H.R. 5249 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5249 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Carbajal, and Ms. Barragán) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to include the Coast Guard Academy in the safe-to-report minor collateral misconduct policy of the Armed Forces. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard Academy Safe-to-Report Parity Act. 2. Applicability of safe-to-report minor collateral misconduct policy of the Armed Forces to the Coast Guard Academy Section 539A of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 117–283; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting (and, with respect to the Coast Guard Academy, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating) after Secretary of Defense; and (2) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) The United States Coast Guard Academy. .