided by the 2
89329565 appropriate individual contacted by the alleged vic-3
89339566 tim based on programmatic eligibility criteria or any 4
89349567 other reason that affects the ability of such appro-5
89359568 priate individual to provide care and support (such 6
89369569 as being stationed at a remote unit or serving on a 7
89379570 vessel currently underway) the alleged victim shall 8
89389571 receive, with the permission of the alleged victim— 9
89399572 (A) an in-person introduction to appro-10
89409573 priate service providers, for which the alleged 11
89419574 victim is physically present, which shall occur at 12
89429575 the discretion of the alleged victim; and 13
89439576 (B) access to follow-up services from the 14
89449577 appropriate 1 or more service providers. 15
89459578 (c) A
89469579 PPLICABILITY.—The policy issued under sub-16
89479580 section (a) shall apply to— 17
89489581 (1) all Coast Guard personnel responsible for 18
89499582 the care and support of victims of covered mis-19
89509583 conduct; and 20
89519584 (2) any other Coast Guard personnel the Com-21
89529585 mandant considers appropriate. 22
89539586 (d) R
89549587 EVISION OFPOLICYRELATING TODOMESTIC 23
89559588 A
89569589 BUSE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-24
8957-ment of this Act, the Commandant shall issue or revise 25 317
8958-†S 524 ES
9590+ment of this Act, the Commandant shall issue or revise 25
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89599594 any Coast Guard policy or process relating to domestic 1
89609595 abuse so as to define the term ‘‘intimate partner’’ to have 2
89619596 the meaning given such term in section 930 of title 10, 3
89629597 United States Code. 4
89639598 (e) T
89649599 RAINING.— 5
89659600 (1) I
89669601 N GENERAL.—All Coast Guard personnel 6
89679602 responsible for the care and support of members of 7
89689603 the Coast Guard who are alleged victims of covered 8
89699604 misconduct shall receive training in accordance with 9
89709605 professional standards of practice to ensure that 10
89719606 such alleged victims receive adequate care that is 11
89729607 consistent with the policy issued under subsection 12
89739608 (a). 13
89749609 (2) E
89759610 LEMENTS.—The training required by 14
89769611 paragraph (1)— 15
89779612 (A) shall include— 16
89789613 (i) instructions on specific procedures 17
89799614 for implementing the policy issued under 18
89809615 subsection (a); and 19
89819616 (ii) information on resources and per-20
89829617 sonnel critical for the implementation of 21
89839618 such policy; and 22
89849619 (B) to the maximum extent practicable, 23
8985-shall be provided in person. 24 318
8986-†S 524 ES
9620+shall be provided in person. 24
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89879624 (f) COVEREDMISCONDUCT.—In this section, the 1
89889625 term ‘‘covered misconduct’’ shall have the meaning given 2
89899626 such term in section 2519 of title 14, United States Code 3
89909627 (as added by this Act). 4
89919628 SEC. 416. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL VICTIM CAPABILI-5
89929629 TIES TO RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS OF CER-6
89939630 TAIN SPECIAL VICTIM OFFENSES. 7
89949631 (a) I
89959632 NGENERAL.—Section 573 of the National De-8
89969633 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (10 U.S.C. 9
89979634 1561 note) is amended— 10
89989635 (1) in subsection (a)— 11
89999636 (A) by inserting ‘‘or the Secretary of the 12
90009637 department in which the Coast Guard is oper-13
90019638 ating when not operating as a service in the 14
90029639 Navy’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; and 15
90039640 (B) by striking ‘‘Secretary of each military 16
90049641 department’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary con-17
90059642 cerned’’; 18
90069643 (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘or Air Force 19
90079644 Office of Special Investigations’’ and inserting ‘‘, Air 20
90089645 Force Office of Special Investigations, or Coast 21
90099646 Guard Investigative Services’’; 22
90109647 (3) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘or the Sec-23
9011-retary of the department in which the Coast Guard 24 319
9012-†S 524 ES
9648+retary of the department in which the Coast Guard 24
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90139652 is operating when not operating as a service in the 1
90149653 Navy’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; 2
90159654 (4) in subsection (d)— 3
90169655 (A) in paragraph (1)— 4
90179656 (i) by inserting ‘‘or the Commandant 5
90189657 of the Coast Guard’’ after ‘‘Secretary of a 6
90199658 military department’’; and 7
90209659 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or the Coast Guard’’ 8
90219660 after ‘‘within the military department’’; 9
90229661 (B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘or the 10
90239662 Coast Guard’’ after ‘‘within a military depart-11
90249663 ment’’; and 12
90259664 (5) by adding at the end the following: 13
90269665 ‘‘(h) T
90279666 IME FOR ESTABLISHMENT FOR COAST 14
90289667 G
90299668 UARD.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enact-15
90309669 ment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, the 16
90319670 Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 17
90329671 operating, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 18
90339672 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 19
90349673 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 20
90359674 the House of Representatives a report containing all the 21
90369675 items described in subsections (e) and (f) as applied to 22
90379676 the Coast Guard.’’. 23
90389677 (b) B
90399678 RIEFING.—Not later than 270 days after the 24
9040-date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall pro-25 320
9041-†S 524 ES
9679+date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall pro-25
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90429683 vide the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-1
90439684 tation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 2
90449685 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives with 3
90459686 a briefing on the Commandant’s assessment and imple-4
90469687 mentation, as appropriate, of the recommendations in-5
90479688 cluded in the Center for Naval Analyses report titled ‘‘As-6
90489689 sessing the USCG’s Special Victims’ Counsel Program’’, 7
90499690 issued in June 2024, including— 8
90509691 (1) the implementation status of each adopted 9
90519692 recommendation, as appropriate; 10
90529693 (2) for each adopted recommendation, a de-11
90539694 scription of actions taken to implement such rec-12
90549695 ommendation; 13
90559696 (3) in the case of an adopted recommendation 14
90569697 that has not been fully implemented— 15
90579698 (A) a description of actions taken or 16
90589699 planned to address such recommendation; 17
90599700 (B) an estimated completion date; and 18
90609701 (C) a description of the milestones nec-19
90619702 essary to complete the recommendation; 20
90629703 (4) a description of any recommendation that 21
90639704 will not be adopted and an explanation of the reason 22
9064-the recommendation will not be adopted; 23 321
9065-†S 524 ES
9705+the recommendation will not be adopted; 23
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90669709 (5) a description of the metrics and milestones 1
90679710 used to ensure completion and effectiveness of each 2
90689711 adopted recommendation; 3
90699712 (6) a description of any additional actions the 4
90709713 Commandant is taking to improve the efficiency and 5
90719714 effectiveness of the Special Victims’ Counsel pro-6
90729715 gram of the Coast Guard; 7
90739716 (7) any legislative change proposal necessary to 8
90749717 implement the adopted recommendations; and 9
90759718 (8) an overview of any funding or resource nec-10
90769719 essary to implement each adopted recommendation 11
90779720 in a timely and effective manner, including a list of 12
90789721 personnel needed for such implementation. 13
90799722 SEC. 417. MEMBERS ASSERTING POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS 14
90809723 DISORDER, SEXUAL ASSAULT, OR TRAUMATIC 15
90819724 BRAIN INJURY. 16
90829725 Section 2516 of title 14, United States Code, is 17
90839726 amended— 18
90849727 (1) in subsection (a)— 19
90859728 (A) in paragraph (1)— 20
90869729 (i) by striking ‘‘or has been sexually 21
90879730 assaulted during the preceding 2-year pe-22
9088-riod’’; and 23 322
9089-†S 524 ES
9731+riod’’; and 23
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90909735 (ii) by striking ‘‘or based on such sex-1
90919736 ual assault, the influence of’’ and inserting 2
90929737 ‘‘the signs and symptoms of either’’; 3
90939738 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 4
90949739 through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re-5
90959740 spectively; 6
90969741 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 7
90979742 following: 8
90989743 ‘‘(2) M
90999744 ENTAL, BEHAVIORAL, OR EMOTIONAL 9
91009745 DISORDER.—A member of the Coast Guard who has 10
91019746 been sexually assaulted during the preceding 5-year 11
91029747 period and who alleges, based on such sexual as-12
91039748 sault, the signs and symptoms of a diagnosable men-13
91049749 tal, behavioral, or emotional disorder described with-14
91059750 in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Sta-15
91069751 tistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the 16
91079752 American Psychiatric Association— 17
91089753 ‘‘(A) is provided the opportunity to request 18
91099754 a medical examination to clinically evaluate 19
91109755 such signs and symptoms; and 20
91119756 ‘‘(B) receives such a medical examination 21
91129757 to evaluate a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress 22
91139758 disorder, traumatic brain injury, or diagnosable 23
91149759 mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder de-24
9115-scribed within the most recent edition of the Di-25 323
9116-†S 524 ES
9760+scribed within the most recent edition of the Di-25
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91179764 agnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Dis-1
91189765 orders published by the American Psychiatric 2
91199766 Association.’’; 3
91209767 (D) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘para-4
91219768 graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 5
91229769 (E) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 6
91239770 (i) by inserting ‘‘or a diagnosable 7
91249771 mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder’’ 8
91259772 before ‘‘under this subsection’’; 9
91269773 (ii) by inserting ‘‘performed by’’ after 10
91279774 ‘‘shall be’’; and 11
91289775 (iii) by striking subparagraphs (A) 12
91299776 and (B) and inserting the following: 13
91309777 ‘‘(A) a board-certified psychiatrist; 14
91319778 ‘‘(B) a licensed doctorate-level psycholo-15
91329779 gist; 16
91339780 ‘‘(C) any other appropriate licensed or cer-17
91349781 tified healthcare professional designated by the 18
91359782 Commandant; or 19
91369783 ‘‘(D) a psychiatry resident or board-eligible 20
91379784 psychologist who— 21
91389785 ‘‘(i) has completed a 1-year internship 22
9139-or residency; and 23 324
9140-†S 524 ES
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91419790 ‘‘(ii) is under the close supervision of 1
91429791 a board-certified psychiatrist or licensed 2
91439792 doctorate-level psychologist.’’; 3
91449793 (2) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘or a 4
91459794 diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional dis-5
91469795 order’’ after ‘‘traumatic brain injury’’; and 6
91479796 (3) by adding at the end the following: 7
91489797 ‘‘(e) N
91499798 OTIFICATION OFRIGHT TOREQUESTMED-8
91509799 ICALEXAMINATION.— 9
91519800 ‘‘(1) I
91529801 N GENERAL.—Any member of the Coast 10
91539802 Guard who receives a notice of involuntary adminis-11
91549803 trative separation shall be advised at the time of 12
91559804 such notice of the right of the member to request a 13
91569805 medical examination under subsection (a) if any con-14
91579806 dition described in such subsection applies to the 15
91589807 member. 16
91599808 ‘‘(2) P
91609809 OLICY.—The Commandant shall— 17
91619810 ‘‘(A) develop and issue a clear policy for 18
91629811 carrying out the notification required under 19
91639812 paragraph (1) with respect to any member of 20
91649813 the Coast Guard described in that paragraph 21
91659814 who has made an unrestricted report of sexual 22
91669815 assault; and 23
91679816 ‘‘(B) provide information on such policy to 24
9168-sexual assault response coordinators of the 25 325
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91709821 Coast Guard for the purpose of ensuring that 1
91719822 such policy is communicated to members of the 2
91729823 Coast Guard who may be eligible for a medical 3
91739824 examination under this section.’’. 4
91749825 SEC. 418. PARTICIPATION IN CATCH A SERIAL OFFENDER 5
91759826 PROGRAM. 6
91769827 (a) I
91779828 NGENERAL.—The Secretary of the department 7
91789829 in which the Coast Guard is operating when not operating 8
91799830 as a service in the Navy, acting through the Commandant, 9
91809831 shall ensure the participation of the Coast Guard in the 10
91819832 Catch a Serial Offender program (referred to in this sec-11
91829833 tion as the ‘‘CATCH program’’) of the Department of De-12
91839834 fense established in accordance with section 543 of the 13
91849835 Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De-14
91859836 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 15
91869837 113–291). 16
91879838 (b) M
91889839 EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not later 17
91899840 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 18
91909841 the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 19
91919842 is operating and the Secretary of Defense shall finalize 20
91929843 a memorandum of agreement to facilitate Coast Guard ac-21
9193-cess to and participation in the CATCH program. 22 326
9194-†S 524 ES
9844+cess to and participation in the CATCH program. 22
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91959848 SEC. 419. ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY RELAT-1
91969849 ING TO ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT 2
91979850 AGAINST SENIOR LEADERS. 3
91989851 (a) I
91999852 NGENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 25 of title 4
92009853 14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 5
92019854 the end the following: 6
92029855 ‘‘§ 2520. Accountability and transparency relating to 7
92039856 allegations of misconduct against senior 8
92049857 leaders 9
92059858 ‘‘(a) I
92069859 NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 10
92079860 date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 11
92089861 of 2025, the Secretary shall establish a policy to improve 12
92099862 oversight, investigations, accountability, and public trans-13
92109863 parency regarding alleged misconduct of senior leaders of 14
92119864 the Coast Guard. 15
92129865 ‘‘(b) E
92139866 LEMENTS.—The policy required by subsection 16
92149867 (a)— 17
92159868 ‘‘(1) shall require that— 18
92169869 ‘‘(A) any allegation of alleged misconduct 19
92179870 made against a senior leader of the Coast 20
92189871 Guard shall be reported to the Office of the In-21
92199872 spector General of the department in which the 22
92209873 Coast Guard is operating not later than 72 23
92219874 hours after the allegation is reported to the 24
92229875 Coast Guard or the department in which the 25
9223-Coast Guard is operating; and 26 327
9224-†S 524 ES
9876+Coast Guard is operating; and 26
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92259880 ‘‘(B) the Inspector General of the depart-1
92269881 ment in which the Coast Guard is operating 2
92279882 shall notify the head of the Coast Guard office 3
92289883 in which the senior leader is serving with re-4
92299884 spect to the receipt of such allegation, or, in a 5
92309885 case where the senior leader is the head of such 6
92319886 Coast Guard office, the next in the chain of 7
92329887 command, as appropriate, except in a case in 8
92339888 which the Inspector General determines that 9
92349889 such notification would risk impairing an ongo-10
92359890 ing investigation, would unnecessarily com-11
92369891 promise the anonymity of the individual making 12
92379892 the allegation, or would otherwise be inappro-13
92389893 priate; and 14
92399894 ‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, shall be con-15
92409895 sistent with Department of Defense directives, in-16
92419896 cluding Department of Defense Directive 5505.06. 17
92429897 ‘‘(c) F
92439898 IRSTRIGHT TOEXCLUSIVEINVESTIGATION.— 18
92449899 The Inspector General of the department in which the 19
92459900 Coast Guard is operating— 20
92469901 ‘‘(1) shall have the first right to investigate an 21
92479902 allegation described in subsection (b)(1)(A); and 22
92489903 ‘‘(2) in cases with concurrent jurisdiction in-23
92499904 volving an allegation described in subsection 24
9250-(b)(1)(A), may investigate such an allegation to the 25 328
9251-†S 524 ES
9905+(b)(1)(A), may investigate such an allegation to the 25
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92529909 exclusion of any other Coast Guard criminal or ad-1
92539910 ministrative investigation if the Inspector General 2
92549911 determines that an exclusive investigation is nec-3
92559912 essary to maintain the integrity of the investigation. 4
92569913 ‘‘(d) P
92579914 UBLICAVAILABILITY ANDBROADDISSEMINA-5
92589915 TION.—The policy established under subsection (a) shall 6
92599916 be made available to the public and incorporated into 7
92609917 training and curricula across the Coast Guard at all levels 8
92619918 to ensure broad understanding of the policy among mem-9
92629919 bers and personnel of the Coast Guard. 10
92639920 ‘‘(e) D
92649921 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
92659922 ‘‘(1) A
92669923 LLEGED MISCONDUCT .—The term ‘al-12
92679924 leged misconduct’— 13
92689925 ‘‘(A) means a credible allegation that, if 14
92699926 proven, would constitute a violation of— 15
92709927 ‘‘(i) a provision of criminal law, in-16
92719928 cluding the Uniform Code of Military Jus-17
92729929 tice (chapter 47 of title 10); or 18
92739930 ‘‘(ii) a recognized standard, such as 19
92749931 the Department of Defense Joint Ethics 20
92759932 Regulation or other Federal regulation, in-21
92769933 cluding any other Department of Defense 22
92779934 regulation and any Department of Home-23
9278-land Security regulation; or 24 329
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9935+land Security regulation; or 24
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92809939 ‘‘(B) could reasonably be expected to be of 1
92819940 significance to the Secretary or the Inspector 2
92829941 General of the department in which the Coast 3
92839942 Guard is operating, particularly in a case in 4
92849943 which there is an element of misuse of position 5
92859944 or of unauthorized personal benefit to the sen-6
92869945 ior official, a family member, or an associate. 7
92879946 ‘‘(2) S
92889947 ENIOR LEADER OF THE COAST GUARD .— 8
92899948 The term ‘senior leader of the Coast Guard’ 9
92909949 means— 10
92919950 ‘‘(A) an active duty, retired, or reserve of-11
92929951 ficer of the Coast Guard in the grade of O–7 12
92939952 or higher; 13
92949953 ‘‘(B) an officer of the Coast Guard selected 14
92959954 for promotion to the grade of O–7; 15
92969955 ‘‘(C) a current or former civilian member 16
92979956 of the Senior Executive Service employed by the 17
92989957 Coast Guard; or 18
92999958 ‘‘(D) any civilian member of the Coast 19
93009959 Guard whose position is deemed equivalent to 20
93019960 that of a member of the Senior Executive Serv-21
93029961 ice, as determined by the Office of the Inspector 22
93039962 General of the department in which the Coast 23
93049963 Guard is operating, in concurrence with the 24
9305-Secretary acting through the Commandant.’’. 25 330
9306-†S 524 ES
9964+Secretary acting through the Commandant.’’. 25
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93079968 (b) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-1
93089969 ter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is further amended 2
93099970 by inserting after the item relating to section 2519 (as 3
93109971 added by this Act) the following: 4
93119972 ‘‘2520. Accountability and transparency relating to allegations of misconduct
93129973 against senior leaders.’’.
