S.Amdt. 2803

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.
______