Coast Guard Academy Safe-to-Report Act
Key claim: A Senate bill would create a Safe-to-Report policy at the Coast Guard Academy so cadets who report sexual assault are not punished for minor related misconduct.
Abstract
(S3776 · 118th Congress) Latest action (2024-02-08): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Why this matters
Cadets at service academies frequently decline to report sexual assault because the incident often involves collateral rule-breaking (drinking, curfew, fraternization) that itself carries academy discipline. Safe-to-Report policies already exist at the Army, Navy, and Air Force academies under a 2020 NDAA provision; extending the same framework to the Coast Guard Academy would close a gap that has drawn attention amid the Operation Fouled Anchor disclosures. The bill has only been introduced and referred to committee, so no cadet protections change unless it advances.