93139974 SEC. 420. CONFIDENTIAL REPORTING OF SEXUAL HARASS-
93149975 5
93159976 MENT. 6
93169977 Section 1561b of title 10, United States Code, is 7
93179978 amended— 8
93189979 (1) in subsection (a)— 9
93199980 (A) by inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of the 10
93209981 department in which the Coast Guard is oper-11
93219982 ating when not operating as a service in the 12
93229983 Navy’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; and 13
93239984 (B) by inserting ‘‘or the Commandant’’ 14
93249985 after ‘‘Secretary of a military department’’; 15
93259986 (2) in subsection (c)— 16
93269987 (A) by inserting ‘‘or the Secretary of the 17
93279988 department in which the Coast Guard is oper-18
93289989 ating when not operating as a service in the 19
93299990 Navy’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; and 20
93309991 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘depart-21
93319992 ments or the Commandant’’ after ‘‘Secretaries 22
93329993 of the military’’; and 23
9333-(3) by adding at the end the following: 24 331
9334-†S 524 ES
9994+(3) by adding at the end the following: 24
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93359998 ‘‘(e) REPORTS FOR THECOASTGUARD.— 1
93369999 ‘‘(1) I
933710000 N GENERAL.—Not later than April 30, 2
933810001 2025, and April 30 every 2 years thereafter, the 3
933910002 Secretary of the department in which the Coast 4
934010003 Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on 5
934110004 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-6
934210005 ate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-7
934310006 structure of the House of Representatives a report 8
934410007 containing data on the complaints of sexual harass-9
934510008 ment alleged pursuant to the process under sub-10
934610009 section (a) during the previous 2 calendar years. 11
934710010 ‘‘(2) P
934810011 ERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA -12
934910012 TION.—Any data on complaints described in para-13
935010013 graph (1) shall not contain any personally identifi-14
935110014 able information.’’. 15
935210015 SEC. 421. REPORT ON POLICY ON WHISTLEBLOWER PRO-16
935310016 TECTIONS. 17
935410017 (a) I
935510018 NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 18
935610019 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall sub-19
935710020 mit to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Trans-20
935810021 portation and Homeland Security and Governmental Af-21
935910022 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 22
936010023 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a re-23
936110024 port on the policy of the Coast Guard on whistleblower 24
9362-protections. 25 332
9363-†S 524 ES
10025+protections. 25
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936410029 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 1
936510030 (a) shall include the following: 2
936610031 (1) A discussion of the policy of the Coast 3
936710032 Guard as of the date of enactment of this Act with 4
936810033 respect to— 5
936910034 (A) whistleblower protections; 6
937010035 (B) accountability measures for reprisal 7
937110036 against whistleblowers; 8
937210037 (C) the applicable professional standards 9
937310038 and potential types of support provided to whis-10
937410039 tleblowers by members of the Coast Guard per-11
937510040 sonnel, such as the members in the Coast 12
937610041 Guard Investigative Service; and 13
937710042 (D) the content and frequency of training 14
937810043 provided to members of the Coast Guard on ac-15
937910044 tive duty, members of the Coast Guard Reserve, 16
938010045 and civilian personnel of the Coast Guard with 17
938110046 respect to the applicable professional standards 18
938210047 and potential types of support offered to whis-19
938310048 tleblowers. 20
938410049 (2) A description of the responsibilities of com-21
938510050 manders and equivalent civilian supervisors with re-22
938610051 spect to whistleblower complaints and measures used 23
938710052 by the Coast Guard to ensure compliance with such 24
9388-responsibilities, such as— 25 333
9389-†S 524 ES
10053+responsibilities, such as— 25
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939010057 (A) the mechanisms to ensure that— 1
939110058 (i) any such commander complies with 2
939210059 section 1034 of title 10, United States 3
939310060 Code, including subsection (a)(1) of that 4
939410061 section; 5
939510062 (ii) any such equivalent civilian super-6
939610063 visor complies with section 2302 of title 5, 7
939710064 United States Code; and 8
939810065 (iii) any such commander or super-9
939910066 visor protects the constitutional right of 10
940010067 whistleblowers to speak with Members of 11
940110068 Congress; 12
940210069 (B) actions to be taken against any a com-13
940310070 mander or equivalent civilian supervisor who 14
940410071 fails to act on a whistleblower complaint or im-15
940510072 properly interferes with a whistleblower after a 16
940610073 complaint is filed or during the preparation of 17
940710074 a complaint; 18
940810075 (C) the role of Coast Guard attorneys in 19
940910076 ensuring that such commanders comply with re-20
941010077 sponsibilities under section 1034 of title 10, 21
941110078 United States Code; and 22
941210079 (D) the role of Coast Guard civilian attor-23
941310080 neys and administrative law judges in ensuring 24
9414-that such civilian supervisors comply with re-25 334
9415-†S 524 ES
10081+that such civilian supervisors comply with re-25
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941610085 sponsibilities under section 2302 of title 5, 1
941710086 United States Code. 2
941810087 (3) A discussion of the availability of Coast 3
941910088 Guard staff, including civilian staff, assigned to pro-4
942010089 viding, in accordance with professional standards or 5
942110090 practice, behavioral health care to whistleblowers, in-6
942210091 cluding— 7
942310092 (A) the number and type of such staff; 8
942410093 (B) a description of the specific care re-9
942510094 sponsibilities of such staff; 10
942610095 (C) an identification of any limitation ex-11
942710096 isting as of the date of enactment of this Act 12
942810097 to the provision of such care; 13
942910098 (D) a description of any plan to increase 14
943010099 capacity of such staff to provide such care, as 15
943110100 applicable; and 16
943210101 (E) a description of any additional re-17
943310102 sources necessary to provide such care. 18
943410103 (4) An assessment of the manner in which the 19
943510104 policies discussed in paragraph (1), the responsibil-20
943610105 ities of commanders and civilian supervisors de-21
943710106 scribed in paragraph (2), and the availability of 22
943810107 Coast Guard staff as discussed in paragraph (3) 23
943910108 apply specifically to cadets and leadership at the 24
9440-Coast Guard Academy. 25 335
9441-†S 524 ES
10109+Coast Guard Academy. 25
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944210113 (5) Recommendations (including, as appro-1
944310114 priate, proposed legislative changes and a plan to 2
944410115 publish in the Federal Register not later than 180 3
944510116 days after the date of enactment of this Act a re-4
944610117 quest for information seeking public comment and 5
944710118 recommendations) of the Commandant regarding 6
944810119 manners in which Coast Guard policies and proce-7
944910120 dures may be strengthened— 8
945010121 (A) to prevent whistleblower discrimination 9
945110122 and harassment; 10
945210123 (B) to better enforce prohibitions on retal-11
945310124 iation, including reprisal, restriction, ostracism, 12
945410125 and maltreatment, set forth in section 1034 of 13
945510126 title 10, United States Code, and section 2302 14
945610127 of title 5, United States Code; and 15
945710128 (C) to hold commanding officers and civil-16
945810129 ian supervisors accountable for enforcing and 17
945910130 complying with prohibitions on any form of re-18
946010131 taliation described in such section. 19
946110132 SEC. 422. REVIEW AND MODIFICATION OF COAST GUARD 20
946210133 ACADEMY POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT 21
946310134 AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 22
946410135 (a) I
946510136 NGENERAL.—The Superintendent of the Coast 23
946610137 Guard Academy (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Super-24
9467-intendent’’) shall— 25 336
9468-†S 524 ES
10138+intendent’’) shall— 25
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946910142 (1) not later than 60 days after the date of the 1
947010143 enactment of this Act, commence a review of the 2
947110144 Coast Guard Academy policy on sexual harassment 3
947210145 and sexual violence established in accordance with 4
947310146 section 1902 of title 14, United States Code, that in-5
947410147 cludes an evaluation as to whether any long-standing 6
947510148 Coast Guard Academy tradition, system, process, or 7
947610149 internal policy impedes the implementation of nec-8
947710150 essary evidence-informed best practices followed by 9
947810151 other military service academies in prevention, re-10
947910152 sponse, and recovery relating to sexual harassment 11
948010153 and sexual violence; and 12
948110154 (2) not later than 180 days after the date of 13
948210155 the enactment of this Act— 14
948310156 (A) complete such review; and 15
948410157 (B) modify such policy in accordance with 16
948510158 subsection (b). 17
948610159 (b) M
948710160 ODIFICATIONS TOPOLICY.—In modifying the 18
948810161 Coast Guard Academy policy on sexual harassment and 19
948910162 sexual violence referred to in subsection (a), the Super-20
949010163 intendent shall ensure that such policy includes the fol-21
949110164 lowing: 22
949210165 (1) Each matter required to be specified by sec-23
9493-tion 1902(b) of title 14, United States Code. 24 337
9494-†S 524 ES
10166+tion 1902(b) of title 14, United States Code. 24
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949510170 (2) Updates to achieve compliance with chapter 1
949610171 47 of title 10, United States Code (Uniform Code of 2
949710172 Military Justice). 3
949810173 (3) A description of the roles and responsibil-4
949910174 ities of staff of the Coast Guard Academy Sexual 5
950010175 Assault Prevention, Response, and Recovery pro-6
950110176 gram, including— 7
950210177 (A) the Sexual Assault Response Coordi-8
950310178 nator; 9
950410179 (B) the Victim Advocate Program Spe-10
950510180 cialist; 11
950610181 (C) the Volunteer Victim Advocate; and 12
950710182 (D) the Primary Prevention Specialist, as 13
950810183 established under subsection (c). 14
950910184 (4) A description of the role of the Coast Guard 15
951010185 Investigative Service with respect to sexual harass-16
951110186 ment and sexual violence prevention, response, and 17
951210187 recovery at the Coast Guard Academy. 18
951310188 (5) A description of the role of support staff at 19
951410189 the Coast Guard Academy, including chaplains, with 20
951510190 respect to sexual harassment and sexual violence 21
951610191 prevention, response, and recovery. 22
951710192 (6) Measures to promote awareness of dating 23
951810193 violence. 24
9519-(7) A delineation of the relationship between— 25 338
9520-†S 524 ES
10194+(7) A delineation of the relationship between— 25
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952110198 (A) cadet advocacy groups organized for 1
952210199 the prevention of, response to, and recovery 2
952310200 from sexual harassment and sexual violence, in-3
952410201 cluding Cadets Against Sexual Assault; and 4
952510202 (B) the staff of the Coast Guard Academy 5
952610203 Sexual Assault Prevention, Response, and Re-6
952710204 covery program. 7
952810205 (8) A provision that requires cadets and Coast 8
952910206 Guard Academy personnel to participate in not 9
953010207 fewer than one in-person training each academic 10
953110208 year on the prevention of, responses to, and re-11
953210209 sources relating to incidents of sexual harassment 12
953310210 and sexual violence, to be provided by the staff of 13
953410211 the Coast Guard Academy Sexual Assault Preven-14
953510212 tion, Response, and Recovery program. 15
953610213 (9) The establishment, revision, or expansion, 16
953710214 as necessary, of an anti-retaliation Superintendent’s 17
953810215 Instruction for cadets who— 18
953910216 (A) report incidents of sexual harassment 19
954010217 or sexual violence; 20
954110218 (B) participate in cadet advocacy groups 21
954210219 that advocate for the prevention of, response to, 22
954310220 and recovery from sexual harassment and sex-23
9544-ual violence; or 24 339
9545-†S 524 ES
10221+ual violence; or 24
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954610225 (C) seek assistance from a company offi-1
954710226 cer, company senior enlisted leader, athletic 2
954810227 coach, or other Coast Guard Academy staff 3
954910228 member with respect to a mental health or 4
955010229 other medical emergency. 5
955110230 (10) A provision that explains the purpose of 6
955210231 and process for issuance of a no-contact order at the 7
955310232 Coast Guard Academy, including a description of the 8
955410233 manner in which such an order shall be enforced. 9
955510234 (11) A provision that explains the purpose of 10
955610235 and process for issuance of a military protective 11
955710236 order at the Coast Guard Academy, including a de-12
955810237 scription of— 13
955910238 (A) the manner in which such an order 14
956010239 shall be enforced; and 15
956110240 (B) the associated requirement to notify 16
956210241 the National Criminal Information Center of 17
956310242 the issuance of such an order. 18
956410243 (c) P
956510244 RIMARYPREVENTIONSPECIALIST.—Not later 19
956610245 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 20
956710246 the Superintendent shall hire a Primary Prevention Spe-21
956810247 cialist, to be located and serve at the Coast Guard Acad-22
956910248 emy. 23
957010249 (d) T
957110250 EMPORARYLEAVE OFABSENCETORECEIVE 24
957210251 M
9573-EDICALSERVICES AND MENTALHEALTH AND RE-25 340
9574-†S 524 ES
10252+EDICALSERVICES AND MENTALHEALTH AND RE-25
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957510256 LATEDSUPPORTSERVICES.—The Superintendent shall 1
957610257 ensure that the Academy’s policy regarding a cadet who 2
957710258 has made a restricted or unrestricted report of sexual har-3
957810259 assment to request a leave of absence from the Coast 4
957910260 Guard Academy is consistent with other military service 5
958010261 academies. 6
958110262 SEC. 423. COAST GUARD AND COAST GUARD ACADEMY AC-7
958210263 CESS TO DEFENSE SEXUAL ASSAULT INCI-8
958310264 DENT DATABASE. 9
958410265 (a) M
958510266 EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not later 10
958610267 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 11
958710268 the Commandant, in consultation with the Secretary of 12
958810269 Defense, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding 13
958910270 to enable the criminal offender case management and ana-14
959010271 lytics database of the Coast Guard to have system inter-15
959110272 face access with the Defense Sexual Assault Incident 16
959210273 Database (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Database’’) 17
959310274 established by section 563 of the Duncan Hunter National 18
959410275 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (10 19
959510276 U.S.C. 1561 note). 20
959610277 (b) P
959710278 LAN.— 21
959810279 (1) I
959910280 N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 22
960010281 entering into the memorandum of understanding re-23
960110282 quired under subsection (a), the Commandant, in 24
9602-consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 25 341
9603-†S 524 ES
10283+consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 25
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960410287 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 1
960510288 plan to carry out the terms of such memorandum. 2
960610289 (2) E
960710290 LEMENTS.—The plan required under 3
960810291 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 4
960910292 (A) Measures to ensure that authorized 5
961010293 staff of the Coast Guard have system interface 6
961110294 access to the Database, and a description of 7
961210295 any barrier to such access. 8
961310296 (B) Measures to ensure that authorized 9
961410297 staff of the Coast Guard Academy have system 10
961510298 interface access to the Database, and a descrip-11
961610299 tion of any barrier to such access that is unique 12
961710300 to the Coast Guard Academy. 13
961810301 (C) Measures to facilitate formal or infor-14
961910302 mal communication between the Coast Guard 15
962010303 and the Sexual Assault Prevention and Re-16
962110304 sponse Office of the Department of Defense, or 17
962210305 any other relevant Department of Defense com-18
962310306 ponent, to identify or seek a resolution to bar-19
962410307 riers to Database access. 20
962510308 (D) A description of the steps, measures, 21
962610309 and improvements necessary to remove any bar-22
962710310 rier encountered by staff of the Coast Guard or 23
962810311 the Coast Guard Academy in accessing the 24
9629-Database, including any failure of system inter-25 342
9630-†S 524 ES
10312+Database, including any failure of system inter-25
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963110316 face access necessitating manual entry of inves-1
963210317 tigative data. 2
963310318 (E) An assessment of the technical chal-3
963410319 lenges, timeframes, and costs associated with 4
963510320 providing authorized staff of the Coast Guard 5
963610321 and the Coast Guard Academy with system 6
963710322 interface access for the Database that is sub-7
963810323 stantially similar to such system interface ac-8
963910324 cess possessed by other branches of the Armed 9
964010325 Forces. 10
964110326 (3) A
964210327 PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 11
964310328 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro-12
964410329 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 13
964510330 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 14
964610331 and Transportation and the Committee on 15
964710332 Armed Services of the Senate; and 16
964810333 (B) the Committee on Transportation and 17
964910334 Infrastructure and the Committee on Armed 18
965010335 Services of the House of Representatives. 19
965110336 SEC. 424. DIRECTOR OF COAST GUARD INVESTIGATIVE 20
965210337 SERVICE. 21
965310338 (a) I
965410339 NGENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 14, United 22
965510340 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-23
9656-lowing: 24 343
9657-†S 524 ES
10341+lowing: 24
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965810345 ‘‘§ 325. Director of Coast Guard Investigative Service 1
965910346 ‘‘(a) I
966010347 NGENERAL.—There shall be a Director of the 2
966110348 Coast Guard Investigative Service. 3
966210349 ‘‘(b) C
966310350 HAIN OFCOMMAND.—The Director of the 4
966410351 Coast Guard Investigative Service shall report directly to 5
966510352 and be under the general supervision of the Commandant, 6
966610353 acting through the Vice Commandant of the Coast 7
966710354 Guard.’’. 8
966810355 (b) C
966910356 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for Chap-9
967010357 ter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by insert-10
967110358 ing after the item relating to section 324 the following: 11
967210359 ‘‘325. Director of Coast Guard Investigative Service.’’.
967310360 SEC. 425. MODIFICATIONS AND REVISIONS RELATING TO
967410361 12
967510362 REOPENING RETIRED GRADE DETERMINA-13
967610363 TIONS. 14
967710364 (a) I
967810365 NGENERAL.—Section 2501(d)(2) of title 14, 15
967910366 United States Code, is amended— 16
968010367 (1) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘a’’ before 17
968110368 ‘‘competent authority’’; 18
968210369 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through 19
968310370 (E) as subparagraphs (F) through (H), respectively; 20
968410371 and 21
968510372 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-22
968610373 lowing: 23
968710374 ‘‘(C) substantial evidence comes to light 24
9688-that, during the commissioned service of the of-25 344
9689-†S 524 ES
10375+that, during the commissioned service of the of-25
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969010379 ficer, the officer failed to carry out applicable 1
969110380 laws, with an intent to deceive or defraud; 2
969210381 ‘‘(D) substantial evidence comes to light 3
969310382 after the retirement that the officer committed 4
969410383 rape or sexual assault, as described in sections 5
969510384 920(a) and 920(b) of title 10 (articles 120(a) 6
969610385 and 120(b) of the Uniform Code of Military 7
969710386 Justice) at any time during the commissioned 8
969810387 service of the officer; 9
969910388 ‘‘(E) substantial evidence comes to light 10
970010389 after the retirement that the commissioned offi-11
970110390 cer knew of and failed to report through proper 12
970210391 channels, in accordance with existing law at the 13
970310392 time of the alleged incident, any known in-14
970410393 stances of sexual assault by a member of the 15
970510394 Coast Guard under the command of the officer 16
970610395 during the officer’s service;’’. 17
970710396 (b) I
970810397 SSUANCE ANDREVISION OFREGULATIONSRE-18
970910398 LATING TOGOODCAUSETOREOPENRETIREDGRADE 19
971010399 D
971110400 ETERMINATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the 20
971210401 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the depart-21
971310402 ment in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue 22
971410403 or revise, as applicable, and at the discretion of the Sec-23
971510404 retary consistent with this section, regulations of the 24
9716-Coast Guard to do the following: 25 345
9717-†S 524 ES
10405+Coast Guard to do the following: 25
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971810409 (1) Define what constitutes good cause to re-1
971910410 open a retired grade determination referred to in 2
972010411 subparagraph (H) of section 2501(d)(2) of title 14, 3
972110412 United States Code, as redesignated by subsection 4
972210413 (a), to ensure that the following shall be considered 5
972310414 good cause for such a reopening: 6
972410415 (A) Circumstances that constitute a failure 7
972510416 to carry out applicable laws regarding a report 8
972610417 of sexual assault with an intent to deceive by a 9
972710418 commissioned officer, that relate to a response 10
972810419 made to a report of sexual assault, during the 11
972910420 commissioned service of the officer. 12
973010421 (B) Substantial evidence of sexual assault 13
973110422 by the commissioned officer concerned, at any 14
973210423 time during the commissioned service of such 15
973310424 officer, or such evidence that was not consid-16
973410425 ered by the Coast Guard in a manner consistent 17
973510426 with law. 18
973610427 (2) Identify the standard for making, and the 19
973710428 evidentiary showing required to support, an adverse 20
973810429 determination on the retired grade of a commis-21
973910430 sioned officer. 22
974010431 (c) R
974110432 EVISION OFLIMITATIONS ONREOPENINGRE-23
974210433 TIREDGRADEDETERMINATIONS.—Not later than 180 24
9743-days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 25 346
9744-†S 524 ES
10434+days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 25
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974510438 of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 1
974610439 shall revise applicable guidance in section K.10 of chapter 2
974710440 3 of Commandant Instruction 1000.4A to remove any re-3
974810441 striction that limits the ability to reopen the retired grade 4
974910442 of a commissioned officer based on— 5
975010443 (1) whether new evidence is discovered contem-6
975110444 poraneously with or within a short time period after 7
975210445 the date of retirement of the officer concerned; and 8
975310446 (2) whether the misconduct concerned was not 9
975410447 discoverable through due diligence. 10
975510448 (d) S
975610449 AVINGSCLAUSE.—No provision of this section 11
975710450 or the amendments made by this section shall be construed 12
975810451 to permit a review of conduct that was not in violation 13
975910452 of law or policy at the time of the alleged conduct. 14
976010453 SEC. 426. INCLUSION AND COMMAND REVIEW OF INFORMA-15
976110454 TION ON COVERED MISCONDUCT IN PER-16
976210455 SONNEL SERVICE RECORDS. 17
976310456 (a) I
976410457 NGENERAL.—Chapter 25 of title 14, United 18
976510458 States Code, is amended— 19
976610459 (1) in subchapter II, by redesignating section 20
976710460 2521 as section 2531; and 21
976810461 (2) in subchapter I, as amended by this Act, by 22
9769-adding at the end the following: 23 347
9770-†S 524 ES
10462+adding at the end the following: 23
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977110466 ‘‘§ 2521. Inclusion and command review of informa-1
977210467 tion on covered misconduct in personnel 2
977310468 service records 3
977410469 ‘‘(a) I
977510470 NFORMATION ON REPORTS ONCOVEREDMIS-4
977610471 CONDUCT.— 5
977710472 ‘‘(1) I
977810473 N GENERAL.—If a complaint of covered 6
977910474 misconduct is made against a member of the Coast 7
978010475 Guard and the member is convicted by court-martial 8
978110476 or receives nonjudicial punishment or punitive ad-9
978210477 ministrative action for such covered misconduct, a 10
978310478 notation to that effect shall be placed in the per-11
978410479 sonnel service record of the member, regardless of 12
978510480 the grade of the member. 13
978610481 ‘‘(2) P
978710482 URPOSE.—The purpose of the inclusion 14
978810483 of information in personnel service records under 15
978910484 paragraph (1) is to alert supervisors and com-16
979010485 manders to any member of their command who has 17
979110486 received a court-martial conviction, nonjudicial pun-18
979210487 ishment, or punitive administrative action for cov-19
979310488 ered misconduct in order— 20
979410489 ‘‘(A) to reduce the likelihood that repeat 21
979510490 offenses will escape the notice of supervisors 22
979610491 and commanders; and 23
979710492 ‘‘(B) to help inform commissioning or 24
9798-promotability of the member; 25 348
9799-†S 524 ES
10493+promotability of the member; 25
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980010497 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON PLACEMENT .—A notation 1
980110498 under paragraph (1) may not be placed in the re-2
980210499 stricted section of the personnel service record of a 3
980310500 member. 4
980410501 ‘‘(4) C
980510502 ONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-5
980610503 section may be construed to prohibit or limit the ca-6
980710504 pacity of a member of the Coast Guard to challenge 7
980810505 or appeal the placement of a notation, or location of 8
980910506 placement of a notation, in the personnel service 9
981010507 record of the member in accordance with procedures 10
981110508 otherwise applicable to such challenges or appeals. 11
981210509 ‘‘(b) C
981310510 OMMANDREVIEW OFHISTORY OFCOVERED 12
981410511 M
981510512 ISCONDUCT.— 13
981610513 ‘‘(1) I
981710514 N GENERAL.—Under policy to be pre-14
981810515 scribed by the Secretary, the commanding officer of 15
981910516 a unit or facility to which a covered member is as-16
982010517 signed or transferred shall review the history of cov-17
982110518 ered misconduct as documented in the personnel 18
982210519 service record of a covered member in order to be-19
982310520 come familiar with such history of the covered mem-20
982410521 ber. 21
982510522 ‘‘(2) C
982610523 OVERED MEMBER DEFINED .—In this 22
982710524 subsection, the term ‘covered member’ means a 23
982810525 member of the Coast Guard who, at the time of as-24
9829-signment or transfer as described in paragraph (1), 25 349
9830-†S 524 ES
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983110530 has a history of 1 or more covered misconduct of-1
983210531 fenses as documented in the personnel service record 2
983310532 of such member or such other records or files as the 3
983410533 Commandant shall specify in the policy prescribed 4
983510534 under subparagraph (A). 5
983610535 ‘‘(c) R
983710536 EVIEW OFPERSONNELSERVICERECORD TO 6
983810537 D
983910538 ETERMINESUITABILITY FORCIVILIANEMPLOYMENT.— 7
984010539 Under policy to be prescribed by the Secretary, the Com-8
984110540 mandant shall establish procedures that are consistent 9
984210541 with the law, policies, and practices of the Department of 10
984310542 Defense in effect on the date of enactment of the Coast 11
984410543 Guard Authorization Act of 2025 to consider and review 12
984510544 the personnel service record of a former member of the 13
984610545 Armed Forces to determine the suitability of the individual 14
984710546 for civilian employment in the Coast Guard.’’. 15
984810547 (b) C
984910548 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-16
985010549 ter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— 17
985110550 (1) by striking the item relating to section 2521 18
985210551 and inserting the following: 19
985310552 ‘‘2531. Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard.’’; and
985410553 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-20
985510554 tion 2520 (as added by this Act) the following: 21
985610555 ‘‘2521. Inclusion and command review of information on covered misconduct in
9857-personnel service records.’’. 350
9858-†S 524 ES
10556+personnel service records.’’.
