Sec. 426. Inclusion and command review of information on covered misconduct in personnel service records
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Chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— in subchapter II, by redesignating section 2521 as section 2531; and in subchapter I, as amended by this Act, by adding at the end the following: If a complaint of covered misconduct is made against a member of the Coast Guard and the member is convicted by court-martial or receives nonjudicial punishment or punitive administrative action for such covered misconduct, a notation to that effect shall be placed in the personnel service record of the member, regardless of the grade of the member. The purpose of the inclusion of information in personnel service records under paragraph
(1)is to alert supervisors and commanders to any member of their command who has received a court-martial conviction, nonjudicial punishment, or punitive administrative action for covered misconduct in order— to reduce the likelihood that repeat offenses will escape the notice of supervisors and commanders; and to help inform commissioning or promotability of the member; A notation under paragraph
(1)may not be placed in the restricted section of the personnel service record of a member. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prohibit or limit the capacity of a member of the Coast Guard to challenge or appeal the placement of a notation, or location of placement of a notation, in the personnel service record of the member in accordance with procedures otherwise applicable to such challenges or appeals. Under policy to be prescribed by the Secretary, the commanding officer of a unit or facility to which a covered member is assigned or transferred shall review the history of covered misconduct as documented in the personnel service record of a covered member in order to become familiar with such history of the covered member. In this subsection, the term covered member means a member of the Coast Guard who, at the time of assignment or transfer as described in paragraph (1), has a history of 1 or more covered misconduct offenses as documented in the personnel service record of such member or such other records or files as the Commandant shall specify in the policy prescribed under subparagraph (A). Under policy to be prescribed by the Secretary, the Commandant shall establish procedures that are consistent with the law, policies, and practices of the Department of Defense in effect on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 to consider and review the personnel service record of a former member of the Armed Forces to determine the suitability of the individual for civilian employment in the Coast Guard. . The analysis for chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— by striking the item relating to section 2521 and inserting the following: 2531. Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard. ; and by inserting after the item relating to section 2520 (as added by this Act) the following: 2521. Inclusion and command review of information on covered misconduct in personnel service records. .