§5109 Report on Gender Diversity in the Coast Guard

Summary

By January 15, 2022, and every two years after that, the Commandant must send a report to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation about gender diversity in the Coast Guard. The report must show how many active duty and reserve officers and enlisted members there are, and the percent who are men and women. It must review changes in recruiting and keeping women over the past two years and any efforts to help that. It must list how many men and women took parental leave each year and the average length, and say how the Coast Guard reduced the effects of leave on missions and careers. It must analyze current gender-based limits on careers, such as shipboard jobs, remote units, and other limits on women. It must also report progress on the action plan required under subsection (a) of section 8215 of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020.