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985910560 SEC. 427. FLAG OFFICER REVIEW OF, AND CONCURRENCE 1
986010561 IN, SEPARATION OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE RE-2
986110562 PORTED SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. 3
986210563 (a) P
986310564 OLICYTOREQUIREREVIEW OFCERTAINPRO-4
986410565 POSEDINVOLUNTARYSEPARATIONS.—Not later than 120 5
986510566 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-6
986610567 mandant shall establish, with respect to any proposed in-7
986710568 voluntary separation under chapter 59 of title 10, United 8
986810569 States Code, a Coast Guard policy to review the cir-9
986910570 cumstances of, and grounds for, such a proposed involun-10
987010571 tary separation of any member of the Coast Guard who— 11
987110572 (1) made a restricted or unrestricted report of 12
987210573 covered misconduct (as such term is defined in sec-13
987310574 tion 2519 of title 14, United States Code); 14
987410575 (2) within 2 years after making such a report, 15
987510576 is recommended for involuntary separation from the 16
987610577 Coast Guard; and 17
987710578 (3) requests the review on the grounds that the 18
987810579 member believes the recommendation for involuntary 19
987910580 separation from the Coast Guard was initiated in re-20
988010581 taliation for making the report. 21
988110582 (b) R
988210583 ECUSAL.— 22
988310584 (1) I
988410585 N GENERAL.—The policy established under 23
988510586 subsection (a) shall set forth a process for the 24
988610587 recusal of commanding officers and the flag officer 25
9887-described in subsection (c)(2) from making initial or 26 351
9888-†S 524 ES
10588+described in subsection (c)(2) from making initial or 26
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988910592 subsequent decisions on proposed separations or 1
989010593 from reviewing proposed separations. 2
989110594 (2) C
989210595 RITERIA.—The recusal process established 3
989310596 under paragraph (1) shall specify criteria for 4
989410597 recusal, including mandatory recusal from making a 5
989510598 decision on a proposed separation, and from review-6
989610599 ing a proposed separation, if the commanding officer 7
989710600 or the flag officer described in subsection (c)(2) was, 8
989810601 at any time— 9
989910602 (A) the subject of a complaint of any form 10
990010603 of assault, harassment, or retaliation, filed by 11
990110604 the member of the Coast Guard described in 12
990210605 subsection (a) who is the subject of a proposed 13
990310606 involuntary separation or whose proposed sepa-14
990410607 ration is under review; or 15
990510608 (B) associated with the individual sus-16
990610609 pected or accused of perpetrating the incident 17
990710610 of covered misconduct reported by such mem-18
990810611 ber. 19
990910612 (c) C
991010613 ONCURRENCE OF FLAGOFFICERREQUIRED.— 20
991110614 (1) I
991210615 N GENERAL.—The policy established under 21
991310616 subsection (a) shall require the concurrence of the 22
991410617 flag officer described in paragraph (2) in order to 23
991510618 separate the member of the Coast Guard described 24
9916-in such subsection. 25 352
9917-†S 524 ES
10619+in such subsection. 25
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991810623 (2) FLAG OFFICER DESCRIBED .— 1
991910624 (A) I
992010625 N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 2
992110626 subparagraph (B), the flag officer described in 3
992210627 this paragraph is— 4
992310628 (i) the Deputy Commandant for Mis-5
992410629 sion Support or the successor Vice Admiral 6
992510630 that oversees personnel policy; or 7
992610631 (ii) a designee of the Deputy Com-8
992710632 mandant for Mission Support (or the suc-9
992810633 cessor Vice Admiral that oversees per-10
992910634 sonnel policy) who is in a grade not lower 11
993010635 than O–7. 12
993110636 (B) C
993210637 HAIN OF COMMAND EXCEPTION .—In 13
993310638 the case of a member of the Coast Guard de-14
993410639 scribed in subsection (a) who is in the imme-15
993510640 diate chain of command of the Deputy Com-16
993610641 mandant for Mission Support or the successor 17
993710642 Vice Admiral that oversees personnel policy or 18
993810643 the designee of the Deputy Commandant for 19
993910644 Mission Support or the successor Vice Admiral 20
994010645 that oversees personnel policy, the flag officer 21
994110646 described in this paragraph is a flag officer out-22
994210647 side the chain of command of such member, as 23
994310648 determined by the Commandant consistent with 24
9944-the policy established under subsection (a). 25 353
9945-†S 524 ES
10649+the policy established under subsection (a). 25
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994610653 (d) NOTIFICATIONREQUIRED.—Any member of the 1
994710654 Coast Guard who has made a report of covered misconduct 2
994810655 and who receives a proposal for involuntary separation 3
994910656 shall be notified at the time of such proposal of the right 4
995010657 of the member to a review under this section. 5
995110658 SEC. 428. EXPEDITED TRANSFER IN CASES OF SEXUAL MIS-6
995210659 CONDUCT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 7
995310660 (a) E
995410661 XPEDITEDTRANSFERPOLICYUPDATE.—Not 8
995510662 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 9
995610663 Act, the Commandant shall update Coast Guard policy as 10
995710664 necessary to implement— 11
995810665 (1) an expedited transfer process for covered in-12
995910666 dividuals consistent with— 13
996010667 (A) Department of Defense policy on expe-14
996110668 dited transfers of victims of sexual assault or 15
996210669 domestic violence in place on the date of enact-16
996310670 ment of this Act; and 17
996410671 (B) subsection (b); and 18
996510672 (2) a process by which— 19
996610673 (A) a covered individual, the commanding 20
996710674 officer of a covered individual, or any other 21
996810675 Coast Guard official may initiate a request that 22
996910676 a subject be administratively assigned to an-23
997010677 other unit in accordance with military assign-24
9971-ments and authorized absence policy for the du-25 354
9972-†S 524 ES
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997310682 ration of the investigation and, if applicable, 1
997410683 prosecution of such subject; 2
997510684 (B) the Coast Guard shall ensure that any 3
997610685 administrative assignment action in response to 4
997710686 a request under subparagraph (A) will be taken 5
997810687 not as a punitive measure, but solely for the 6
997910688 purpose of maintaining good order and dis-7
998010689 cipline within the unit of the covered individual 8
998110690 or the subject; and 9
998210691 (C) protection of due process for the sub-10
998310692 ject is preserved. 11
998410693 (b) R
998510694 ECUSAL.—The expedited transfer process imple-12
998610695 mented under this section shall require the recusal of any 13
998710696 official involved in the approval or denial of an expedited 14
998810697 transfer request if the official was, at any time— 15
998910698 (1) the subject of a complaint of any form of 16
999010699 assault, harassment, or retaliation, or any other type 17
999110700 of complaint, filed by the covered individual; or 18
999210701 (2) associated, beyond workplace interactions, 19
999310702 with the subject in a manner that may present an 20
999410703 actual or apparent conflict of interest. 21
999510704 (c) N
999610705 OTIFICATIONREQUIREMENT.—With respect to 22
999710706 a member of the Coast Guard who makes an unrestricted 23
999810707 report of sexual assault or a report of domestic violence, 24
9999-the updated policy required under subsection (a) shall 25 355
10000-†S 524 ES
10708+the updated policy required under subsection (a) shall 25
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1000110712 specify the appropriate officials of the Coast Guard who 1
1000210713 shall provide such member with information regarding ex-2
1000310714 pedited transfer authority. 3
1000410715 (d) R
1000510716 EPORT.— 4
1000610717 (1) I
1000710718 NITIAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 5
1000810719 of the year that is not less than 1 year after the 6
1000910720 date on which the updates required under subsection 7
1001010721 (a) are completed, the Commandant shall submit to 8
1001110722 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-9
1001210723 portation of the Senate and the Committee on 10
1001310724 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 11
1001410725 Representatives, as an enclosure or appendix to the 12
1001510726 report required by section 5112 of title 14, United 13
1001610727 States Code, a report on such updates that in-14
1001710728 cludes— 15
1001810729 (A) a copy of the updated policies of the 16
1001910730 Coast Guard relating to expedited transfers; 17
1002010731 (B) a summary of such updated policies; 18
1002110732 (C) for the preceding year, the number of 19
1002210733 covered individuals who have requested an expe-20
1002310734 dited transfer, disaggregated by gender of the 21
1002410735 requester and whether the request was granted 22
10025-or denied; 23 356
10026-†S 524 ES
10736+or denied; 23
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1002710740 (D) for each denial of an expedited trans-1
1002810741 fer request during the preceding year, a de-2
1002910742 scription of the rationale for the denial; and 3
1003010743 (E) any other matter the Commandant 4
1003110744 considers appropriate. 5
1003210745 (2) S
1003310746 UBSEQUENT REPORTS .—Not later than 1 6
1003410747 year after the Commandant submits the report re-7
1003510748 quired under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter 8
1003610749 for 3 years, the Commandant shall submit to the 9
1003710750 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-10
1003810751 tation of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-11
1003910752 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-12
1004010753 resentatives, as an enclosure or appendix to the re-13
1004110754 port required by section 5112 of title 14, United 14
1004210755 States Code, a report on the updates required under 15
1004310756 subsection (a) that includes— 16
1004410757 (A) any policies of the Coast Guard relat-17
1004510758 ing to expedited transfers that have been up-18
1004610759 dated since the previous report submitted under 19
1004710760 this subsection; 20
1004810761 (B) a summary of any such updated poli-21
1004910762 cies; and 22
1005010763 (C) the information described under sub-23
1005110764 paragraphs (C) through (E) of paragraph (1). 24
1005210765 (e) D
10053-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 25 357
10054-†S 524 ES
10766+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 25
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1005510770 (1) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 1
1005610771 individual’’ means— 2
1005710772 (A) a member of the Coast Guard who is 3
1005810773 a victim of sexual assault in a case handled 4
1005910774 under the Sexual Assault Prevention, Response, 5
1006010775 and Recovery Program or the Family Advocacy 6
1006110776 Program; 7
1006210777 (B) a member of the Coast Guard who is 8
1006310778 a victim of domestic violence (as defined by the 9
1006410779 Secretary of the department in which the Coast 10
1006510780 Guard is operating in the policies prescribed 11
1006610781 under this section) committed by the spouse or 12
1006710782 intimate partner of the member, regardless of 13
1006810783 whether the spouse or intimate partner is a 14
1006910784 member of the Coast Guard; and 15
1007010785 (C) a member of the Coast Guard whose 16
1007110786 dependent is a victim of sexual assault or do-17
1007210787 mestic violence. 18
1007310788 (2) S
1007410789 UBJECT.—The term ‘‘subject’’ means a 19
1007510790 member of the Coast Guard who is the subject of an 20
1007610791 investigation related to alleged incidents of sexual 21
1007710792 assault or domestic violence and is stationed at the 22
1007810793 same installation as, or in close proximity to, the 23
10079-covered individual involved. 24 358
10080-†S 524 ES
10794+covered individual involved. 24
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1008110798 SEC. 429. ACCESS TO TEMPORARY SEPARATION PROGRAM 1
1008210799 FOR VICTIMS OF ALLEGED SEX-RELATED OF-2
1008310800 FENSES. 3
1008410801 (a) I
1008510802 NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 4
1008610803 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall up-5
1008710804 date the Coast Guard policy relating to temporary separa-6
1008810805 tion of members of the Coast Guard who are victims of 7
1008910806 alleged sex-related offenses as required under subsection 8
1009010807 (b). 9
1009110808 (b) E
1009210809 LIGIBILITY.—The updated policy required under 10
1009310810 subsection (a) shall include— 11
1009410811 (1) a provision that allows a member of the 12
1009510812 Coast Guard to request to participate in the tem-13
1009610813 porary separation program if the member has re-14
1009710814 ported, in an unrestricted format or to the greatest 15
1009810815 extent practicable, a restricted format, being the vic-16
1009910816 tim of an alleged sex-related offense on a date that 17
1010010817 is during— 18
1010110818 (A) the 5-year period preceding the re-19
1010210819 quested date of separation; and 20
1010310820 (B) the military service of the member; 21
1010410821 (2) a provision that provides eligibility for a 22
1010510822 member of the Coast Guard to request temporary 23
1010610823 separation if the member has reported being the vic-24
10107-tim of an alleged sex-related offense, even if— 25 359
10108-†S 524 ES
10824+tim of an alleged sex-related offense, even if— 25
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1010910828 (A) the member has had a previous tem-1
1011010829 porary separation including a previous tem-2
1011110830 porary separation as the victim of a previous 3
1011210831 unrelated alleged sex-related offense; or 4
1011310832 (B) the enlistment period of the member is 5
1011410833 not nearing expiration or the tour or contract 6
1011510834 of the member is not nearing completion; 7
1011610835 (3) an updated standard of review consistent 8
1011710836 with the application of, and purposes of, this section; 9
1011810837 and 10
1011910838 (4) the establishment of a process— 11
1012010839 (A) for eligible members to make requests 12
1012110840 for temporary separation under this section; 13
1012210841 and 14
1012310842 (B) that allows the Commandant to con-15
1012410843 sider whether to allow a member granted tem-16
1012510844 porary separation under this section to fulfill 17
1012610845 the enlistment period or tour or contract obliga-18
1012710846 tion of the member after the end of the tem-19
1012810847 porary separation period. 20
1012910848 (c) E
1013010849 XCEPTIONFROMREPAYMENT OFBONUSES, IN-21
1013110850 CENTIVEPAY, ORSIMILARBENEFITS ANDTERMINATION 22
1013210851 OFREMAININGPAYMENTS.—For any temporary separa-23
1013310852 tion granted under the updated policy required under sub-24
10134-section (a), the Secretary concerned may conduct a review 25 360
10135-†S 524 ES
10853+section (a), the Secretary concerned may conduct a review 25
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1013610857 to determine whether to exercise discretion in accordance 1
1013710858 with section 373(b)(1) of title 37, United States Code. 2
1013810859 (d) D
1013910860 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
1014010861 (1) S
1014110862 ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term ‘‘Sec-4
1014210863 retary concerned’’ has the meaning given such term 5
1014310864 in section 101 of title 37, United States Code. 6
1014410865 (2) S
1014510866 EX-RELATED OFFENSE .—The term ‘‘sex- 7
1014610867 related offense’’ has the meaning given such term in 8
1014710868 section 1044e(h) of title 10, United States Code. 9
1014810869 SEC. 430. POLICY AND PROGRAM TO EXPAND PREVENTION 10
1014910870 OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. 11
1015010871 (a) I
1015110872 NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 12
1015210873 date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall de-13
1015310874 velop and issue a comprehensive policy for the Coast 14
1015410875 Guard to reinvigorate the prevention of misconduct involv-15
1015510876 ing members and civilians of the Coast Guard that con-16
1015610877 tains the policy elements described in section 1561 of title 17
1015710878 10, United States Code. 18
1015810879 (b) P
1015910880 ROGRAMSREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 19
1016010881 after the issuance of the policy required under paragraph 20
1016110882 (1), the Commandant shall develop and implement for the 21
1016210883 Coast Guard a program to reinvigorate the prevention of 22
1016310884 misconduct involving members and civilians of the Coast 23
10164-Guard. 24 361
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1016610889 SEC. 431. CONTINUOUS VETTING OF SECURITY CLEAR-1
1016710890 ANCES. 2
1016810891 Section 1564(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 3
1016910892 amended— 4
1017010893 (1) in paragraph (1)— 5
1017110894 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 6
1017210895 (A) by inserting ‘‘, and the Secretary of Home-7
1017310896 land Security shall conduct an investigation or 8
1017410897 adjudication under subsection (a) of any indi-9
1017510898 vidual described in paragraph (3),’’ after ‘‘para-10
1017610899 graph (2)’’; and 11
1017710900 (B) in subparagraph (A)(iv) by striking 12
1017810901 ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 13
1017910902 Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, 14
1018010903 as the case may be,’’; 15
1018110904 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘(other than 16
1018210905 an individual described in paragraph (3))’’ after ‘‘is 17
1018310906 an individual’’; 18
1018410907 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 19
1018510908 paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 20
1018610909 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-21
1018710910 lowing new paragraph: 22
1018810911 ‘‘(3) An individual described in this paragraph is an 23
1018910912 individual who has a security clearance and is— 24
10190-‘‘(A) a flag officer of the Coast Guard; or 25 362
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10913+‘‘(A) a flag officer of the Coast Guard; or 25
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1019210917 ‘‘(B) an employee of the Coast Guard in the 1
1019310918 Senior Executive Service.’’; and 2
1019410919 (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-3
1019510920 graph (3), by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and all that fol-4
1019610921 lows through ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting the fol-5
1019710922 lowing: ‘‘Secretary of Defense, in the case of an indi-6
1019810923 vidual described in paragraph (2), and the Secretary 7
1019910924 of Homeland Security, in the case of an individual 8
1020010925 described in paragraph (3), shall ensure that rel-9
1020110926 evant information on the conviction or determination 10
1020210927 described in paragraph (1) of such an individual’’. 11
1020310928 SEC. 432. TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR COV-12
1020410929 ERED MISCONDUCT PREVENTION AND RE-13
1020510930 SPONSE. 14
1020610931 (a) M
1020710932 ODIFICATION OFCURRICULUM.— 15
1020810933 (1) I
1020910934 N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 16
1021010935 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 17
1021110936 shall revise the curriculum of the Coast Guard with 18
1021210937 respect to covered misconduct prevention and re-19
1021310938 sponse training— 20
1021410939 (A) to include— 21
1021510940 (i) information on procedures and re-22
1021610941 sponsibilities with respect to reporting re-23
1021710942 quirements, investigations, survivor health 24
10218-and safety (including expedited transfers, 25 363
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10943+and safety (including expedited transfers, 25
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1022010947 no-contact orders, military and civilian 1
1022110948 protective orders, and temporary separa-2
1022210949 tions), and whistleblower protections; 3
1022310950 (ii) information on Department of 4
1022410951 Veterans Affairs resources available to vet-5
1022510952 erans, active-duty personnel, and reserve 6
1022610953 personnel; 7
1022710954 (iii) information on the right of any 8
1022810955 member of the Coast Guard to seek legal 9
1022910956 resources outside the Coast Guard; 10
1023010957 (iv) general information regarding the 11
1023110958 availability of legal resources provided by 12
1023210959 civilian legal services organizations, pre-13
1023310960 sented in an organized and consistent 14
1023410961 manner that does not endorse any par-15
1023510962 ticular legal services organization; and 16
1023610963 (v) information on the capability, op-17
1023710964 erations, reporting structure, and require-18
1023810965 ments with respect to the Chief Prosecutor 19
1023910966 of the Coast Guard; and 20
1024010967 (B) to address the workforce training rec-21
1024110968 ommendations set forth in the memorandum of 22
1024210969 the Coast Guard titled ‘‘Commandant’s Di-23
1024310970 rected Actions—Accountability and Trans-24
10244-parency’’, issued on November 27, 2023. 25 364
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10971+parency’’, issued on November 27, 2023. 25
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1024610975 (2) COLLABORATION.—In revising the cur-1
1024710976 riculum under this subsection, the Commandant 2
1024810977 shall solicit input from individuals outside the Coast 3
1024910978 Guard who are experts in sexual assault and sexual 4
1025010979 harassment prevention and response training. 5
1025110980 (b) C
1025210981 OVEREDMISCONDUCTPREVENTION AND RE-6
1025310982 SPONSETRAINING ANDEDUCATION.— 7
1025410983 (1) I
1025510984 N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 8
1025610985 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 9
1025710986 shall ensure that all members and civilian employees 10
1025810987 of the Coast Guard are provided with annual covered 11
