,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aicj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bj1     
#bjai,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,markey1 and ,ms4 ,duckworth7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #ad1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
direct the ,commandant of the ,coast    
,guard to report to ,congress on efforts
 to increase gender diversity in the    
,coast ,guard1 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  
,action plan and report on gender       
diversity in the ,coast ,guard  7a7     
,action plan with respect to            
recommendations of ,,rand diversity     
report  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 may      
practicably be implemented to promote   
gender diversity in the ,coast ,guard2  
and  7,b7 submit to the ,committee on   
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate and the ,committee on   
,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives an action
 plan including the actions the ,coast  
,guard has taken or plans to take to    
implement such recommendations4  7#b7   
,,rand diversity report defined ,in this
 subsection1 the term ,,rand diversity  
report means the #bjai report of the    
,homeland ,security ,operational        
,analysis ,center of the ,,rand         
,corporation entitled ,improving ,gender
 ,diversity in the ,u4,s4 ,coast ,guard3
 ,identifying ,barriers to ,female      
,retention4  7b7 ,biennial reports  7#a7
 ,in general ,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 to the ,committee on       
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate and the ,committee on   
,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives a report 
on gender diversity in the ,coast       
,guard4  7b7 ,elements ,each 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--  7,a7 the number of
 men and women officers and enlisted    
members2 and  7,b7 the percentages of   
men and women serving as ,coast ,guard  
active duty and ,reserve members4  7#b7 
,recruitment and retention  7,a7 ,an    
analysis of the changes in the          
recruitment and retention of women      
during the preceding two-year period4   
7,b7 ,a discussion of any changes to    
,coast ,guard recruitment and retention 

during the preceding two-year period    
that were aimed at increasing the       
recruitment and retention of women      
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 leave during the
 preceding two-year period4  7#d7       
,limitations ,an analysis of current    
gender-based limitations on ,coast      
,guard career opportunities1 including  
an analysis of--  7,a7 shipboard        
opportunities2  7,b7 opportunities to   
serve at remote units2 and  7,c7 any    
other limitation on the opportunities of
 women members4  7#e7 ,progress on      
action plan ,a description of 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