H.R. 3066

Referred to Committee

Supporting Our Coast Guard Members Act of 2019

Introduced 6/3/2019•116th Congress•House

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

6/4/2019 • House

Summary

Supporting Our Coast Guard Members Act of 2019

This bill revises several provisions regarding U.S. Coast Guard personnel programs.

Specifically, the bill provides

authority for active duty and reserve Coast Guard officers to request to be excluded from consideration by a selection board for promotion,
temporary promotion authority for Coast Guard officers in certain grades with critical skills, and
authority for a program under which members of the Coast Guard may be temporarily inactivated from active service for no more than three years to meet personal or professional needs.

The Department of Homeland Security must (1) establish a database to record all training performed by members of the Coast Guard that may be applicable to employment in the civilian sector, and (2) make the training information available to state employment agencies and other potential employers.

Introduced in House • 6/3/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Transportation and Public Works

Coast guardEmployee performanceEmployment and training programsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationMilitary personnel and dependents