1025910988 misconduct prevention and response training and 12
1026010989 education for the purpose of strengthening indi-13
1026110990 vidual knowledge, skills, and capacity relating to the 14
1026210991 prevention of and response to covered misconduct. 15
1026310992 (2) S
1026410993 COPE.—The training and education re-16
1026510994 ferred to in paragraph (1)— 17
1026610995 (A) shall be provided as part of— 18
1026710996 (i) initial entry and accession training; 19
1026810997 (ii) annual refresher training; 20
1026910998 (iii) initial and recurring training 21
1027010999 courses for covered first responders; 22
1027111000 (iv) new and prospective commanding 23
1027211001 officer and executive officer training; and 24
10273-(v) specialized leadership training; and 25 365
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11002+(v) specialized leadership training; and 25
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1027511006 (B) shall be tailored for specific leadership 1
1027611007 levels, positions, pay grades, and roles. 2
1027711008 (3) C
1027811009 ONTENT.—The training and education re-3
1027911010 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall include the informa-4
1028011011 tion described in subsection (a)(1)(A). 5
1028111012 (c) C
1028211013 OVEREDFIRSTRESPONDERTRAINING.— 6
1028311014 (1) I
1028411015 N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 7
1028511016 the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 8
1028611017 shall ensure that— 9
1028711018 (A) training for covered first responders 10
1028811019 includes the covered misconduct prevention and 11
1028911020 response training described in subsection (b); 12
1029011021 and 13
1029111022 (B) such covered misconduct prevention 14
1029211023 and response training is provided to covered 15
1029311024 first responders on a recurring basis. 16
1029411025 (2) R
1029511026 EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the infor-17
1029611027 mation described in subsection (a)(1)(A), the initial 18
1029711028 and recurring covered misconduct prevention and re-19
1029811029 sponse training for covered first responders shall in-20
1029911030 clude information on procedures and responsibilities 21
1030011031 with respect to— 22
1030111032 (A) the provision of care to a victim of cov-23
1030211033 ered misconduct, in accordance with profes-24
10303-sional standards or practice, that accounts for 25 366
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11034+sional standards or practice, that accounts for 25
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1030511038 trauma experienced by the victim and associ-1
1030611039 ated symptoms or events that may exacerbate 2
1030711040 such trauma; and 3
1030811041 (B) the manner in which such a victim 4
1030911042 may receive such care. 5
1031011043 (d) T
1031111044 RAINING FORPROSPECTIVECOMMANDINGOF-6
1031211045 FICERS ANDEXECUTIVEOFFICERS.— 7
1031311046 (1) I
1031411047 N GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 8
1031511048 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-9
1031611049 mandant shall ensure that training for prospective 10
1031711050 commanders and executive officers at all levels of 11
1031811051 command includes the covered misconduct preven-12
1031911052 tion and response training described in subsection 13
1032011053 (b). 14
1032111054 (2) R
1032211055 EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the infor-15
1032311056 mation described in subsection (a)(1)(A), the cov-16
1032411057 ered misconduct prevention and response training 17
1032511058 for prospective commanding officers and executive 18
1032611059 officers shall be— 19
1032711060 (A) tailored to the responsibilities and 20
1032811061 leadership requirements of members of the 21
1032911062 Coast Guard as they are assigned to command 22
1033011063 positions; and 23
1033111064 (B) revised, as necessary, to include infor-24
10332-mation on— 25 367
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1033411069 (i) fostering a command climate— 1
1033511070 (I) that does not tolerate covered 2
1033611071 misconduct; 3
1033711072 (II) in which individuals assigned 4
1033811073 to the command are encouraged to in-5
1033911074 tervene to prevent potential incidents 6
1034011075 of covered misconduct; and 7
1034111076 (III) that encourages victims of 8
1034211077 covered misconduct to report any inci-9
1034311078 dent of covered misconduct; 10
1034411079 (ii) the possible variations in the ef-11
1034511080 fect of trauma on individuals who have ex-12
1034611081 perienced covered misconduct; 13
1034711082 (iii) potential differences in the proce-14
1034811083 dures and responsibilities, Department of 15
1034911084 Veterans Affairs resources, and legal re-16
1035011085 sources described in subsection (a)(1)(A) 17
1035111086 depending on the operating environment in 18
1035211087 which an incident of covered misconduct 19
1035311088 occurred; 20
1035411089 (iv) the investigation of alleged inci-21
1035511090 dents of covered misconduct, including 22
1035611091 training on understanding evidentiary 23
10357-standards; 24 368
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1035911096 (v) available disciplinary options, in-1
1036011097 cluding administrative action and deferral 2
1036111098 of discipline for collateral misconduct, and 3
1036211099 examples of disciplinary options in civilian 4
1036311100 jurisdictions; and 5
1036411101 (vi) the capability, operations, report-6
1036511102 ing structure, and requirements with re-7
1036611103 spect to the Chief Prosecutor of the Coast 8
1036711104 Guard. 9
1036811105 (e) E
1036911106 NTRY ANDACCESSIONTRAININGS.— 10
1037011107 (1) I
1037111108 NITIAL TRAINING.— 11
1037211109 (A) I
1037311110 N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 12
1037411111 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 13
1037511112 Commandant shall provide for the inclusion of 14
1037611113 an initial covered misconduct prevention and re-15
1037711114 sponse training module in the training for each 16
1037811115 new member of the Coast Guard, which shall be 17
1037911116 provided not later than 14 duty days after the 18
1038011117 date of accession. 19
1038111118 (B) R
1038211119 EQUIREMENT.—In addition to the in-20
1038311120 formation described in subsection (a)(1)(A), the 21
1038411121 initial training module referred to in subpara-22
1038511122 graph (A) shall include a comprehensive expla-23
10386-nation of Coast Guard— 24 369
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11123+nation of Coast Guard— 24
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1038811127 (i) policy with respect to covered mis-1
1038911128 conduct; and 2
1039011129 (ii) procedures for reporting covered 3
1039111130 misconduct. 4
1039211131 (2) S
1039311132 UBSEQUENT TRAINING .— 5
1039411133 (A) I
1039511134 N GENERAL.—The Commandant shall 6
1039611135 provide for the inclusion of a detailed covered 7
1039711136 misconduct prevention and response training 8
1039811137 module in the training for each new member of 9
1039911138 the Coast Guard, which shall be provided not 10
1040011139 later than 60 duty days after the date on which 11
1040111140 the initial training module described in para-12
1040211141 graph (1)(A) is provided. 13
1040311142 (B) C
1040411143 ONTENT.—The detailed training 14
1040511144 module referred to in subparagraph (A) shall 15
1040611145 include the information described in subsection 16
1040711146 (a)(1)(A). 17
1040811147 (f) D
1040911148 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 18
1041011149 (1) C
1041111150 OVERED FIRST RESPONDER .—The term 19
1041211151 ‘‘covered first responder’’ includes sexual assault re-20
1041311152 sponse coordinators, victim advocates, Coast Guard 21
1041411153 medical officers, Coast Guard security forces, Coast 22
1041511154 Guard Investigative Service agents, judge advocates, 23
1041611155 special victims’ counsel, chaplains, and related per-24
10417-sonnel. 25 370
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1041911160 (2) COVERED MISCONDUCT .—The term ‘‘cov-1
1042011161 ered misconduct’’ has the meaning given such term 2
1042111162 in section 2519 of title 14, United States Code. 3
1042211163 TITLE V—COMPTROLLER 4
1042311164 GENERAL REPORTS 5
1042411165 SEC. 501. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON COAST 6
1042511166 GUARD RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND IN-7
1042611167 NOVATION PROGRAM. 8
1042711168 (a) I
1042811169 NGENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 9
1042911170 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 10
1043011171 of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 11
1043111172 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 12
1043211173 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 13
1043311174 the House of Representatives a report on the state of the 14
1043411175 research, development, and innovation program of the 15
1043511176 Coast Guard during the 5-year period ending on such date 16
1043611177 of enactment. 17
1043711178 (b) E
1043811179 LEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 18
1043911180 (a) shall include the following: 19
1044011181 (1) An evaluation and description of the process 20
1044111182 for selecting projects to be carried out under the re-21
1044211183 search, development, and innovation program of the 22
1044311184 Coast Guard. 23
1044411185 (2) An analysis of the manner in which funding 24
10445-needs are determined and requested for such pro-25 371
10446-†S 524 ES
11186+needs are determined and requested for such pro-25
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1044711190 gram, and for the activities and projects of such pro-1
1044811191 gram, in alignment with the appropriate fiscal year. 2
1044911192 (3) An assessment of the manner in which the 3
1045011193 Coast Guard determines desired outcomes, and 4
1045111194 measures the impact, of successful projects on the 5
1045211195 execution of the operations and mission of the Coast 6
1045311196 Guard. 7
1045411197 (4) An assessment of the manner in which the 8
1045511198 Coast Guard evaluates impacts and benefits of part-9
1045611199 nerships between the Coast Guard and the Depart-10
1045711200 ment of Defense and other entities, and a descrip-11
1045811201 tion of the extent to which and manner in which the 12
1045911202 Coast Guard is leveraging such benefits and identi-13
1046011203 fying and managing any potential challenge. 14
1046111204 (5) An analysis of the manner in which the 15
1046211205 Commandant is working with partners to accelerate 16
1046311206 project transition from research, testing, evaluation, 17
1046411207 and prototype to production. 18
1046511208 (6) An assessment of the manner in which the 19
1046611209 authority to enter into transactions other than con-20
1046711210 tracts and grants pursuant to sections 719 and 1158 21
1046811211 of title 14, United States Code, has been exercised 22
1046911212 by the Commandant, and a description of any train-23
10470-ing or resources necessary (including additional 24 372
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11213+ing or resources necessary (including additional 24
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1047211217 agreements for officers and training) to more fully 1
1047311218 exercise such authority. 2
1047411219 (7) An evaluation of the role of the Blue Tech 3
1047511220 Center of Expertise established in section 302 of the 4
1047611221 Coast Guard Blue Technology Center of Expertise 5
1047711222 Act (Public Law 115–265). 6
1047811223 (8) Recommendations regarding authorization, 7
1047911224 personnel, infrastructure, and other requirements 8
1048011225 necessary for the expeditious transition of tech-9
1048111226 nologies developed under such program from proto-10
1048211227 type to production in the field. 11
1048311228 (c) C
1048411229 ONSULTATION.—In developing the report re-12
1048511230 quired under subsection (a), the Comptroller General may 13
1048611231 consult with— 14
1048711232 (1) the maritime and aviation industries; 15
1048811233 (2) the Secretary of Defense; 16
1048911234 (3) the intelligence community; and 17
1049011235 (4) any relevant— 18
1049111236 (A) federally funded research institutions; 19
1049211237 (B) nongovernmental organizations; and 20
10493-(C) institutions of higher education. 21 373
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11238+(C) institutions of higher education. 21
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1049511242 SEC. 502. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON VESSEL 1
1049611243 TRAFFIC SERVICE CENTER EMPLOYMENT, 2
1049711244 COMPENSATION, AND RETENTION. 3
1049811245 (a) D
1049911246 EFINITION OFVESSELTRAFFICSERVICECEN-4
1050011247 TER.—In this section, the term ‘‘vessel traffic service cen-5
1050111248 ter’’ has the meaning given the term in section 70001(m) 6
1050211249 of title 46, United States Code. 7
1050311250 (b) I
1050411251 NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 8
1050511252 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 9
1050611253 of the United States shall commence a study on employ-10
1050711254 ment compensation, competitiveness, assignment, and re-11
1050811255 tention of civilian and military personnel assigned to or 12
1050911256 otherwise employed at vessel traffic service centers in the 13
1051011257 United States. 14
1051111258 (c) E
1051211259 LEMENTS.—The study required under sub-15
1051311260 section (b) shall include the following: 16
1051411261 (1) An assessment of the extent to which the 17
1051511262 classification, assignment, selection, and pay rates of 18
1051611263 personnel assigned to or otherwise employed at ves-19
1051711264 sel traffic service centers are commensurate with the 20
1051811265 required experience, duties, safety functions, and re-21
1051911266 sponsibilities of such positions. 22
1052011267 (2) An assessment of the appropriate classifica-23
1052111268 tion, assignment, selection, and pay rate, as well as 24
1052211269 nonmonetary employment incentives, that would fos-25
10523-ter a robust and competitive civilian candidate pool 26 374
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1052511274 for employment opportunities in civilian positions at 1
1052611275 vessel traffic service centers. 2
1052711276 (3) An analysis of the average civilian employ-3
1052811277 ment retention rate and average term of employment 4
1052911278 of civilian personnel, by position, at vessel traffic 5
1053011279 service centers. 6
1053111280 (4) An analysis of existing special payments, as 7
1053211281 discussed in the report by the Government Account-8
1053311282 ability Office entitled ‘‘Federal Pay: Opportunities 9
1053411283 Exist to Enhance Strategic Use of Special Pay-10
1053511284 ments’’ (published December 7, 2017; GAO–18–91), 11
1053611285 that may be available to personnel assigned to or 12
1053711286 otherwise employed at vessel traffic service centers. 13
1053811287 (5) An evaluation of all assignment parameters 14
1053911288 and civilian hiring authority codes used by the Coast 15
1054011289 Guard in assigning and hiring personnel assigned to 16
1054111290 or otherwise employed at vessel traffic service cen-17
1054211291 ters. 18
1054311292 (6) An analysis of whether opportunities exist 19
1054411293 to refine, consolidate, or expand Coast Guard civil-20
1054511294 ian hiring authorities for purposes of hiring per-21
1054611295 sonnel at the vessel traffic service centers. 22
1054711296 (7) An assessment of the ability of the composi-23
1054811297 tion, as in effect on the first day of the study, of 24
10549-military and civilian personnel assigned to or other-25 375
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11298+military and civilian personnel assigned to or other-25
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1055111302 wise employed at vessel traffic service centers to en-1
1055211303 sure safety on the waterways and to manage increas-2
1055311304 ing demand for vessel traffic services, taking into ac-3
1055411305 count the ranks and grades of such personnel, the 4
1055511306 respective experience levels and training of such per-5
1055611307 sonnel, and the respective duties, safety functions, 6
1055711308 and responsibilities of such personnel. 7
1055811309 (8) An assessment of, and recommendations to 8
1055911310 improve, the Coast Guard’s efforts to support the 9
1056011311 career progression of and advancement opportunities 10
1056111312 for officers and enlisted members of the Coast 11
1056211313 Guard assigned to vessel traffic service centers. 12
1056311314 (d) R
1056411315 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after com-13
1056511316 mencing the study required under subsection (b), the 14
1056611317 Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on 15
1056711318 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 16
1056811319 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 17
1056911320 the House of Representatives a report on the findings of 18
1057011321 the study. 19
1057111322 SEC. 503. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF QUALITY 20
1057211323 AND AVAILABILITY OF COAST GUARD BEHAV-21
1057311324 IORAL HEALTH CARE AND RESOURCES FOR 22
1057411325 PERSONNEL WELLNESS. 23
1057511326 (a) I
1057611327 NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 24
10577-date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 25 376
10578-†S 524 ES
11328+date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 25
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1057911332 of the United States shall commence a review of the qual-1
1058011333 ity and availability of behavioral health care and related 2
1058111334 resources for Coast Guard personnel at the locations de-3
1058211335 scribed in subsection (b). 4
1058311336 (b) L
1058411337 OCATIONS TOBEREVIEWED.—In conducting 5
1058511338 the review under subsection (a), the Comptroller General 6
1058611339 shall— 7
1058711340 (1) first review the practices and policies relat-8
1058811341 ing to the availability of behavioral health care and 9
1058911342 related resources at Training Center Cape May; and 10
1059011343 (2) review such practices and policies at— 11
1059111344 (A) the Coast Guard Academy, including 12
1059211345 Officer Candidate School; and 13
1059311346 (B) other Coast Guard training locations, 14
1059411347 as applicable. 15
1059511348 (c) E
1059611349 LEMENTS.—The review conducted under sub-16
1059711350 section (a) shall include, for each location described in 17
1059811351 subsection (b), an assessment, and a description of avail-18
1059911352 able trend information (as applicable) for the 10-year pe-19
1060011353 riod preceding the date of the review, with respect to each 20
1060111354 of the following: 21
1060211355 (1) The nature of Coast Guard resources di-22
1060311356 rected toward behavioral health services at the loca-23
10604-tion. 24 377
10605-†S 524 ES
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1060611361 (2) The manner in which the Coast Guard has 1
1060711362 managed treatment for recruits, cadets, officer can-2
1060811363 didates, or other personnel who may be experiencing 3
1060911364 a behavioral health crisis at the location (including 4
1061011365 individuals who have transferred to other buildings 5
1061111366 or facilities within the location). 6
1061211367 (3) The extent to which the Coast Guard has 7
1061311368 identified the resources, such as physical spaces and 8
1061411369 facilities, necessary to manage behavioral health 9
1061511370 challenges and crises that Coast Guard personnel 10
1061611371 may face at the location. 11
1061711372 (4) The behavioral health screenings required 12
1061811373 by the Coast Guard for recruits, cadets, officer can-13
1061911374 didates, or other personnel at the location, and the 14
1062011375 manner in which such screenings compare with 15
1062111376 screenings required by the Department of Defense 16
1062211377 for military recruits, service academy cadets, officer 17
1062311378 candidates, or other personnel at military service ac-18
1062411379 cession points. 19
1062511380 (5) Whether the Coast Guard has assessed the 20
1062611381 adequacy of behavioral health resources and services 21
1062711382 for recruits, cadets, officer candidates, and other 22
1062811383 personnel at the location, and if so, the additional 23
10629-services and resources (such as resilience and life 24 378
10630-†S 524 ES
11384+services and resources (such as resilience and life 24
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1063111388 skills coaching), if any, needed to address any poten-1
1063211389 tial gaps. 2
1063311390 (6) The manner in which the Coast Guard man-3
1063411391 ages care transfers related to behavior health at the 4
1063511392 location, including command and other management 5
1063611393 input and privacy policies. 6
1063711394 (7) The extent to which the Coast Guard has 7
1063811395 evaluated contributing factors or reasons for behav-8
1063911396 ioral health crises experienced by newly enlisted per-9
1064011397 sonnel, cadets, officer candidates, or other personnel 10
1064111398 at the location. 11
1064211399 (8) The extent to which the Coast Guard has 12
1064311400 addressed, at the location, provider care staffing 13
1064411401 standards and credentialing deficiencies identified in 14
1064511402 the report of the Comptroller General titled ‘‘Coast 15
1064611403 Guard Health Care: Improvements Needed for De-16
1064711404 termining Staffing Needs and Monitoring Access to 17
1064811405 Care’’, issued on February 4, 2022. 18
1064911406 (d) R
1065011407 EPORTS.—The Comptroller General shall sub-19
1065111408 mit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-20
1065211409 portation of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-21
1065311410 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-22
1065411411 tives— 23
1065511412 (1) as soon as practicable but not later than 1 24
10656-year after the date of enactment of this Act, a re-25 379
10657-†S 524 ES
11413+year after the date of enactment of this Act, a re-25
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1065811417 port relating to the results of the review conducted 1
1065911418 under subsection (a) relating to Training Center 2
1066011419 Cape May, including any recommendations the 3
