,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,pappas introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #ad1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to direct the ,coast     
,guard to submit a report to ,congress  
on efforts to increase gender diversity1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fair and ,equal ,treatment of ,women in
 the ,coast ,guard ,act4  #b4 ,reports  
on gender diversity in the ,coast ,guard
  7a7 ,action plan  7#a7 ,in general    
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,commandant of the ,coast ,guard shall--
  7,a7 determine which recommendations  
in the ,,rand gender diversity report   
can practicably be implemented to       
promote gender diversity in the ,coast  
,guard2 and  7,b7 submit a report to the
 ,committee on ,transportation and      

,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate on the actions the      
,coast ,guard has taken or plans to take
 to implement such recommendations4     
7#b7 ,definition ,in this subsection1   
the term ,,rand diversity report means  
the ,,rand ,corporation's ,homeland     
,security ,operational ,analysis ,center
 #bjai report entitled ,improving       
,gender ,diversity in the ,u4,s4 ,coast 
,guard3 ,identifying ,barriers to       
,female ,retention4  7b7 ,recurring     
report ,chapter #ea of title #ad1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #eaji4
 ,report on gender diversity in the     
,coast ,guard  7a7 ,in general ,not     
later than ,january #ae1 #bjbb1 and     
biennially thereafter1 the ,commandant  
shall submit a report on gender         
diversity in the ,coast ,guard to the   
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        

,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate4  7b7 ,contents ,the    
report required under subsection 7a7    
shall contain the following3 7#a7       
,gender diversity overview ,an overview 
of ,coast ,guard active duty and        
,reserve members1 including the number  
of officers and enlisted members and the
 percentages of men and women in each4  
7#b7 ,recruitment and retention  7,a7   
,an analysis of the changes in the      
recruitment and retention of women over 
the previous two years4  7,b7 ,a        
discussion of any changes to ,coast     
,guard recruitment and retention over   
the previous two years that were aimed  
at increasing the recruitment and       
retention of female members4  7#c7      
,parental leave  7,a7 ,the number of men
 and women who took parental leave      
during each year covered by the report1 
including the average length of such    
leave periods4  7,b7 ,a discussion of   
the ways in which the ,coast ,guard     

worked to mitigate the impacts of       
parental leave on ,coast ,guard         
operations and on the careers of the    
members taking such leave4  7#d7        
,limitations ,an analysis of current    
gender-based limitations on ,coast      
,guard career opportunities1 including  
discussion of--  7,a7 shipboard         
opportunities2  7,b7 opportunities to   
serve at remote units2 and  7,c7 any    
other limitations on the opportunities  
of female members4  7#e7 ,progress      
update ,an update on the ,coast ,guard's
 progress on the implementation of the  
action plan required under section #b of
 the ,fair and ,equal ,treatment of     
,women in the ,coast ,guard ,act4  4    
7c7 ,clerical amendment ,the analysis   
for chapter #ea of title #ad1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #eaji4 ,report  
on gender diversity in the ,coast       
,guard4  4