Sec. 227. OFFICER EVALUATION REPORTS

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## SEC. 227 OFFICER EVALUATION REPORTS ###

(a)Assessment Required Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a written assessment of the Coast Guard’s officer evaluation reporting system. ###

(b)Contents of Assessment The assessment required under subsection

(a)shall include, at a minimum, an analysis of— ####

(1)the extent to which the Coast Guard’s officer evaluation reports differ in length, form, and content from the officer fitness reports used by the Navy and other branches of the Armed Forces; ####

(2)the extent to which differences determined pursuant to paragraph

(1)are the result of inherent differences between— #####

(A)the Coast Guard and the Navy; and #####

(B)the Coast Guard and other branches of the Armed Forces; ####

(3)the feasibility of more closely aligning and conforming the Coast Guard’s officer evaluation reports with the officer fitness reports of the Navy and other branches of the Armed Forces; and ####

(4)the costs and benefits of the alignment and conformity described in paragraph (3), including with respect to— #####

(A)Coast Guard administrative efficiency; #####

(B)fairness and equity for Coast Guard officers; and #####

(C)carrying out the Coast Guard’s statutory mission of defense readiness, including when operating as a service in the Navy.