1066111420 Comptroller General considers appropriate; and 4
1066211421 (2) not later than 1 year after the date of en-5
1066311422 actment of this Act— 6
1066411423 (A) a report on the results of the review 7
1066511424 conducted under subsection (a) relating to— 8
1066611425 (i) the Coast Guard Academy, includ-9
1066711426 ing Officer Candidate School; and 10
1066811427 (ii) other Coast Guard training loca-11
1066911428 tions, as applicable; and 12
1067011429 (B) any recommendations the Comptroller 13
1067111430 General considers appropriate. 14
1067211431 SEC. 504. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON COAST 15
1067311432 GUARD EFFORTS TO REDUCE PREVALENCE 16
1067411433 OF MISSING OR INCOMPLETE MEDICAL 17
1067511434 RECORDS AND SHARING OF MEDICAL DATA 18
1067611435 WITH DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 19
1067711436 AND OTHER ENTITIES. 20
1067811437 (a) S
1067911438 TUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 21
1068011439 the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 22
1068111440 United States shall commence a study assessing the ef-23
10682-forts of the Commandant— 24 380
10683-†S 524 ES
11441+forts of the Commandant— 24
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1068411445 (1) to reduce the prevalence of missing or in-1
1068511446 complete medical records; 2
1068611447 (2) to share medical data of members of the 3
1068711448 Coast Guard with the Department of Veterans Af-4
1068811449 fairs; and 5
1068911450 (3) to ensure that electronic health records are 6
1069011451 provided in a format that is user friendly and easy 7
1069111452 to access. 8
1069211453 (b) E
1069311454 LEMENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-9
1069411455 section (a), the Comptroller General shall review the fol-10
1069511456 lowing: 11
1069611457 (1) The steps the Commandant has taken to re-12
1069711458 duce the prevalence of missing or incomplete medical 13
1069811459 records of members of the Coast Guard. 14
1069911460 (2) How implementation of an electronic health 15
1070011461 record system has affected the ability of the Com-16
1070111462 mandant to manage health records of members of 17
1070211463 the Coast Guard, including— 18
1070311464 (A) how the Commandant adds records 19
1070411465 from private medical providers to the electronic 20
1070511466 health record system; 21
1070611467 (B) the progress of the Commandant to-22
1070711468 ward implementing the electronic health record 23
1070811469 system in shipboard sick bays of the Coast 24
10709-Guard; 25 381
10710-†S 524 ES
11470+Guard; 25
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1071111474 (C) how the Coast Guard shares medical 1
1071211475 records with the Department of Veterans Af-2
1071311476 fairs; and 3
1071411477 (D) any other matter the Comptroller Gen-4
1071511478 eral considers appropriate with respect to med-5
1071611479 ical record storage, use, and sharing and the 6
1071711480 associated consequences for member health and 7
1071811481 well-being. 8
1071911482 (3) The ability of members of the Coast Guard, 9
1072011483 medical professionals of the Coast Guard and of the 10
1072111484 Department of Defense, personnel of the Depart-11
1072211485 ment of Veterans Affairs, and other personnel to ac-12
1072311486 cess and search, as appropriate, the electronic health 13
1072411487 records of individuals, including the ability to search 14
1072511488 or quickly find information within electronic health 15
1072611489 records. 16
1072711490 (c) R
1072811491 EPORT.—Upon completion of the study under 17
1072911492 subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the 18
1073011493 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 19
1073111494 the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In-20
1073211495 frastructure of the House of Representatives a report con-21
10733-taining the results of the study under subsection (a). 22 382
10734-†S 524 ES
11496+taining the results of the study under subsection (a). 22
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1073511500 SEC. 505. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON COAST 1
1073611501 GUARD TRAINING FACILITY INFRASTRUC-2
1073711502 TURE. 3
1073811503 (a) I
1073911504 NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 4
1074011505 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 5
1074111506 of the United States shall commence a study on Coast 6
1074211507 Guard training facility infrastructure, including the spe-7
1074311508 cific needs of the Coast Guard training facilities described 8
1074411509 in subsection (c). 9
1074511510 (b) E
1074611511 LEMENTS.—The study required under sub-10
1074711512 section (a) shall include the following: 11
1074811513 (1) With respect to each Coast Guard training 12
1074911514 facility described in subsection (c)— 13
1075011515 (A) a summary of capital needs, including 14
1075111516 construction and repair; 15
1075211517 (B) a summary of equipment upgrade 16
1075311518 backlogs; 17
1075411519 (C) an assessment of necessary improve-18
1075511520 ments, including improvements to essential 19
1075611521 training equipment (including swimming pools, 20
1075711522 operational simulators, and marksmanship 21
1075811523 training ranges) to enable the Coast Guard to 22
1075911524 achieve all operational training objectives; 23
1076011525 (D) a description of the resources nec-24
10761-essary to fully address all training needs; 25 383
10762-†S 524 ES
11526+essary to fully address all training needs; 25
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1076311530 (E) an assessment of any security defi-1
1076411531 ciency, including with respect to base access, 2
1076511532 training facility access, and trainee berthing 3
1076611533 area access; 4
1076711534 (F) an identification of any exposed hazard 5
1076811535 that does not serve a training purpose; 6
1076911536 (G) an identification of the presence of 7
1077011537 hazardous or toxic materials, including— 8
1077111538 (i) lead-based paint; 9
1077211539 (ii) asbestos or products that contain 10
1077311540 asbestos; 11
1077411541 (iii) black mold; 12
1077511542 (iv) radon; and 13
1077611543 (v) contaminated drinking water; and 14
1077711544 (H) an assessment of the need for, and es-15
1077811545 timated cost of, remediation of such toxic mate-16
1077911546 rials. 17
1078011547 (2) An evaluation of the process used by the 18
1078111548 Coast Guard to identify, monitor, and construct 19
1078211549 Coast Guard training facilities. 20
1078311550 (c) C
1078411551 OASTGUARDTRAININGFACILITIESDE-21
1078511552 SCRIBED.—The Coast Guard training facilities described 22
1078611553 in this subsection are the following: 23
1078711554 (1) The Coast Guard Academy in New London, 24
10788-Connecticut. 25 384
10789-†S 524 ES
11555+Connecticut. 25
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1079011559 (2) The Leadership Development Center in 1
1079111560 New London, Connecticut. 2
1079211561 (3) Training Center Cape May, New Jersey. 3
1079311562 (4) Training Center Petaluma, California. 4
1079411563 (5) Training Center Yorktown, Virginia. 5
1079511564 (6) The Maritime Law Enforcement Academy 6
1079611565 in Charleston, South Carolina. 7
1079711566 (7) The Special Missions Training Center at 8
1079811567 Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. 9
1079911568 (8) The Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Cen-10
1080011569 ter (GRFTC) in New Orleans, Louisiana. 11
1080111570 (9) The North Pacific Regional Fisheries 12
1080211571 Training Center (NPRFTC) in Kodiak, Alaska. 13
1080311572 (10) The Northeast Regional Fisheries Train-14
1080411573 ing Center (NRFTC) at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 15
1080511574 (11) The Southeast Regional Fisheries Training 16
1080611575 Center (SRFTC) in Charleston, South Carolina. 17
1080711576 (12) The Pacific Regional Fisheries Training 18
1080811577 Center (PRFTC) in Alameda, California. 19
1080911578 (13) The National Motor Lifeboat School at 20
1081011579 Cape Disappointment, Washington. 21
1081111580 (14) The Aviation Technical Training Center in 22
1081211581 Elizabeth City, North Carolina. 23
1081311582 (15) The Aviation Training Center in Mobile, 24
10814-Alabama. 25 385
10815-†S 524 ES
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1081611587 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after com-1
1081711588 mencing the study required under subsection (a), the 2
1081811589 Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on 3
1081911590 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 4
1082011591 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 5
1082111592 the House of Representatives a report on the findings of 6
1082211593 the study. 7
1082311594 SEC. 506. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON FACILITY 8
1082411595 AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF COAST 9
1082511596 GUARD STATIONS CONDUCTING BORDER SE-10
1082611597 CURITY OPERATIONS. 11
1082711598 (a) S
1082811599 TUDY.— 12
1082911600 (1) I
1083011601 N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 13
1083111602 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-14
1083211603 troller General of the United States shall commence 15
1083311604 a study on the facility and infrastructure needs of 16
1083411605 the Coast Guard stations and units described in 17
1083511606 paragraph (3). 18
1083611607 (2) E
1083711608 LEMENTS.—The study required under 19
1083811609 paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to each 20
1083911610 Coast Guard station and unit described in para-21
1084011611 graph (3), the following: 22
1084111612 (A) An assessment of capital needs, includ-23
10842-ing personnel capacity, construction, and repair. 24 386
10843-†S 524 ES
11613+ing personnel capacity, construction, and repair. 24
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1084411617 (B) An assessment of equipment upgrade 1
1084511618 backlogs. 2
1084611619 (C) An identification of any necessary im-3
1084711620 provement, including any improvement to oper-4
1084811621 ational and training equipment necessary to 5
1084911622 conduct safe and effective maritime border se-6
1085011623 curity operations. 7
1085111624 (D) An identification of any resource nec-8
1085211625 essary to fully address all operational and train-9
1085311626 ing needs. 10
1085411627 (E) An identification of any physical secu-11
1085511628 rity deficiency. 12
1085611629 (F) An identification of any exposed haz-13
1085711630 ard. 14
1085811631 (G) An identification of the presence of 15
1085911632 any hazardous or toxic material, including— 16
1086011633 (i) lead-based paint; 17
1086111634 (ii) asbestos or any product that con-18
1086211635 tains asbestos; 19
1086311636 (iii) black mold; 20
1086411637 (iv) radon; and 21
1086511638 (v) contaminated drinking water. 22
1086611639 (H) An assessment of the need for, and es-23
1086711640 timated cost of, remediation of any toxic mate-24
10868-rial identified under subparagraph (G). 25 387
10869-†S 524 ES
11641+rial identified under subparagraph (G). 25
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1087011645 (3) COAST GUARD STATIONS DESCRIBED .—The 1
1087111646 Coast Guard stations and units described in this 2
1087211647 paragraph are the following: 3
1087311648 (A) Coast Guard Station South Padre Is-4
1087411649 land, Texas. 5
1087511650 (B) Coast Guard Station Port Aransas, 6
1087611651 Texas. 7
1087711652 (C) Coast Guard Station Port O″Connor, 8
1087811653 Texas. 9
1087911654 (D) Coast Guard Station Bellingham, 10
1088011655 Washington. 11
1088111656 (E) Coast Guard Station Neah Bay, Wash-12
1088211657 ington. 13
1088311658 (F) Coast Guard Station Port Angeles, 14
1088411659 Washington. 15
1088511660 (G) Coast Guard Station Ketchikan, Alas-16
1088611661 ka. 17
1088711662 (H) Coast Guard Station San Diego, Cali-18
1088811663 fornia. 19
1088911664 (I) Coast Guard Station Key West, Flor-20
1089011665 ida. 21
1089111666 (J) Coast Guard Station Marathon, Flor-22
1089211667 ida. 23
1089311668 (K) Coast Guard Station Islamorada, Flor-24
10894-ida. 25 388
10895-†S 524 ES
11669+ida. 25
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1089611673 (L) Coast Guard Station Jonesport, 1
1089711674 Maine. 2
1089811675 (M) Coast Guard Station Bayfield, Wis-3
1089911676 consin. 4
1090011677 (N) Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, 5
1090111678 Wisconsin. 6
1090211679 (O) Coast Guard Marine Safety Detach-7
1090311680 ment Santa Barbara. 8
1090411681 (P) Any other Coast Guard station the 9
1090511682 Comptroller General considers appropriate. 10
1090611683 (b) R
1090711684 EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after com-11
1090811685 mencing the study required under subsection (a), the 12
1090911686 Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on 13
1091011687 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the 14
1091111688 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 15
1091211689 House of Representatives, and the Commandant a report 16
1091311690 on the findings of the study, including any recommenda-17
1091411691 tion the Comptroller General considers appropriate. 18
1091511692 (c) B
1091611693 RIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after the 19
1091711694 date on which the report required under subsection (b) 20
1091811695 is submitted to the Commandant, the Commandant shall 21
1091911696 provide a briefing to the Committee on Commerce, 22
1092011697 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-23
1092111698 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 24
10922-of Representatives on— 25 389
10923-†S 524 ES
11699+of Representatives on— 25
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1092411703 (1) the actions the Commandant has taken, or 1
1092511704 has ceased to take, as a result of the findings, in-2
1092611705 cluding any recommendation, set forth in the report; 3
1092711706 and 4
1092811707 (2) a plan for addressing such findings and any 5
1092911708 such recommendation. 6
1093011709 SEC. 507. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON COAST 7
1093111710 GUARD BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING. 8
1093211711 (a) I
1093311712 NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 9
1093411713 date on which the Department of Defense issues the re-10
1093511714 port on the Fourteenth Quadrennial Review of Military 11
1093611715 Compensation, the Comptroller General of the United 12
1093711716 States shall commence a study of Coast Guard involve-13
1093811717 ment in, and efforts to support, the determination of the 14
1093911718 cost of adequate housing and the calculation of the basic 15
1094011719 allowance for housing under section 403 of title 37, United 16
1094111720 States Code. 17
1094211721 (b) E
1094311722 LEMENTS.—The study required under sub-18
1094411723 section (a) shall include, to the extent practicable, the fol-19
1094511724 lowing: 20
1094611725 (1) An identification of Coast Guard duty loca-21
1094711726 tions in which there is a misalignment between the 22
1094811727 basic allowance for housing rate and the prevailing 23
1094911728 housing cost for members of the Coast Guard such 24
10950-that the basic allowance for housing is less than 95 25 390
10951-†S 524 ES
11729+that the basic allowance for housing is less than 95 25
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1095211733 percent of the monthly cost of adequate housing for 1
1095311734 such members in the corresponding military housing 2
1095411735 area. 3
1095511736 (2) An analysis of each of the following: 4
1095611737 (A) Anchor points, including— 5
1095711738 (i) the methodology for the establish-6
1095811739 ment of anchor points; and 7
1095911740 (ii) with respect to housing provided 8
1096011741 as part of a public-private venture and 9
1096111742 Government-owned and Government-leased 10
1096211743 housing, the disparities between estab-11
1096311744 lished anchor points and housing standards 12
1096411745 across the armed forces (as such term is 13
1096511746 defined in section 101 of title 10, United 14
1096611747 States Code). 15
1096711748 (B) Existing military housing boundary 16
1096811749 areas that affect the Coast Guard. 17
1096911750 (C) Actions taken by the Commandant to 18
1097011751 comprehensively monitor basic allowance for 19
1097111752 housing rates for Coast Guard duty locations. 20
1097211753 (D) The frequency of reviews conducted by 21
1097311754 the Commandant of the site visits used by the 22
1097411755 Department of Defense to inform military hous-23
10975-ing area boundaries. 24 391
10976-†S 524 ES
11756+ing area boundaries. 24
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1097711760 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 1
1097811761 on which the study required under subsection (a) com-2
1097911762 mences, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Com-3
1098011763 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 4
1098111764 Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-5
1098211765 ture of the House of Representatives, and the Com-6
1098311766 mandant a report on the findings of the study, including 7
1098411767 any recommendation the Comptroller General considers 8
1098511768 appropriate. 9
1098611769 (d) P
1098711770 LAN.—Not later than 1 year after the date on 10
1098811771 which the report required by subsection (c) is submitted 11
1098911772 to the Commandant, the Commandant shall submit to the 12
1099011773 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 13
1099111774 the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In-14
1099211775 frastructure of the House of Representatives— 15
1099311776 (1) an implementation plan, including time-16
1099411777 frames and milestones, addressing any recommenda-17
1099511778 tion made by the Comptroller General in such re-18
1099611779 port, as the Commandant considers appropriate; and 19
1099711780 (2) with respect to any recommendation set 20
1099811781 forth in such report that the Commandant declines 21
1099911782 to implement, a written justification for the decision. 22
1100011783 (e) A
1100111784 NCHORPOINTDEFINED.—In this section, the 23
11002-term ‘‘anchor point’’— 24 392
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1100411789 (1) means the minimum housing standard ref-1
1100511790 erence benchmark used to establish the basic allow-2
1100611791 ance for housing under section 403 of title 37, 3
1100711792 United States Code; and 4
1100811793 (2) includes housing type and size based on pay 5
1100911794 grade and dependent status. 6
1101011795 SEC. 508. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON SAFETY 7
1101111796 AND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE AT COAST 8
1101211797 GUARD ACADEMY. 9
1101311798 (a) GAO R
1101411799 EPORT.— 10
1101511800 (1) I
1101611801 N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 11
1101711802 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 12
1101811803 General of the United States shall submit to the 13
1101911804 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-14
1102011805 tation of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-15
1102111806 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-16
1102211807 resentatives a report on the safety and security in-17
1102311808 frastructure at the Coast Guard Academy. 18
1102411809 (2) E
1102511810 LEMENTS.—The report required under 19
1102611811 paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of each of 20
1102711812 the following: 21
1102811813 (A) Existing security infrastructure for the 22
1102911814 grounds, buildings, athletic facilities, and any 23
11030-other facility of the Coast Guard Academy, in-24 393
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11815+other facility of the Coast Guard Academy, in-24
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1103211819 cluding access points, locks, surveillance, and 1
1103311820 other security methods, as appropriate. 2
1103411821 (B) Coast Guard policies with respect to 3
1103511822 the management, data storage and access, and 4
1103611823 operational capacity of the security infrastruc-5
1103711824 ture and methods evaluated under subpara-6
1103811825 graph (A). 7
1103911826 (C) Special security needs relating to 8
1104011827 events at the Coast Guard Academy, such as 9
1104111828 large athletic events and other widely attended 10
1104211829 events. 11
1104311830 (D) Coast Guard policies and procedures 12
1104411831 with respect to access to Coast Guard Academy 13
1104511832 grounds by— 14
1104611833 (i) current or former members of the 15
1104711834 Coast Guard; 16
1104811835 (ii) current or former civilian employ-17
1104911836 ees of the Coast Guard; 18
1105011837 (iii) Coast Guard personnel that re-19
1105111838 side at the Academy and families of cadets; 20
1105211839 and 21
1105311840 (iv) members of the public. 22
1105411841 (E) Existing processes by which the Com-23
1105511842 mandant, the Superintendent of the Coast 24
11056-Guard Academy, or a designated individual may 25 394
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11843+Guard Academy, or a designated individual may 25
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1105811847 prohibit or restrict access to Coast Guard Acad-1
1105911848 emy grounds by any current or former member 2
1106011849 or civilian employee of the Coast Guard who— 3
1106111850 (i) has been subject to court-martial 4
1106211851 under the Uniform Code of Military Jus-5
1106311852 tice for sexual misconduct; or 6
1106411853 (ii) has been administratively dis-7
1106511854 ciplined for sexual misconduct. 8
1106611855 (F) Enforcement processes regarding ac-9
1106711856 cess to Coast Guard Academy grounds for indi-10
1106811857 viduals (including current and former cadets, 11
1106911858 members, and civilian employees of the Coast 12
1107011859 Guard) who are or have been subject to a no- 13
1107111860 contact order relating to— 14
1107211861 (i) a cadet or member of the faculty 15
1107311862 of the Academy; or 16
1107411863 (ii) any other individual with access to 17
1107511864 Academy grounds. 18
1107611865 (G) Recommendations to improve— 19
1107711866 (i) the security of the Coast Guard 20
1107811867 Academy; and 21
1107911868 (ii) the safety of— 22
1108011869 (I) cadets at the Coast Guard 23
