[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5050]
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  SA 2803. Ms. BUTLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. PLAN TO ASSESS EFFECTIVENESS OF COAST GUARD 
                   ACTIONS TO ENSURE EXPERIENCE FREE OF SEXUAL 
                   ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in 
     which the Coast Guard is operating (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Secretary'') shall submit to Congress a plan 
     to assess the effectiveness of actions taken by the 
     Commandant of the Coast Guard to ensure that members of the 
     Coast Guard have an experience in the Coast Guard that--
       (1) aligns with the core values of the Coast Guard; and
       (2) is free of sexual assault and sexual harassment.
       (b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of evaluation mechanisms that will be 
     used to assess the effectiveness of the actions described in 
     subsection (a).
       (2) An evaluation of the effectiveness of actions taken by 
     the Commandant of the Coast Guard (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Commandant'') pursuant to the 90-day 
     Accountability and Transparency Report.
       (3) A description of the outcomes of the investigation 
     conducted by the Office of the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Homeland Security into Operation Fouled Anchor, 
     and a plan to undertake the actions recommended in response 
     to such outcomes.
       (4) An update on the investigations conducted by the Coast 
     Guard Investigative Service into sexual assault and sexual 
     harassment allegations within the Coast Guard, and a plan to 
     undertake actions in response to the outcomes of such 
     investigations.
       (5) Specific measurable goals related to Coast Guard 
     climate and sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention 
     and response, and metrics to measure progress toward such 
     goals.
       (c) Updates.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date on 
     which the plan is submitted under subsection (a), and every 
     180 days thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
     notification of the progress of the Coast Guard toward 
     achieving the goals and metrics established in the plan.
       (2) Sunset.--Paragraph (1) shall cease to have effect on 
     the date, not less than 2 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, on which the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress, 
     makes a determination that the Commandant has effectively met 
     the objectives of the plan required by subsection (a).
       (3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 
     the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
     Representatives.
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