Top Summary
This section of the bill requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard Academy to ensure that visible postings in buildings with dormitory or overnight accommodations for cadets and officer candidates include information on how to report crimes, contact details for the Coast Guard Investigative Service, external resources for wellness, medical services, and support related to behavioral health and civil rights, as well as the rights of cadets and officer candidates in reporting incidents to various authorities.
Original Bill Text:
SEC. 265.Required posting of information.
The Commandant shall ensure that, in each building at the Coast Guard Academy that contains a dormitory or other overnight accommodations for cadets or officer candidates, written information is posted in a visible location with respect to—
(1) the methods and means by which a cadet or officer candidate may report a crime, including harassment, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and any other offense;
(2) the contact information for the Coast Guard Investigative Service;
(3) external resources for—
(A) wellness support;
(B) work-life;
(C) medical services; and
(D) support relating to behavioral health, civil rights, sexual assault, and sexual harassment; and
(4) cadet and officer candidate rights with respect to reporting incidents to the Coast Guard Investigative Service, civilian authorities, the Office of the Inspector General of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and any other applicable entity.