11081-Academy; and 24 395
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1108311874 (II) members of the Coast Guard 1
1108411875 stationed at, and civilian employees 2
1108511876 of, the Coast Guard Academy. 3
1108611877 (b) A
1108711878 CTIONS BYCOMMANDANT.— 4
1108811879 (1) R
1108911880 EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 5
1109011881 the date on which the Comptroller General submits 6
1109111882 the report required under subsection (a), the Com-7
1109211883 mandant shall submit to the Committee on Com-8
1109311884 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 9
1109411885 and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-10
1109511886 structure of the House of Representatives a report 11
1109611887 that includes— 12
1109711888 (A) a detailed plan to improve the security 13
1109811889 of, and the safety of cadets at, the Coast Guard 14
1109911890 Academy; and 15
1110011891 (B) a detailed timeline for implementation 16
1110111892 of— 17
1110211893 (i) the recommendations made by the 18
1110311894 Comptroller General in such report; and 19
1110411895 (ii) any other safety improvement the 20
1110511896 Commandant considers appropriate. 21
1110611897 (2) P
1110711898 OLICY.—Not later than 30 days after the 22
1110811899 date on which the Comptroller General submits the 23
1110911900 report required under subsection (a), the Com-24
11110-mandant, in a manner that maintains good order 25 396
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11901+mandant, in a manner that maintains good order 25
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1111211905 and discipline, shall update Coast Guard policy re-1
1111311906 lating to access to the Coast Guard Academy 2
1111411907 grounds to include procedures by which individuals 3
1111511908 may be prohibited from accessing the Coast Guard 4
1111611909 Academy— 5
1111711910 (A) as the Commandant considers appro-6
1111811911 priate; and 7
1111911912 (B) consistent with the recommendations 8
1112011913 made by the Comptroller General in such re-9
1112111914 port. 10
1112211915 SEC. 509. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON ATHLETIC 11
1112311916 COACHING AT COAST GUARD ACADEMY. 12
1112411917 (a) I
1112511918 NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 13
1112611919 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 14
1112711920 of the United States, in consultation with the Super-15
1112811921 intendent of the Coast Guard Academy, shall commence 16
1112911922 a study on the number of administratively determined bil-17
1113011923 lets for teaching and coaching necessary to support Coast 18
1113111924 Guard Academy recruitment, intercollegiate athletics, 19
1113211925 health and physical education, and leadership development 20
1113311926 programs. 21
1113411927 (b) E
1113511928 LEMENTS.—The study required under sub-22
1113611929 section (a) shall include the following: 23
1113711930 (1) An identification of the number of full-time 24
11138-and part-time employees performing coaching func-25 397
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11931+and part-time employees performing coaching func-25
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1114011935 tions at the Coast Guard Academy whose positions 1
1114111936 are funded by a nonappropriated fund instrumen-2
1114211937 tality of the Coast Guard. 3
1114311938 (2) An identification of the number of full-time 4
1114411939 and part-time employees whose positions are funded 5
1114511940 by a nonappropriated fund instrumentality per-6
1114611941 forming coaching functions at the following: 7
1114711942 (A) The United States Military Academy. 8
1114811943 (B) The United States Naval Academy. 9
1114911944 (C) The United States Air Force Academy. 10
1115011945 (D) The United States Merchant Marine 11
1115111946 Academy. 12
1115211947 (3) An analysis of the roles performed by ath-13
1115311948 letic coaches with respect to officer development at 14
1115411949 the Coast Guard Academy, including the specific 15
1115511950 functions of athletic coaches within the health and 16
1115611951 physical education and leadership development pro-17
1115711952 gram curriculums. 18
1115811953 (4) An identification of any adverse impacts on 19
1115911954 or deficiencies in cadet training and officer develop-20
1116011955 ment resulting from an inadequate number of ad-21
1116111956 ministratively determined billets for teaching and 22
11162-coaching at the Coast Guard Academy. 23 398
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1116411961 (c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study under 1
1116511962 subsection (a), the Comptroller General may consult a fed-2
1116611963 erally funded research and development center. 3
1116711964 (d) R
1116811965 EPORT.—The Comptroller General shall submit 4
1116911966 to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-5
1117011967 tation of the Senate and the Committee of Transportation 6
1117111968 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a re-7
1117211969 port on the results of the study conducted under this sec-8
1117311970 tion. 9
1117411971 SEC. 510. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY AND REPORT ON 10
1117511972 PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION PROCESS. 11
1117611973 (a) S
1117711974 TUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 12
1117811975 enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 13
1117911976 United States shall commence a study to evaluate the ef-14
1118011977 fectiveness of the permanent change of station process of 15
1118111978 the Coast Guard. 16
1118211979 (b) R
1118311980 EPORT.— 17
1118411981 (1) I
1118511982 N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 18
1118611983 commencing the study required by subsection (a), 19
1118711984 the Comptroller General shall submit to the Com-20
1118811985 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 21
1118911986 the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 22
1119011987 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 23
11191-a report on the findings of the study. 24 399
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11988+a report on the findings of the study. 24
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1119311992 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-1
1119411993 graph (1) shall include the following: 2
1119511994 (A) A description of the permanent change 3
1119611995 of station policies of the Coast Guard. 4
1119711996 (B) A description of Coast Guard spending 5
1119811997 on permanent change of station moves and as-6
1119911998 sociated support costs. 7
1120011999 (C) An evaluation of the effectiveness of 8
1120112000 using contracted movers for permanent change 9
1120212001 of station moves, including the estimated costs 10
1120312002 associated with— 11
1120412003 (i) lost or damaged personal property 12
1120512004 of members of the Coast Guard; 13
1120612005 (ii) delays in scheduling such a move 14
1120712006 through a contracted mover; 15
1120812007 (iii) delayed delivery of household 16
1120912008 goods; and 17
1121012009 (iv) other related challenges. 18
1121112010 (D) A review of changes to permanent 19
1121212011 change of station policies implemented during 20
1121312012 the 10-year period ending on the date of enact-21
1121412013 ment of this Act, and the costs or savings to 22
1121512014 the Coast Guard directly associated with such 23
11216-changes. 24 400
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1121812019 (E) Recommendations to improve the per-1
1121912020 manent change of station process of the Coast 2
1122012021 Guard. 3
1122112022 (F) Any additional information or related 4
1122212023 matter arising from the study, as the Comp-5
1122312024 troller General considers appropriate. 6
1122412025 TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS 7
1122512026 SEC. 601. AMENDMENTS. 8
1122612027 (a) P
1122712028 ROHIBITION ONENTRY ANDOPERATION.—Sec-9
1122812029 tion 70022(b)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is 10
1122912030 amended by striking ‘‘Federal Register’’ and inserting 11
1123012031 ‘‘the Federal Register’’. 12
1123112032 (b) P
1123212033 ORT, HARBOR, ANDCOASTALFACILITYSECU-13
1123312034 RITY.—Section 70116(b) of title 46, United States Code, 14
1123412035 is amended— 15
1123512036 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘terrorism 16
1123612037 cyber’’ and inserting ‘‘terrorism, cyber’’; and 17
1123712038 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting a comma 18
1123812039 after ‘‘acts of terrorism’’. 19
1123912040 (c) E
1124012041 NFORCEMENT BY STATE ANDLOCALOFFI-20
1124112042 CERS.—Section 70118(a) of title 46, United States Code, 21
1124212043 is amended— 22
1124312044 (1) by striking ‘‘section 1 of title II of the Act 23
1124412045 of June 15, 1917 (chapter 30; 50 U.S.C. 191)’’ and 24
11245-inserting ‘‘section 70051’’; and 25 401
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12046+inserting ‘‘section 70051’’; and 25
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1124712050 (2) by striking ‘‘section 7(b) of the Ports and 1
1124812051 Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1226(b))’’ and in-2
1124912052 serting ‘‘section 70116(b)’’. 3
1125012053 (d) C
1125112054 HAPTER701 DEFINITIONS.—Section 70131(2) 4
1125212055 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 5
1125312056 (1) by striking ‘‘section 1 of title II of the Act 6
1125412057 of June 15, 1917 (50 U.S.C. 191)’’ and inserting 7
1125512058 ‘‘section 70051’’; and 8
1125612059 (2) by striking ‘‘section 7(b) of the Ports and 9
1125712060 Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1226(b))’’ and in-10
1125812061 serting ‘‘section 70116(b)’’. 11
1125912062 (e) N
1126012063 OTICE OFARRIVALREQUIREMENTS FOR VES-12
1126112064 SELS ON THEOUTERCONTINENTALSHELF.— 13
1126212065 (1) P
1126312066 REPARATORY CONFORMING AMEND -14
1126412067 MENT.—Section 70001 of title 46, United States 15
1126512068 Code, is amended by redesignating subsections (l) 16
1126612069 and (m) as subsections (m) and (n), respectively. 17
1126712070 (2) T
1126812071 RANSFER OF PROVISION .—Section 704 of 18
1126912072 the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act 19
1127012073 2012 (Public Law 112–213; 46 U.S.C. 70001 note) 20
1127112074 is— 21
1127212075 (A) amended by striking ‘‘of title 46, 22
1127312076 United States Code,’’; 23
1127412077 (B) amended by striking ‘‘(33 U.S.C. 1223 24
11275-note)’’ and inserting ‘‘(46 U.S.C. 70001 note)’’; 25 402
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1127712082 (C) transferred to appear after 70001(k) 1
1127812083 of title 46, United States Code; and 2
1127912084 (D) redesignated as subsection (l). 3
1128012085 (f) T
1128112086 ITLE46.—Title 46, United States Code, is 4
1128212087 amended as follows: 5
1128312088 (1) Section 2101(2) is amended by striking 6
1128412089 ‘‘section 1’’ and inserting ‘‘section 101’’. 7
1128512090 (2) Section 2116(b)(1)(D) is amended by strik-8
1128612091 ing ‘‘section 93(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 504(c)’’. 9
1128712092 (3) In the analysis for subtitle VII by striking 10
1128812093 the period after ‘‘70001’’ in the item relating to 11
1128912094 chapter 700. 12
1129012095 (4) In the analysis for chapter 700 by striking 13
1129112096 the item relating to section 70006 and inserting the 14
1129212097 following: 15
1129312098 ‘‘70006. Establishment by Secretary of the department in which the Coast
1129412099 Guard is operating of anchorage grounds and regulations gen-
1129512100 erally.’’.
1129612101 (5) In the heading for subchapter IV in the 16
1129712102 analysis for chapter 700 by inserting a comma after 17
1129812103 ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’. 18
1129912104 (6) In the heading for subchapter VI in the 19
1130012105 analysis for chapter 700 by striking ‘‘OF THE 20
1130112106 UNITED’’and inserting ‘‘OF UNITED’’. 21
1130212107 (7) Section 70052(e)(1) is amended by striking 22
11303-‘‘section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United 23 403
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12108+‘‘section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United 23
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1130512112 States (46 U.S.C. App. 91)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1
1130612113 60105’’. 2
1130712114 (g) O
1130812115 ILPOLLUTIONACT OF1990.—The Oil Pollu-3
1130912116 tion Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) is amended as 4
1131012117 follows: 5
1131112118 (1) Section 1001 (33 U.S.C. 2701) is amend-6
1131212119 ed— 7
1131312120 (A) in paragraph (32)(G) by striking 8
1131412121 ‘‘pipeline’’ and all that follows through ‘‘off-9
1131512122 shore facility’’ and inserting ‘‘pipeline, offshore 10
1131612123 facility’’; 11
1131712124 (B) in paragraph (39) by striking ‘‘section 12
1131812125 101(20)(G)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 13
1131912126 101(20)(H)(i)’’; 14
1132012127 (C) in paragraph (40) by striking ‘‘section 15
1132112128 101(20)(G)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 16
1132212129 101(20)(H)(ii)’’; 17
1132312130 (D) ) in paragraph (41) by striking ‘‘sec-18
1132412131 tion 101(20)(G)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 19
1132512132 101(20)(H)(iii)’’; 20
1132612133 (E) in paragraph (42) by striking ‘‘section 21
1132712134 101(20)(G)(iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22
11328-101(20)(H)(iv)’’; 23 404
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12135+101(20)(H)(iv)’’; 23
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1133012139 (F) in paragraph (43) by striking ‘‘section 1
1133112140 101(20)(G)(v)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2
1133212141 101(20)(H)(v)’’; and 3
1133312142 (G) in paragraph (44) by striking ‘‘section 4
1133412143 101(20)(G)(vi)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5
1133512144 101(20)(H)(vi)’’. 6
1133612145 (2) Section 1003(d)(6) (33 U.S.C. 2703(d)(6)) 7
1133712146 is amended by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ and insert-8
1133812147 ing ‘‘this subsection’’. 9
1133912148 (3) Section 1016 (33 U.S.C. 2716) is amend-10
1134012149 ed— 11
1134112150 (A) by redesignating subsections (e) 12
1134212151 through (i) as subsections (d) through (h), re-13
1134312152 spectively; and 14
1134412153 (B) in subsection (e)(1)(B), as redesig-15
1134512154 nated by subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-16
1134612155 section (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’. 17
1134712156 (4) Section 1012(b)(2) (33 U.S.C. 2712(b)(2)) 18
1134812157 is amended by striking ‘‘section 1016(f)(1)’’ and in-19
1134912158 serting ‘‘section 1016(e)(1)’’. 20
1135012159 (5) Section 1005(b)(5)(B) (33 U.S.C. 21
1135112160 2716(b)(5)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 22
1135212161 1016(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2716(f)’’. 23
1135312162 (6) Section 1018(c) (33 U.S.C. 2718(c)) is 24
11354-amended by striking ‘‘the Act of March 3, 1851 (46 25 405
11355-†S 524 ES
12163+amended by striking ‘‘the Act of March 3, 1851 (46 25
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1135612167 U.S.C. 183 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 305 of 1
1135712168 title 46, United States Code’’. 2
1135812169 (7) Section 7001(h)(1) (33 U.S.C. 2761(h)(1)) 3
1135912170 is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(4)’’ and in-4
1136012171 serting ‘‘subsection (e)(4)’’. 5
1136112172 TITLE VII—NATIONAL OCEANIC 6
1136212173 AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINIS-7
1136312174 TRATION 8
1136412175 Subtitle A—National Oceanic and 9
1136512176 Atmospheric Administration 10
1136612177 Commissioned Officer Corps 11
1136712178 SEC. 701. TITLE AND QUALIFICATIONS OF HEAD OF NA-12
1136812179 TIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN-13
1136912180 ISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS 14
1137012181 AND OFFICE OF MARINE AND AVIATION OP-15
1137112182 ERATIONS; PROMOTIONS OF FLAG OFFICERS. 16
1137212183 (a) T
1137312184 ITLE ANDQUALIFICATIONS OFHEAD.— 17
1137412185 (1) I
1137512186 N GENERAL.—Section 228(c) of the Na-18
1137612187 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 19
1137712188 Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 20
1137812189 3028(c)) is amended— 21
1137912190 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 22
1138012191 ‘‘C
1138112192 ORPS ANDOFFICE OF’’ and inserting ‘‘COM-23
1138212193 MISSIONEDOFFICERCORPS AND ASSISTANT 24
1138312194 A
11384-DMINISTRATOR FOR’’; 25 406
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12195+DMINISTRATOR FOR’’; 25
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1138612199 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 1
1138712200 ‘‘serving in’’ and all that follows through 2
1138812201 ‘‘half)’’ and inserting ‘‘who has served, on the 3
1138912202 date of such appointment, in the grade of cap-4
1139012203 tain or above for not less than one year’’; and 5
1139112204 (C) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘Di-6
1139212205 rector of the Office of’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant 7
1139312206 Administrator of the National Oceanic and At-8
1139412207 mospheric Administration for’’. 9
1139512208 (2) C
1139612209 ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 4(a) 10
1139712210 of the Commercial Engagement Through Ocean 11
1139812211 Technology Act of 2018 (33 U.S.C. 4103(a)) is 12
1139912212 amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Office of’’ and 13
1140012213 inserting ‘‘Assistant Administrator of the National 14
1140112214 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for’’. 15
1140212215 (b) P
1140312216 ROMOTIONS OFFLAGOFFICERS.—Section 226 16
1140412217 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 17
1140512218 Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 18
1140612219 3026) is amended— 19
1140712220 (1) by striking ‘‘Appointments’’ and inserting 20
1140812221 the following: 21
1140912222 ‘‘(a) I
1141012223 NGENERAL.—Appointments’’; 22
1141112224 (2) by inserting after ‘‘all permanent grades’’ 23
1141212225 the following: ‘‘, other than a grade described in 24
11413-subsection (b),’’; and 25 407
11414-†S 524 ES
12226+subsection (b),’’; and 25
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1141512230 (3) by adding at the end the following: 1
1141612231 ‘‘(b) F
1141712232 LAGOFFICERS.—Appointments in and pro-2
1141812233 motions to the grade of rear admiral (upper half) or above 3
1141912234 shall be made by the President, by and with the advice 4
1142012235 and consent of the Senate.’’. 5
1142112236 SEC. 702. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN-6
1142212237 ISTRATION VESSEL FLEET. 7
1142312238 (a) I
1142412239 NGENERAL.—The NOAA Fleet Modernization 8
1142512240 Act (33 U.S.C. 891 et seq.) is amended— 9
1142612241 (1) in section 603 (33 U.S.C. 891a)— 10
1142712242 (A) in the section heading, by striking 11
1142812243 ‘‘
1142912244 FLEET’’ and all that follows through ‘‘PRO-12
1143012245 GRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘OPERATION AND 13
1143112246 MAINTENANCE OF NOAA FLEET ’’; and 14
1143212247 (B) by striking ‘‘is authorized’’ and all 15
1143312248 that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘, act-16
1143412249 ing through the Assistant Administrator of 17
1143512250 NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, 18
1143612251 shall operate and maintain a fleet of vessels to 19
1143712252 meet the requirements of NOAA in carrying out 20
1143812253 the mission and functions of NOAA, subject to 21
1143912254 the requirements of this title.’’; 22
1144012255 (2) in section 604 (33 U.S.C. 891b)— 23
1144112256 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Sec-24
11442-retary’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘Sec-25 408
11443-†S 524 ES
12257+retary’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘Sec-25
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1144412261 retary, acting through the Assistant Adminis-1
1144512262 trator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Oper-2
1144612263 ations, shall develop and submit to the Com-3
1144712264 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-4
1144812265 tation of the Senate and the Committee on Nat-5
1144912266 ural Resources and the Committee on Science, 6
1145012267 Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-7
1145112268 resentatives a replacement and modernization 8
1145212269 plan for the NOAA fleet not later than 180 9
1145312270 days after the date of the enactment of the 10
1145412271 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, and 11
1145512272 every 2 years thereafter.’’; 12
1145612273 (B) by striking subsections (b) and (d); 13
1145712274 (C) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-14
1145812275 section (b); 15
1145912276 (D) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— 16
1146012277 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pro-17
1146112278 posed’’ and all that follows and inserting 18
1146212279 the following: ‘‘in operation in the NOAA 19
1146312280 fleet as of the date of submission of the 20
1146412281 Plan, a description of the status of those 21
1146512282 vessels, and a statement of the planned 22
1146612283 and anticipated service life of those ves-23
1146712284 sels;’’; 24
11468-(ii) by striking paragraph (6); 25 409
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12285+(ii) by striking paragraph (6); 25
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1147012289 (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (2), 1
1147112290 (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), 2
1147212291 (6), and (7), respectively; 3
1147312292 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (1) 4
1147412293 the following: 5
1147512294 ‘‘(2) a plan with respect to operation, mainte-6
1147612295 nance, and replacement of vessels described in para-7
1147712296 graph (1), including the schedule for maintenance or 8
1147812297 replacement and anticipated funding requirements; 9
1147912298 ‘‘(3) the number of vessels proposed to be con-10
1148012299 structed by NOAA;’’; 11
1148112300 (v) in paragraph (4), as so redesig-12
1148212301 nated, by striking ‘‘constructed, leased, or 13
