H.R.4275 - Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 119th Congress (2025-2026) Section Summary:

SEC. 512.Complaints of retaliation by victims of sexual assault or sexual harassment and related persons. Section 1562a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “The Secretary of Defense shall” and inserting the following: “(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall”; and (B) by adding at the end the following: “(2) COAST GUARD.—The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall designate the Commandant of the Coast Guard to be responsible for carrying out the requirements of this section with respect to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy.”; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting “and the Commandant of the Coast Guard” after “Secretary”; (B) in paragraph (8) by inserting before the period at the end “or with respect to the Coast Guard, the component designated by the Commandant of the Coast Guard”; and (C) in paragraph (4) by striking “Department of Defense”; and (3) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (A) by inserting “, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security,” before “or any other inspector general”; (B) in subparagraph (D) by striking “military” and inserting “armed force”; and (C) in subparagraph (E) by inserting “or department in which the Coast Guard is operating when not operating as a service in the Navy for members of the Coast Guard” after “Department of Defense”.