Sec. 203. Professional development
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It is the sense of Congress that toxic leadership can have an adverse effect on subordinates and the service, and result in degraded mission performance and the Coast Guard should develop policies consistent with those of the Department of Defense to prevent, identify, and correct toxic leadership. Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 428 the following: Commencing not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 , the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall develop and implement a plan to conduct every two years a multirater assessment for each of the following:
Each flag officer of the Coast Guard. Each member of the Senior Executive Staff of the Coast Guard. Each officer of the Coast Guard nominated for promotion to the grade of captain. Following an assessment of an individual pursuant to paragraph (1), the individual shall be provided appropriate post-assessment counseling and leadership coaching. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 , the Commandant 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 on the feasibility of including a multirater assessment as part of the personnel development programs of the Coast Guard.
The report shall include the following: An assessment of the feasibility of— all officers (other than officers covered by subsection (a)) completing a multirater assessment; all members (other than officers covered by subsection (a)) in command positions completing a multirater assessment; all enlisted members in a supervisory position completing a multirater assessment; and members completing periodic multirater assessments. Such recommendations as the Commandant considers appropriate for the implementation or expansion of a multirater assessment in the personnel development programs of the Coast Guard.
An overview of each of the current leadership development courses of the Coast Guard, an assessment of the feasibility of the expansion of any such course, and a description of the resources, if any, required to expand such courses. An assessment on the state of leadership training in the Coast Guard, and recommendations on the implementation of a policy to combat toxic leadership including— a description of methods that will be used by the Coast Guard to identify, monitor, and counsel individuals who may be identified as toxic leaders; the implementation of toxic leadership recognition training (in self and others); the establishment of procedures for the administrative separation of toxic leaders; and a description of the resources needed to implement this section.
In this section, the term multirater assessment means a review that seeks opinion from members senior to the reviewee and the peers and subordinates of the reviewee. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by inserting after the item related to section 428 the following new item: Sec. 429. Multirater assessment of certain personnel. . Chapter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 , the Commandant, in consultation with the civilian and permanent commissioned teaching staff of the Department of Humanities at the Coast Guard Academy and such other individuals and organizations as the Commandant considers appropriate, shall develop an annual training course for all Coast Guard flag officers newly appointed or assigned to billets in the National Capital Region and all Coast Guard senior executive service personnel employed in the National Capital Region to educate them on the workings of Congress.
The training course required by this section shall cover a variety of subjects related to Congress and the Federal legislative process, including— the history and structure of Congress and the committee systems of the House of Representatives and the Senate, including the functions and responsibilities of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; the documents used by Congress, including bills, resolutions, committee reports, and conference reports, and the purposes they serve; the legislative processes of the House of Representatives and the Senate, including similarities and differences between the two processes; the roles of Members of Congress and congressional staff in the legislative process; the congressional budget process; the congressional authorization-appropriation process; the Senate advice and consent process for presidential nominees; the Senate advice and consent process for treaty ratification; the concept and underlying purposes of congressional oversight; and best practices that promote effective and successful interactions with Congress.
The Commandant shall ensure that not less than 60 percent of the lecturers, panelists, and other individuals providing education and instruction as part of the training course required by this section are experts on Congress and the Federal legislative process who are not employed by the executive branch of the Federal Government, such as the Congressional Research Service. In satisfying the requirement under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall seek, and is authorized to accept, educational and instructional services of lecturers, panelists, and other individuals and organizations provided to the Coast Guard on a pro bono basis.
A Coast Guard flag officer appointed or assigned to a billet in the National Capital Region on the date of the enactment of this section, and a Coast Guard senior executive service employee employed in the National Capital Region on the date of the enactment of this section, shall complete a training course that meets the requirements of this section within 60 days of the date on which the Commandant completes the development of the training course. A Coast Guard flag officer who is newly appointed or assigned to a billet in the National Capital Region, and a Coast Guard senior executive service employee who is newly employed in the National Capital Region, shall complete a training course that meets the requirements of this section not later than 60 days after reporting for duty. .
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 60. Training course on workings of Congress. .