1148312302 chartered’’ and inserting ‘‘acquired, leased, 14
1148412303 or chartered by NOAA’’; 15
1148512304 (vi) in paragraph (6), as so redesig-16
1148612305 nated— 17
1148712306 (I) by striking ‘‘or any other fed-18
1148812307 eral official’’ and inserting ‘‘the Direc-19
1148912308 tor of the National Science Founda-20
1149012309 tion, or any other Federal official’’; 21
1149112310 and 22
1149212311 (II) by striking ‘‘their avail-23
1149312312 ability’’ and inserting ‘‘the availability 24
11494-of those vessels’’; 25 410
11495-†S 524 ES
12313+of those vessels’’; 25
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1149612317 (vii) in paragraph (7), as so redesig-1
1149712318 nated, by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a 2
1149812319 semicolon; and 3
1149912320 (viii) by adding at the end the fol-4
1150012321 lowing: 5
1150112322 ‘‘(8) a plan for using small vessels, uncrewed 6
1150212323 systems, and partnerships to augment the require-7
1150312324 ments of NOAA for days at sea; 8
1150412325 ‘‘(9) the number of officers of the NOAA com-9
1150512326 missioned officer corps and professional wage mari-10
1150612327 ners needed to operate and maintain the NOAA 11
1150712328 fleet, including the vessels identified under para-12
1150812329 graph (3); and 13
1150912330 ‘‘(10) current and potential challenges with 14
1151012331 meeting the requirements under paragraph (9) and 15
1151112332 proposed solutions to those challenges.’’; and 16
1151212333 (E) by adding at the end the following: 17
1151312334 ‘‘(c) V
1151412335 ESSELPROCUREMENT APPROVAL.—The Na-18
1151512336 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may not 19
1151612337 procure vessels that are more than 65 feet in length with-20
1151712338 out the approval of the Assistant Administrator of NOAA 21
1151812339 for Marine and Aviation Operations.’’; 22
1151912340 (3) in section 605 (33 U.S.C. 891c)— 23
1152012341 (A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-24
11521-ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘working 25 411
11522-†S 524 ES
12342+ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘working 25
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1152312346 through the Office of the NOAA Corps Oper-1
1152412347 ations and the Systems Procurement Office’’ 2
1152512348 and inserting ‘‘acting through the Assistant Ad-3
1152612349 ministrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation 4
1152712350 Operations’’; and 5
1152812351 (B) in subsection (b)— 6
1152912352 (i) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and all that fol-7
1153012353 lows through ‘‘submit to Congress’’ and in-8
1153112354 serting ‘‘, acting through the Assistant Ad-9
1153212355 ministrator of NOAA for Marine and Avia-10
1153312356 tion Operations, shall submit to the Com-11
1153412357 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-12
1153512358 portation of the Senate and the Committee 13
1153612359 on Natural Resources and the Committee 14
1153712360 on Science, Space, and Technology of the 15
1153812361 House of Representatives,’’; and 16
1153912362 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsequent’’; 17
1154012363 (4) in section 608 (33 U.S.C. 891f)— 18
1154112364 (A) by striking subsection (b); 19
1154212365 (B) by striking ‘‘(
1154312366 A) VESSELAGREE-20
1154412367 MENTS.—’’; and 21
1154512368 (C) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary’’ the fol-22
1154612369 lowing: ‘‘, acting through the Assistant Admin-23
1154712370 istrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Op-24
11548-erations,’’; and 25 412
11549-†S 524 ES
12371+erations,’’; and 25
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1155012375 (5) in section 610 (33 U.S.C. 891h)— 1
1155112376 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for car-2
1155212377 rying’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-3
1155312378 lowing: ‘‘$93,000,000 for the period of fiscal 4
1155412379 years 2025 through 2026 to carry out this title 5
1155512380 and section 302 of the Fisheries Survey Vessel 6
1155612381 Authorization Act of 2000 (title III of Public 7
1155712382 Law 106–450; 114 Stat. 1945; 33 U.S.C. 891b 8
1155812383 note).’’; and 9
1155912384 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Na-10
1156012385 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 11
1156112386 fleet modernization’’ and inserting ‘‘NOAA fleet 12
1156212387 modernization,’’. 13
1156312388 (b) F
1156412389 ISHERYSURVEYVESSELS.—Section 302(a) of 14
1156512390 the Fisheries Survey Vessel Authorization Act of 2000 15
1156612391 (title III of Public Law 106–450; 114 Stat. 1945; 33 16
1156712392 U.S.C. 891b note) is amended— 17
1156812393 (1) by striking ‘‘may in accordance with this 18
1156912394 section’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; 19
1157012395 (2) by striking ‘‘up to six’’; and 20
1157112396 (3) by inserting after ‘‘this section’’ the fol-21
1157212397 lowing: ‘‘and the NOAA Fleet Modernization Act 22
1157312398 (33 U.S.C. 891 et seq.)’’. 23
1157412399 (c) N
1157512400 OTIFICATIONS OFPROPOSEDDEACTIVATION OF 24
1157612401 V
11577-ESSELS.—Section 401(b)(4) of the National Oceanic and 25 413
11578-†S 524 ES
12402+ESSELS.—Section 401(b)(4) of the National Oceanic and 25
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1157912406 Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 1
1158012407 (Public Law 102–567; 106 Stat. 4291; 33 U.S.C. 891b 2
1158112408 note) is amended— 3
1158212409 (1) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and all that follows 4
1158312410 through ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-5
1158412411 retary’’; 6
1158512412 (2) by striking ‘‘the Committee on Merchant 7
1158612413 Marine and Fisheries’’ and inserting ‘‘the Com-8
1158712414 mittee on Natural Resources and the Committee on 9
1158812415 Science, Space, and Technology’’; and 10
1158912416 (3) by striking ‘‘, if an equivalent’’ and all that 11
1159012417 follows through ‘‘deactivation’’. 12
1159112418 SEC. 703. COOPERATIVE AVIATION CENTERS. 13
1159212419 (a) I
1159312420 NGENERAL.—Section 218 of the National Oce-14
1159412421 anic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Offi-15
1159512422 cer Corps Act of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 3008) is amended— 16
1159612423 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘
1159712424 AVIA-17
1159812425 TION ACCESSION TRAINING PROGRAMS ’’ and in-18
1159912426 serting ‘‘
1160012427 COOPERATIVE AVIATION CENTERS ’’; 19
1160112428 (2) in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs 20
1160212429 (2) and (3) and inserting the following: 21
1160312430 ‘‘(2) C
1160412431 OOPERATIVE AVIATION CENTER .—The 22
1160512432 term ‘Cooperative Aviation Center’ means a Cooper-23
1160612433 ative Aviation Center designated under subsection 24
11607-(b)(1).’’; 25 414
11608-†S 524 ES
12434+(b)(1).’’; 25
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1160912438 (3) in subsection (b)— 1
1161012439 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 2
1161112440 ‘‘A
1161212441 VIATIONACCESSIONTRAININGPROGRAMS’’ 3
1161312442 and inserting ‘‘C
1161412443 OOPERATIVEAVIATIONCEN-4
1161512444 TERS’’; 5
1161612445 (B) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 6
1161712446 (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 7
1161812447 paragraph (3); 8
1161912448 (D) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-9
1162012449 ing the following: 10
1162112450 ‘‘(1) D
1162212451 ESIGNATION REQUIRED .—The Adminis-11
1162312452 trator shall designate one or more Cooperative Avia-12
1162412453 tion Centers for the commissioned officer corps of 13
1162512454 the Administration at institutions described in para-14
1162612455 graph (3). 15
1162712456 ‘‘(2) P
1162812457 URPOSE.—The purpose of Cooperative 16
1162912458 Aviation Centers is to facilitate the development and 17
1163012459 recruitment of aviators for the commissioned officer 18
1163112460 corps of the Administration.’’; and 19
1163212461 (E) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 20
1163312462 (i) in the matter preceding subpara-21
1163412463 graph (A), inserting ‘‘that’’ after ‘‘edu-22
1163512464 cational institution’’; 23
1163612465 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 24
11637-‘‘that requests’’ and inserting ‘‘applies’’; 25 415
11638-†S 524 ES
12466+‘‘that requests’’ and inserting ‘‘applies’’; 25
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1163912470 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 1
1164012471 (I) by striking ‘‘that has’’ and in-2
1164112472 serting ‘‘has’’; and 3
1164212473 (II) by striking the semicolon 4
1164312474 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 5
1164412475 (iv) in subparagraph (C)— 6
1164512476 (I) by striking ‘‘that is located’’ 7
1164612477 and inserting ‘‘is located’’; 8
1164712478 (II) by striking clause (ii); 9
1164812479 (III) by striking ‘‘that—’’ and all 10
1164912480 that follows through ‘‘experiences’’ 11
1165012481 and inserting ‘‘that experiences’’; and 12
1165112482 (IV) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-13
1165212483 serting a period; and 14
1165312484 (v) by striking subparagraph (D); and 15
1165412485 (4) by striking subsections (c), (d), and (e) and 16
1165512486 inserting the following: 17
1165612487 ‘‘(c) C
1165712488 OOPERATIVEAVIATIONCENTERSADVISOR.— 18
1165812489 ‘‘(1) A
1165912490 SSIGNMENT.—The Administrator shall 19
1166012491 assign an officer or employee of the commissioned 20
1166112492 officer corps of the Administration to serve as the 21
1166212493 Cooperative Aviation Centers Advisor. 22
1166312494 ‘‘(2) D
1166412495 UTIES.—The Cooperative Aviation Cen-23
11665-ters Advisor shall— 24 416
11666-†S 524 ES
12496+ters Advisor shall— 24
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1166712500 ‘‘(A) coordinate all engagement of the Ad-1
1166812501 ministration with Cooperative Aviation Centers, 2
1166912502 including assistance with curriculum develop-3
1167012503 ment; and 4
1167112504 ‘‘(B) serve as the chief aviation recruiting 5
1167212505 officer for the commissioned officer corps of the 6
1167312506 Administration.’’. 7
1167412507 (b) C
1167512508 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 8
1167612509 in section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to reauthorize 9
1167712510 the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and 10
1167812511 for other purposes’’ (Public Law 107–372) is amended by 11
1167912512 striking the item relating to section 218 and inserting the 12
1168012513 following: 13
1168112514 ‘‘Sec. 218.Cooperative Aviation Centers.’’.
1168212515 SEC. 704. ELIGIBILITY OF FORMER OFFICERS TO COMPETE
1168312516 14
1168412517 FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS. 15
1168512518 (a) I
1168612519 NGENERAL.—The National Oceanic and Atmos-16
1168712520 pheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 17
1168812521 2002 (33 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by inserting 18
1168912522 after section 269B the following new section: 19
1169012523 ‘‘SEC. 269C. ELIGIBILITY OF FORMER OFFICERS TO COM-20
1169112524 PETE FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS. 21
1169212525 ‘‘(a) I
1169312526 NGENERAL.—An individual who was separated 22
1169412527 from the commissioned officer corps of the Administration 23
1169512528 under honorable conditions after not fewer than 3 years 24
11696-of active service may not be denied the opportunity to com-25 417
11697-†S 524 ES
12529+of active service may not be denied the opportunity to com-25
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1169812533 pete for a vacant position with respect to which the agency 1
1169912534 in which the position is located will accept applications 2
1170012535 from individuals outside the workforce of that agency 3
1170112536 under merit promotion procedures. 4
1170212537 ‘‘(b) T
1170312538 YPE OFAPPOINTMENT.—If selected for a posi-5
1170412539 tion pursuant to subsection (a), an individual described 6
1170512540 in that subsection shall receive a career or career-condi-7
1170612541 tional appointment, as appropriate. 8
1170712542 ‘‘(c) A
1170812543 NNOUNCEMENTS .—The area of consideration 9
1170912544 for a merit promotion announcement with respect to a po-10
1171012545 sition that includes consideration of individuals within the 11
1171112546 Federal service for that position shall— 12
1171212547 ‘‘(1) indicate that individuals described in sub-13
1171312548 section (a) are eligible to apply for the position; and 14
1171412549 ‘‘(2) be publicized in accordance with section 15
1171512550 3327 of title 5, United States Code. 16
1171612551 ‘‘(d) R
1171712552 ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-17
1171812553 tion may be construed to confer an entitlement to vet-18
1171912554 erans’ preference that is not otherwise required by any 19
1172012555 statute or regulation relating to veterans’ preference. 20
1172112556 ‘‘(e) R
1172212557 EGULATIONS.—The Director of the Office of 21
1172312558 Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations nec-22
1172412559 essary for the administration of this section. 23
1172512560 ‘‘(f) R
1172612561 EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 3 24
11727-years after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Au-25 418
11728-†S 524 ES
12562+years after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Au-25
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1172912566 thorization Act of 2025, the Administrator shall submit 1
1173012567 to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-2
1173112568 tation and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 3
1173212569 of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources 4
1173312570 and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-5
1173412571 resentatives a report which includes the following: 6
1173512572 ‘‘(1) A description of how the Administrator 7
1173612573 has utilized the authority granted under this section, 8
1173712574 including the number and locations of individuals 9
1173812575 hired utilizing the authority granted under this sec-10
1173912576 tion. 11
1174012577 ‘‘(2) An overview of the impact to Federal em-12
1174112578 ployment for former members of the commissioned 13
1174212579 officer corps of the Administration as a result of the 14
1174312580 authority granted under this section. 15
1174412581 ‘‘(g) S
1174512582 UNSET.—This section shall be repealed on the 16
1174612583 date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of the 17
1174712584 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025.’’. 18
1174812585 (b) C
1174912586 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 19
1175012587 in section 1 of such Act is amended by inserting after the 20
1175112588 item relating to section 269B the following new item: 21
11752-‘‘Sec. 269C.Eligibility of former officers to compete for certain positions.’’. 419
11753-†S 524 ES
12589+‘‘Sec. 269C.Eligibility of former officers to compete for certain positions.’’.
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1175412593 SEC. 705. ALIGNMENT OF PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATION 1
1175512594 STANDARD FOR OBLIGATED SERVICE AGREE-2
1175612595 MENTS WITH STANDARD FOR VETERANS’ 3
1175712596 BENEFITS. 4
1175812597 Section 216(c)(2)(B) of the National Oceanic and At-5
1175912598 mospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps 6
1176012599 Act of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 3006(c)(2)(B)) is amended by 7
1176112600 striking ‘‘misconduct or grossly negligent conduct’’ and in-8
1176212601 serting ‘‘willful misconduct’’. 9
1176312602 SEC. 706. STREAMLINING SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT 10
1176412603 PROCESS. 11
1176512604 Section 241(c) of the National Oceanic and Atmos-12
1176612605 pheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 13
1176712606 2002 (33 U.S.C. 3041(c)) is amended to read as follows: 14
1176812607 ‘‘(c) E
1176912608 FFECTIVEDATE OFRETIREMENTS AND SEPA-15
1177012609 RATIONS.— 16
1177112610 ‘‘(1) I
1177212611 N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 17
1177312612 retirement or separation under subsection (a) shall 18
1177412613 take effect on such date as is determined by the Sec-19
1177512614 retary. 20
1177612615 ‘‘(2) D
1177712616 ETERMINATION OF DATE .—The effective 21
1177812617 date determined under paragraph (1) for a retire-22
1177912618 ment or separation under subsection (a) shall be— 23
1178012619 ‘‘(A) except as provided by subparagraph 24
11781-(B), not earlier than 60 days after the date on 25 420
11782-†S 524 ES
12620+(B), not earlier than 60 days after the date on 25
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1178312624 which the Secretary approves the retirement or 1
1178412625 separation; or 2
1178512626 ‘‘(B) if the officer concerned requests an 3
1178612627 earlier effective date, such earlier date as is de-4
1178712628 termined by the Secretary.’’. 5
1178812629 SEC. 707. SEPARATION OF ENSIGNS FOUND NOT FULLY 6
1178912630 QUALIFIED. 7
1179012631 Section 223(b) of the National Oceanic and Atmos-8
1179112632 pheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 9
1179212633 2002 (30 U.S.C. 3023(b)) is amended— 10
1179312634 (1) by striking ‘‘permanent’’; and 11
1179412635 (2) by striking ‘‘the officer’s commission shall 12
1179512636 be revoked and’’. 13
1179612637 SEC. 708. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON EDUCATIONAL AS-14
1179712638 SISTANCE. 15
1179812639 (a) I
1179912640 NGENERAL.—Section 204 of the National Oce-16
1180012641 anic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Offi-17
1180112642 cer Corps Amendments Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 3079–1) 18
1180212643 is repealed. 19
1180312644 (b) C
1180412645 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 20
1180512646 in section 1(b) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 21
1180612647 Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments 22
1180712648 Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–259; 134 Stat. 1153) is 23
11808-amended by striking the item relating to section 204. 24 421
11809-†S 524 ES
12649+amended by striking the item relating to section 204. 24
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1181012653 SEC. 709. DISPOSAL OF SURVEY AND RESEARCH VESSELS 1
1181112654 AND EQUIPMENT OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC 2
1181212655 AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. 3
1181312656 Section 548 of title 40, United States Code, is 4
1181412657 amended— 5
1181512658 (1) by striking ‘‘The Maritime’’ and inserting 6
1181612659 ‘‘(
1181712660 A) INGENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-7
1181812661 section (b), the Maritime’’; and 8
1181912662 (2) by adding at the end the following: 9
1182012663 ‘‘(b) N
1182112664 ATIONALOCEANIC ANDATMOSPHERICADMIN-10
1182212665 ISTRATIONVESSELS ANDEQUIPMENT.— 11
1182312666 ‘‘(1) A
1182412667 UTHORITY.—The Administrator of the 12
1182512668 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 13
1182612669 may dispose of covered vessels and equipment, which 14
1182712670 would otherwise be disposed of under subsection (a), 15
1182812671 through sales or transfers under this title. 16
1182912672 ‘‘(2) U
1183012673 SE OF PROCEEDS .—During the 2-year 17
1183112674 period beginning of the date of enactment of the 18
1183212675 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, notwith-19
1183312676 standing section 571 of this title or section 3302 of 20
1183412677 title 31, the Administrator of the National Oceanic 21
1183512678 and Atmospheric Administration may— 22
1183612679 ‘‘(A) retain the proceeds from the sale or 23
1183712680 transfer of a covered vessel or equipment under 24
1183812681 paragraph (1) until expended under subpara-25
11839-graph (B); and 26 422
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12682+graph (B); and 26
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1184112686 ‘‘(B) use such proceeds, without fiscal year 1
1184212687 limitation, for the acquisition of new covered 2
1184312688 vessels and equipment or the repair and main-3
1184412689 tenance of existing covered vessels and equip-4
1184512690 ment. 5
1184612691 ‘‘(3) C
1184712692 OVERED VESSELS AND EQUIPMENT DE -6
1184812693 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered vessels 7
1184912694 and equipment’ means survey and research vessels 8
1185012695 and related equipment owned by the Federal Gov-9
1185112696 ernment and under the control of the National Oce-10
1185212697 anic and Atmospheric Administration.’’. 11
1185312698 Subtitle B—South Pacific Tuna 12
1185412699 Treaty Matters 13
1185512700 SEC. 721. REFERENCES TO SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA ACT OF 14
1185612701 1988. 15
1185712702 Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in 16
1185812703 this subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 17
1185912704 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-18
1186012705 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 19
1186112706 section or other provision of the South Pacific Tuna Act 20
1186212707 of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 973 et seq.). 21
1186312708 SEC. 722. DEFINITIONS. 22
1186412709 (a) A
1186512710 PPLICABLENATIONALLAW.—Section 2(4) (16 23
11866-U.S.C. 973(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘described in para-24 423
11867-†S 524 ES
12711+U.S.C. 973(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘described in para-24
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1186812715 graph 1(a) of Annex I of’’ and inserting ‘‘noticed and in 1
1186912716 effect in accordance with’’. 2
1187012717 (b) C
1187112718 LOSEDAREA.—Section 2(5) (16 U.S.C. 973(5)) 3
1187212719 is amended by striking ‘‘of the closed areas identified in 4
1187312720 Schedule 2 of Annex I of’’ and inserting ‘‘area within the 5
1187412721 jurisdiction of a Pacific Island Party that is closed to ves-6
1187512722 sels pursuant to a national law of that Pacific Island Party 7
1187612723 and is noticed and in effect in accordance with’’. 8
1187712724 (c) F
1187812725 ISHING.—Section 2(6) (16 U.S.C. 973(6)) is 9
1187912726 amended— 10
1188012727 (1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘for any 11
