; (2) in subsection (a), as designated— (A) by inserting of the Coast Guard after officer ; and (B) by striking President and inserting Secretary ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (b) Active commissioned service The Secretary may authorize the Commandant, through fiscal year 2019, to reduce the requirement under subsection (a) for at least ten years of active service as a commissioned officer to a period of not less than eight years. . 204. Officer promotion zones Section 256(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking six-tenths and inserting one-half . 205. Officer evaluation report (a) In general Beginning with the first evaluation cycle after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall reduce lieutenant junior grade evaluation reports to the same length as an ensign or place lieutenant junior grade evaluations on an annual schedule. (b) Board survey The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall survey outgoing promotion board members to determine, at a minimum— (1) which sections of the officer evaluation report were most useful; (2) which sections of the officer evaluation report were least useful; (3) how to better reflect high performers, and (4) any recommendations for improving the officer evaluation report. (c) Survey of officers The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall conduct a survey on the officer evaluation report to— (1) cover at least 10 percent of the officers from each grade of officers from O1 to O6; and (2) determine how much time each member of the rating chain spends on that member's portion of the officer evaluation report. (d) Report (1) In general Not later than 545 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard 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— (A) on the findings of the survey under subsection (b)