Amend title 14, United States Code, to require the retention of certain enlisted members of the Coast Guard who have completed 18 or more, but less than 20, years of service, and for other purposes.

Summary

Requires the Coast Guard to keep certain enlisted members on active duty when they are close to qualifying for retirement or have between 18 and 20 years of credited service. Regular enlisted members who are selected for involuntary separation or denied reenlistment must be retained until they qualify for retirement (unless they retire or are discharged earlier under other law). Reserve enlisted members on active status with at least 18 but less than 20 years of service cannot be separated, denied reenlistment, or transferred from active status without their consent until they reach 20 years of service or until a specified safe-harbor anniversary date. Also makes a small clerical change to the Coast Guard chapter table of contents to add the new statutory section. The measure focuses narrowly on personnel-retention rules and does not appropriate funds or change tax rules.

• Requires the Coast Guard to retain certain enlisted regular members selected for involuntary separation or denied reenlistment until they qualify for retirement.
• Prevents involuntary discharge, denial of reenlistment, or transfer from active status for reservists with 18–20 years of service without the member's consent, subject to limited exceptions.
• Reserve retention has a safe-harbor timeframe: up to the earlier of reaching 20 years of service or a 2–3 year anniversary window depending on service at the time of the action.
• Does not apply to separations for physical disability or for cause for reservists, and regular members can still be retired or discharged under other law earlier.
• Adds a clerical amendment to the Coast Guard chapter table of contents to include the new statutory section.
• No explicit appropriation, tax change, or emergency designation is included in the text.
• Targets a narrow personnel-policy change rather than broad organizational reform.
• Likely increases short-term pay and benefit costs by extending active-duty service for affected members until retirement eligibility.