1188112728 purpose’’ after ‘‘harvesting of fish’’; and 12
1188212729 (2) by amending subparagraph (F) to read as 13
1188312730 follows: 14
1188412731 ‘‘(F) use of any other vessel, vehicle, air-15
1188512732 craft, or hovercraft for any activity described in 16
1188612733 this paragraph except for emergencies involving 17
1188712734 the health or safety of the crew or the safety 18
1188812735 of a vessel.’’. 19
1188912736 (d) F
1189012737 ISHINGVESSEL; VESSEL.—Section 2(7) (16 20
1189112738 U.S.C. 973(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘commercial fish-21
1189212739 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘commercial purse seine fishing for 22
1189312740 tuna’’. 23
1189412741 (e) L
1189512742 ICENSINGAREA.—Section 2(8) (16 U.S.C. 24
11896-973(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘in the Treaty Area’’ and 25 424
11897-†S 524 ES
12743+973(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘in the Treaty Area’’ and 25
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1189812747 all that follows and inserting ‘‘under the jurisdiction of 1
1189912748 a Pacific Island Party, except for internal waters, terri-2
1190012749 torial seas, archipelagic waters, and any Closed Area.’’. 3
1190112750 (f) L
1190212751 IMITEDAREA; PARTY; TREATYAREA.—Section 4
1190312752 2 (16 U.S.C. 973) is amended— 5
1190412753 (1) by striking paragraphs (10), (13), and (18); 6
1190512754 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (12) 7
1190612755 as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; 8
1190712756 (3) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-9
1190812757 graph (12); and 10
1190912758 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through 11
1191012759 (17) as paragraphs (14) through (16), respectively. 12
1191112760 (g) R
1191212761 EGIONALTERMS ANDCONDITIONS.—Section 2 13
1191312762 (16 U.S.C. 973) is amended by inserting after paragraph 14
1191412763 (12), as redesignated by subsection (f)(3), the following: 15
1191512764 ‘‘(13) The term ‘regional terms and conditions’ 16
1191612765 means any of the terms or conditions attached by 17
1191712766 the Administrator to a license issued by the Admin-18
1191812767 istrator, as notified by the Secretary.’’. 19
1191912768 SEC. 723. PROHIBITED ACTS. 20
1192012769 (a) I
1192112770 NGENERAL.—Section 5(a) (16 U.S.C. 973c(a)) 21
1192212771 is amended— 22
1192312772 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 23
1192412773 striking ‘‘Except as provided in section 6 of this Act, 24
11925-it’’ and inserting ‘‘It’’; 25 425
11926-†S 524 ES
12774+it’’ and inserting ‘‘It’’; 25
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1192712778 (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 1
1192812779 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 2
1192912780 (13) as paragraphs (3) through (11), respectively; 3
1193012781 (4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by in-4
1193112782 serting ‘‘, except in accordance with an agreement 5
1193212783 pursuant to the Treaty’’ after ‘‘Closed Area’’; 6
1193312784 (5) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated, by 7
1193412785 striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 8
1193512786 (6) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, by 9
1193612787 striking the period at the end and inserting a semi-10
1193712788 colon; and 11
1193812789 (7) by adding at the end the following: 12
1193912790 ‘‘(12) to violate any of the regional terms and 13
1194012791 conditions; or 14
1194112792 ‘‘(13) to violate any limit on an authorized fish-15
1194212793 ing effort or catch.’’. 16
1194312794 (b) I
1194412795 N THELICENSINGAREA.—Section 5(b) (16 17
1194512796 U.S.C. 973c(b)) is amended— 18
1194612797 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 19
1194712798 striking ‘‘Except as provided in section 6 of this Act, 20
1194812799 it’’ and inserting ‘‘It’’; 21
1194912800 (2) by striking paragraph (5); and 22
1195012801 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 23
11951-paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively. 24 426
11952-†S 524 ES
12802+paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively. 24
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1195312806 SEC. 724. EXCEPTIONS. 1
1195412807 Section 6 (16 U.S.C. 973d) is repealed. 2
1195512808 SEC. 725. CRIMINAL OFFENSES. 3
1195612809 Section 7(a) (16 U.S.C. 973e(a)) is amended by 4
1195712810 striking ‘‘section 5(a) (8), (10), (11), or (12)’’ and insert-5
1195812811 ing ‘‘paragraph (6), (8), (9), or (10) of section 5(a)’’. 6
1195912812 SEC. 726. CIVIL PENALTIES. 7
1196012813 (a) A
1196112814 MOUNT.—Section 8(a) (16 U.S.C. 973f(a)) is 8
1196212815 amended— 9
1196312816 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Code’’ 10
1196412817 after ‘‘liable to the United States’’; and 11
1196512818 (2) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘Except 12
1196612819 for those acts prohibited by section 5(a) (4), (5), 13
1196712820 (7), (8), (10), (11), and (12), and section 5(b) (1), 14
1196812821 (2), (3), and (7) of this Act, the’’ and inserting 15
1196912822 ‘‘The’’. 16
1197012823 (b) W
1197112824 AIVER OFREFERRAL TO ATTORNEYGEN-17
1197212825 ERAL.—Section 8(g) (16 U.S.C. 973f(g)) is amended— 18
1197312826 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 19
1197412827 striking ‘‘section 5(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), 20
1197512828 (8), (9), or (13)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), 21
1197612829 (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (11), (12), or (13) of section 22
1197712830 5(a)’’; and 23
1197812831 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, all Limited 24
1197912832 Areas closed to fishing,’’ after ‘‘outside of the Li-25
11980-censing Area’’. 26 427
11981-†S 524 ES
12833+censing Area’’. 26
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1198212837 SEC. 727. LICENSES. 1
1198312838 (a) F
1198412839 ORWARDING OF VESSELLICENSEAPPLICA-2
1198512840 TION.—Section 9(b) (16 U.S.C. 973g(b)) is amended to 3
1198612841 read as follows: 4
1198712842 ‘‘(b) In accordance with subsection (e), and except 5
1198812843 as provided in subsection (f), the Secretary shall forward 6
1198912844 a vessel license application to the Administrator whenever 7
1199012845 such application is in accordance with application proce-8
1199112846 dures established by the Secretary.’’. 9
1199212847 (b) F
1199312848 EES ANDSCHEDULES.—Section 9(c) (16 U.S.C. 10
1199412849 973g(c)) is amended to read as follows: 11
1199512850 ‘‘(c) Fees required under the Treaty shall be paid in 12
1199612851 accordance with the Treaty and any procedures estab-13
1199712852 lished by the Secretary.’’. 14
1199812853 (c) M
1199912854 INIMUMFEESREQUIRED TOBERECEIVED IN 15
1200012855 I
1200112856 NITIALYEAR; GROUNDS FORDENIAL OFFORWARDING 16
1200212857 OFLICENSEAPPLICATION; GRANDFATHERING OF CER-17
1200312858 TAINVESSELS.—Section 9 (16 U.S.C. 973g) is amend-18
1200412859 ed— 19
1200512860 (1) by striking subsection (f); 20
1200612861 (2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 21
1200712862 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 22
1200812863 (3) by amending subsection (f), as so redesig-23
12009-nated, to read as follows: 24 428
12010-†S 524 ES
12864+nated, to read as follows: 24
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1201112868 ‘‘(f) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 1
1201212869 of State, may determine that a license application should 2
1201312870 not be forwarded to the Administrator if— 3
1201412871 ‘‘(1) the application is not in accordance with 4
1201512872 the Treaty or the procedures established by the Sec-5
1201612873 retary; or 6
1201712874 ‘‘(2) the owner or charterer— 7
1201812875 ‘‘(A) is the subject of proceedings under 8
1201912876 the bankruptcy laws of the United States, un-9
1202012877 less reasonable financial assurances have been 10
1202112878 provided to the Secretary; 11
1202212879 ‘‘(B) has not established to the satisfaction 12
1202312880 of the Secretary that the fishing vessel is fully 13
1202412881 insured against all risks and liabilities normally 14
1202512882 provided in maritime liability insurance; or 15
1202612883 ‘‘(C) has not paid any penalty which has 16
1202712884 become final, assessed by the Secretary in ac-17
1202812885 cordance with this Act.’’; and 18
1202912886 (4) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para-19
1203012887 graph (2)— 20
1203112888 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 21
1203212889 follows: 22
1203312890 ‘‘(1) section 12113 of title 46, United States 23
12034-Code;’’; 24 429
12035-†S 524 ES
12891+Code;’’; 24
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1203612895 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘of 1
1203712896 1972’’ after ‘‘Marine Mammal Protection Act’’; 2
1203812897 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘of 3
1203912898 1972’’ after ‘‘Marine Mammal Protection Act’’; 4
1204012899 and 5
1204112900 (D) in the matter following paragraph (3), 6
1204212901 by striking ‘‘any vessel documented’’ and all 7
1204312902 that follows and inserting the following: 8
1204412903 ‘‘any vessel documented under the laws of the United 9
1204512904 States as of the date of enactment of the Fisheries Act 10
1204612905 of 1995 (Public Law 104–43) for which a license has been 11
1204712906 issued under subsection (a) may fish for tuna in the Li-12
1204812907 censing Area, and on the high seas and in waters subject 13
1204912908 to the jurisdiction of the United States west of 146 west 14
1205012909 longitude and east of 129.5 east longitude in accordance 15
1205112910 with international law, subject to the provisions of the 16
1205212911 Treaty, this Act, and other applicable law, provided that 17
1205312912 no such vessel intentionally deploys a purse seine net to 18
1205412913 encircle any dolphin or other marine mammal in the 19
1205512914 course of fishing.’’. 20
1205612915 SEC. 728. ENFORCEMENT. 21
1205712916 (a) N
1205812917 OTICEREQUIREMENTS TO PACIFICISLAND 22
1205912918 P
1206012919 ARTYCONCERNING INSTITUTION OF LEGALPRO-23
1206112920 CEEDINGS.—Section 10(c)(1) (16 U.S.C. 973h(c)(1)) is 24
12062-amended— 25 430
12063-†S 524 ES
12921+amended— 25
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1206412925 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘paragraph 1
1206512926 8 of Article 4 of’’; and 2
1206612927 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Article 3
1206712928 10 of’’. 4
1206812929 (b) S
1206912930 EARCHES ANDSEIZURES BYAUTHORIZEDOF-5
1207012931 FICERS.—Section 10(d)(1)(A) (16 U.S.C. 973h(d)(1)(A)) 6
1207112932 is amended— 7
1207212933 (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 8
1207312934 and 9
1207412935 (2) in clause (iii), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end. 10
1207512936 SEC. 729. FINDINGS BY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. 11
1207612937 (a) O
1207712938 RDER OFVESSELTOLEAVEWATERSUPON 12
1207812939 F
1207912940 AILURETOSUBMIT TOJURISDICTION OFPACIFICIS-13
1208012941 LANDPARTY; PROCEDUREAPPLICABLE.—Section 11(a) 14
1208112942 (16 U.S.C. 973i(a)) is amended— 15
1208212943 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 16
1208312944 striking ‘‘, all Limited Areas,’’; 17
1208412945 (2) in paragraph (1)— 18
1208512946 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 19
1208612947 ‘‘paragraph 2 of Article 3 of’’; and 20
1208712948 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 21
1208812949 ‘‘within the Treaty Area’’ and inserting ‘‘under 22
1208912950 the jurisdiction’’; and 23
12090-(3) in paragraph (2)— 24 431
12091-†S 524 ES
12951+(3) in paragraph (2)— 24
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1209212955 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-1
1209312956 tion 5 (a)(4), (a)(5), (b)(2), or (b)(3)’’ and in-2
1209412957 serting ‘‘paragraph (3) of section 5(a) or para-3
1209512958 graph (2) or (3) of section 5(b)’’; 4
1209612959 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-5
1209712960 tion 5(b)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5(b)(6)’’; 6
1209812961 and 7
1209912962 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sec-8
1210012963 tion 5(a)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5(a)(5)’’. 9
1210112964 (b) O
1210212965 RDER OFVESSELTOLEAVEWATERSWHERE 10
1210312966 P
1210412967 ACIFICISLANDPARTYINVESTIGATINGALLEGEDTREA-11
1210512968 TYINFRINGEMENT.—Section 11(b) (16 U.S.C. 973i(b)) is 12
1210612969 amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 7 of Article 5 of’’. 13
1210712970 SEC. 730. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. 14
1210812971 Section 12 (16 U.S.C. 973j) is amended to read as 15
1210912972 follows: 16
1211012973 ‘‘SEC. 12. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. 17
1211112974 ‘‘(a) P
1211212975 ROHIBITEDDISCLOSURE OFCERTAININFOR-18
1211312976 MATION.—Pursuant to section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United 19
1211412977 States Code, except as provided in subsection (b), the Sec-20
1211512978 retary shall keep confidential and may not disclose the fol-21
1211612979 lowing information: 22
1211712980 ‘‘(1) Information provided to the Secretary by 23
1211812981 the Administrator that the Administrator has des-24
12119-ignated confidential. 25 432
12120-†S 524 ES
12982+ignated confidential. 25
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1212112986 ‘‘(2) Information collected by observers. 1
1212212987 ‘‘(3) Information submitted to the Secretary by 2
1212312988 any person in compliance with the requirements of 3
1212412989 this Act. 4
1212512990 ‘‘(b) A
1212612991 UTHORIZEDDISCLOSURE OFCERTAININFOR-5
1212712992 MATION.—The Secretary may disclose information de-6
1212812993 scribed in subsection (a)— 7
1212912994 ‘‘(1) if disclosure is ordered by a court; 8
1213012995 ‘‘(2) if the information is used by a Federal em-9
1213112996 ployee— 10
1213212997 ‘‘(A) for enforcement; or 11
1213312998 ‘‘(B) in support of the homeland security 12
1213412999 missions and non-homeland security missions of 13
1213513000 the Coast Guard as defined in section 888 of 14
1213613001 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 15
1213713002 468); 16
1213813003 ‘‘(3) if the information is used by a Federal em-17
1213913004 ployee or an employee of a Fishery Management 18
1214013005 Council for the administration of the Treaty or fish-19
1214113006 ery management and monitoring; 20
1214213007 ‘‘(4) to the Administrator, in accordance with 21
1214313008 the requirements of the Treaty and this Act; 22
1214413009 ‘‘(5) to the secretariat or equivalent of an inter-23
1214513010 national fisheries management organization of which 24
12146-the United States is a member, in accordance with 25 433
12147-†S 524 ES
13011+the United States is a member, in accordance with 25
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1214813015 the requirements or decisions of such organization, 1
1214913016 and insofar as possible, in accordance with an agree-2
1215013017 ment that prevents public disclosure of the identity 3
1215113018 of any person that submits such information; 4
1215213019 ‘‘(6) if the Secretary has obtained written au-5
1215313020 thorization from the person providing such informa-6
1215413021 tion, and disclosure does not violate other require-7
1215513022 ments of this Act; or 8
1215613023 ‘‘(7) in an aggregate or summary form that 9
1215713024 does not directly or indirectly disclose the identity of 10
1215813025 any person that submits such information. 11
1215913026 ‘‘(c) S
1216013027 AVINGSCLAUSE.— 12
1216113028 ‘‘(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed 13
1216213029 to adversely affect the authority of Congress, includ-14
1216313030 ing a Committee or Member thereof, to obtain any 15
1216413031 record or information. 16
1216513032 ‘‘(2) The absence of a provision similar to para-17
1216613033 graph (1) in any other provision of law shall not be 18
1216713034 construed to limit the ability of the Senate or the 19
1216813035 House of Representatives, including a Committee or 20
1216913036 Member thereof, to obtain any record or informa-21
1217013037 tion.’’. 22
1217113038 SEC. 731. CLOSED AREA STOWAGE REQUIREMENTS. 23
1217213039 Section 13 (16 U.S.C. 973k) is amended by striking 24
12173-‘‘. In particular, the boom shall be lowered’’ and all that 25 434
12174-†S 524 ES
13040+‘‘. In particular, the boom shall be lowered’’ and all that 25
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1217513044 follows and inserting ‘‘and in accordance with any require-1
1217613045 ments established by the Secretary.’’. 2
1217713046 SEC. 732. OBSERVERS. 3
1217813047 Section 14 (16 U.S.C. 973l) is repealed. 4
1217913048 SEC. 733. FISHERIES-RELATED ASSISTANCE. 5
1218013049 Section 15 (16 U.S.C. 973m) is amended to read as 6
1218113050 follows: 7
1218213051 ‘‘SEC. 15. FISHERIES-RELATED ASSISTANCE. 8
1218313052 ‘‘The Secretary and the Secretary of State may pro-9
1218413053 vide assistance to a Pacific Island Party to benefit such 10
1218513054 Pacific Island Party from the development of fisheries re-11
1218613055 sources and the operation of fishing vessels that are li-12
1218713056 censed pursuant to the Treaty, including— 13
1218813057 ‘‘(1) technical assistance; 14
1218913058 ‘‘(2) training and capacity building opportuni-15
1219013059 ties; 16
1219113060 ‘‘(3) facilitation of the implementation of pri-17
1219213061 vate sector activities or partnerships; and 18
1219313062 ‘‘(4) other activities as determined appropriate 19
1219413063 by the Secretary and the Secretary of State.’’. 20
1219513064 SEC. 734. ARBITRATION. 21
1219613065 Section 16 (16 U.S.C. 973n) is amended— 22
1219713066 (1) by striking ‘‘Article 6 of’’ after ‘‘arbitral tri-23
12198-bunal under’’; and 24 435
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13067+bunal under’’; and 24
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1220013071 (2) by striking ‘‘paragraph 3 of that Article’’ 1
1220113072 and all that follows through ‘‘under such paragraph’’ 2
1220213073 and inserting ‘‘the Treaty, shall determine the loca-3
1220313074 tion of the arbitration, and shall represent the 4
1220413075 United States in reaching agreement under the 5
1220513076 Treaty’’. 6
1220613077 SEC. 735. DISPOSITION OF FEES, PENALTIES, FORFEIT-7
1220713078 URES, AND OTHER MONEYS. 8
1220813079 Section 17 (16 U.S.C. 973o) is amended by striking 9
1220913080 ‘‘Article 4 of’’. 10
1221013081 SEC. 736. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS. 11
1221113082 Section 18 (16 U.S.C. 973p) is amended by striking 12
1221213083 ‘‘Within 30 days after’’ and all that follows and inserting 13
1221313084 ‘‘The Secretary may establish procedures for review of any 14
1221413085 agreements for additional fishing access entered into pur-15
1221513086 suant to the Treaty.’’. 16
1221613087 Subtitle C—Other Matters 17
1221713088 SEC. 741. NORTH PACIFIC RESEARCH BOARD ENHANCE-18
1221813089 MENT. 19
1221913090 (a) S
1222013091 HORTTITLE.—This section may be cited as the 20
1222113092 ‘‘North Pacific Research Board Enhancement Act’’. 21
1222213093 (b) A
1222313094 MENDMENTS.—Section 401(e) of the Depart-22
1222413095 ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 23
1222513096 Act, 1998 (43 U.S.C. 1474d(e)) is amended— 24
12226-(1) in paragraph (3)— 25 436
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13097+(1) in paragraph (3)— 25
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1222813101 (A) in subparagraph (L), by striking 1
1222913102 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 2
1223013103 (B) in subparagraph (M), by striking the 3
1223113104 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 4
1223213105 (C) in subparagraph (N), by striking the 5
1223313106 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 6
1223413107 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (N) 7
1223513108 the following: 8
1223613109 ‘‘(O) one member who shall represent Alas-9
1223713110 ka Natives and possesses personal knowledge 10
1223813111 of, and direct experience with, subsistence uses 11
1223913112 and shall be nominated by the Board and ap-12
1224013113 pointed by the Secretary.’’; and 13
1224113114 (E) by adding at the end the following: 14
1224213115 ‘‘Board members appointed under subpara-15
1224313116 graphs (N) and (O) shall serve for 3-year 16
1224413117 terms, and may be reappointed once.’’; 17
1224513118 (2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-18
1224613119 graph (6); and 19
1224713120 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-20
1224813121 lowing: 21
1224913122 ‘‘(5) If the amount made available for a fiscal 22
1225013123 year under subsection (c)(2) is less than the amount 23
1225113124 made available in the previous fiscal year, the Ad-24
12252-ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-25 437
12253-†S 524 ES
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1225413129 pheric Administration may increase the 15 percent 1
1225513130 cap on administrative expenses provided under para-2
1225613131 graph (4)(B) for that fiscal year to prioritize— 3
1225713132 ‘‘(A) continuing operation of the Board; 4
1225813133 ‘‘(B) maximizing the percentage of funds 5
1225913134 directed to research; and 6
1226013135 ‘‘(C) maintaining the highest quality 7
1226113136 standards in administering grants under this 8
1226213137 subsection.’’. 9
1226313138 (c) W
1226413139 AIVER.—Beginning on the date of enactment of 10
1226513140 this Act and ending on the date that is 5 years after such 11
1226613141 date of enactment, the 15 percent cap on funds to provide 12
1226713142 support for the North Pacific Research Board and admin-13
1226813143 ister grants under section 401(e)(4)(B) of the Department 14
1226913144 of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 15
1227013145 1998 (43 U.S.C. 1474d(e)(4)(B)) shall be waived. 16
12271-Passed the Senate March 5, 2025.
12272-Attest:
12273-Secretary. 119
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12275-CONGRESS
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12277-ST
12278-S
12279-ESSION
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12282-AN ACT
12283-To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard,
12284-and for other purposes.
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