14 U.S.C. § 2519 — Prevention of and response to hazing and bullying
submitted 1 year ago by Pub. L. 119-60 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 612 words · no verdicts yet
The Coast Guard must support consistent hazing and bullying data collection and training. The department Secretary must provide detailed annual reports for five years.
(a) Anti-hazing and anti-bullying database. The Secretary* of the department where the Coast Guard operates, consulting the Defense Secretary, must cooperate in establishing and using the comprehensive, consistent data-collection system described in section 549 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 to collect reports, including anonymous reports, of hazing or bullying incidents.
(b) Improved training. The Commandant* must seek to improve training so Coast Guard members at every command level can better recognize, prevent, and respond to hazing and bullying.
(c) Annual reports on hazing and bullying. By May 31, 2026, and each year for five years after that, the department Secretary must send the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee a report containing: (1) a description of the previous fiscal year's efforts (A) to prevent and respond to hazing or bullying involving Coast Guard members, (B) to track and encourage reports, including anonymous reports, of Coast Guard hazing, and (C) to apply anti-hazing and anti-bullying policies consistently; (2) a discussion of Coast Guard policies for preventing and responding to hazing; (3) a description of comprehensive Coast Guard systems for collecting hazing or bullying reports involving a member; (4) a description of Coast Guard processes for identifying, documenting, and reporting alleged hazing or bullying, including how it categorizes and counts possible incidents; (5) a description of training given to members on recognizing and preventing hazing; (6) for the prior three fiscal years in the first report and the prior fiscal year in later reports, (A) the number of alleged and substantiated hazing incidents involving members, (B) the nature of each incident, and (C) actions taken through nonjudicial and judicial measures; (7) the Commandant's assessment of training quality, needed changes, and whether more training should be required; (8) the Commandant's assessment of (A) how effective Coast Guard tracking and reporting is and (B) whether that performance was satisfactory or unsatisfactory in the prior fiscal year; (9) Commandant recommendations to improve (A) the policies, (B) the data systems, (C) the processes, (D) the training, and (E) the Uniform Code of Military Justice or Manual for Courts-Martial to improve prosecution of alleged hazing or bullying; (10) the status of the Commandant's efforts to assess how common hazing and bullying are; (11) allegations data, including final investigation outcomes; and (12) the Commandant's plans to improve prevention and response during the next reporting year.
The Secretary* of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall cooperate in the establishment and use of a comprehensive and consistent data-collection system described in section 549 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) for the collection of reports, including anonymous reports, of incidents of hazing or bullying.
The Commandant* shall seek to improve training to assist members of the Coast Guard to better recognize, prevent, and respond to hazing and bullying at all command levels.
Not later than May 31, 2026, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing the following:
a description of efforts during the previous fiscal year—
to prevent and to respond to incidents of hazing or bullying involving members of the Coast Guard;
to track and encourage reporting, including reporting anonymously, incidents of hazing in the Coast Guard; and
to ensure the consistent implementation of anti-hazing and anti-bullying policies.
A discussion of the policies of the Coast Guard for preventing and responding to incidents of hazing.
A description of comprehensive data collection systems of the Coast Guard for collecting hazing or bullying reports involving a member of the Coast Guard.
A description of processes of the Coast Guard to identify, document, and report alleged instances of hazing or bullying. Such description shall include the methodology the Coast Guard uses to categorize and count potential instances of hazing or bullying.
A description of any training provided to members of the Coast Guard on recognizing and preventing hazing.
For the preceding 3 fiscal years in the initial report and preceding fiscal year in subsequent reports—
the number of alleged and substantiated incidents of hazing involving members of the Coast Guard;
a description of the nature of each such incident; and
a description of the actions taken to address each such incident through nonjudicial and judicial actions.
With respect to training for members of the Coast Guard on recognizing and preventing hazing and bullying, an assessment by the Commandant of—
the quality of such training;
the need for modifications to such training; and
the need to require additional such training.
An assessment by the Commandant of—
the effectiveness of the Coast Guard in tracking and reporting instances of hazing or bullying; and
whether the performance of the Coast Guard with respect to such tracking and reporting was satisfactory or unsatisfactory during the preceding fiscal year.
Recommendations of the Commandant to improve—
the policies described in paragraph (4) 1;
the comprehensive data collection systems described in paragraph (5) 2;
the processes described in paragraph (6) 3;
the training described in paragraph (9) 4; and
the Uniform Code of Military Justice or the Manual for Courts-Martial to improve the prosecution of persons alleged to have committed hazing or bullying in the Coast Guard.
The status of efforts of the Commandant to evaluate the prevalence of hazing and bullying in the Coast Guard.
Data on allegations of hazing and bullying in the Coast Guard, including final disposition of investigations.
Plans of the Commandant to improve hazing and bullying prevention and response during the next reporting year.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7228(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1708.)
- 2025Enacted · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 1708
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