Coast Guard Protection and Accountability Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7557 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7557 To protect members of the Coast Guard from sexual assault and harassment and increase transparency within the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2024 Mr. Webster of Florida (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Graves of Missouri, and Mr. Larsen of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To protect members of the Coast Guard from sexual assault and harassment and increase transparency within the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Protection and Accountability Act of 2024''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Implementation status of directed actions. Sec. 4. Independent review of Coast Guard reforms. Sec. 5. Requirement to maintain certain records. Sec. 6. Study on Coast Guard Academy oversight. Sec. 7. Providing for the transfer of a cadet who is the victim of a sexual assault or related offense. Sec. 8. Designation of officers with particular expertise in military justice or healthcare. Sec. 9. Direct hire authority for certain personnel of Coast Guard. Sec. 10. Safe-to-report policy for Coast Guard. Sec. 11. Modification of delivery date of Coast Guard sexual assault report. Sec. 12. Higher-level review of board of determination decisions. Sec. 13. Review of discharge or dismissal. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: