H.R. 6865: Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022

Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed House, 29 Mar 2022. Introduced 28 Feb 2022.

Official title: To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 29 Mar 2022: Passed, 378 Yea, 46 Nay, 0 Present, 7 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (378): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Billy Long (R-MO-7); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19).

Nay (46): Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24).

Not voting (7): Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1).

Speaker, not listed (1): Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12).

Not in office (17): Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).

Summary

Main subject: Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard and the Federal Maritime Commission and changes laws on Coast Guard personnel and operations, ocean shipping, vessel safety, marine environmental matters, and sexual assault and harassment on vessels. Title I, Title II, Title IV, Title VI

Its core areas: Coast Guard appropriations authorization for fiscal years 2022 and 2023; Coast Guard cutter acquisition and shoreside facilities; Coast Guard personnel and operational reports; Great Lakes icebreaking; Federal Maritime Commission regulation of ocean carriers, detention and demurrage; Passenger and fishing vessel safety; Oil spill planning and marine environmental response; Sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention and reporting on vessels.

Unexpected Items: 29 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (16)

Sec. 216: National Coast Guard Museum funding plan: Changes who certifies the National Coast Guard Museum funding plan, replacing the department's Inspector General with a third party entity qualified to undertake the certification.
Sec. 302: Oceanographic research vessels: Requires a report counting foreign-flagged and United States-flagged oceanographic research vessels operating under section 50503 of title 46 in each of the past 10 fiscal years.
Sec. 303: Atlantic Coast port access routes briefing: Requires briefings to committees every 30 days on progress executing section 70003 requirements for the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route.
Sec. 308: Qualified vessel: Adds ferries and passenger vessels with a capacity of 50 or more passengers to the eligible vessel and qualified vessel definitions in section 53501 of title 46.
Sec. 309: Establishing a capital construction fund: Adds transportation on ferries and passenger vessels with a capacity of 50 or more passengers to the short sea transportation language of section 53503(b) of title 46.
Sec. 503: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force: Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to add definitions, add Task Force members, allow observers, allow technical assistance on vessel inspections, and require a report on gaps in authorities.
Sec. 504: Limitation on recovery for certain injuries incurred in aquaculture activities: Excludes aquaculture workers from the definition of "seaman" in section 30104 of title 46 when State workers' compensation is available to them.
Sec. 505: Information on type approval certificates: Requires the Commandant to give any State, the District of Columbia, or a territory, on request, Coast Guard data on ballast water management systems with type approval certificates.
Sec. 507: Cargo waiting time reduction: Directs the Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force to evaluate cargo backlogs and develop a plan to reduce them, including at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, and requires a Commandant report that includes an October 2021 oil spill investigation status.
Sec. 513: Land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California: Requires the Maritime Administration to complete, within 1 year of enactment, a land conveyance at Sharpe Army Depot in Lathrop, California that was required by an earlier defense authorization act.
Sec. 515: Prohibition on entry and operation: Bars vessels owned or operated by a Russian national or operated by the Russian Federation government from entering U.S. navigable waters or transferring cargo in U.S. ports while Executive Order 14065 is in effect, with exceptions for State Department determinations and safety.
Sec. 516: St. Lucie River railroad bridge: Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to take necessary actions to implement Coast Guard recommendations for the St. Lucie River railroad bridge from a 2018 waterways analysis.
Sec. 517: Assistance related to marine mammals: Creates Maritime Administration grant and contract authority to reduce vessel strike and noise impacts on marine mammals ($10,000,000 per year, fiscal years 2022–2026) and a near real-time large whale monitoring program ($17,000,000 per year, fiscal years 2022–2026).
Sec. 518: Manning and crewing requirements for certain vessels, vehicles, and structures: Lets the Secretary exempt foreign-owned or foreign-controlled vessels, rigs, and platforms from certain Outer Continental Shelf manning rules if crews meet citizenship criteria, with a civil penalty of $10,000 per day for violations, and ends existing exemptions after 120 days. ($10,000)
Sec. 703: Reinstatement: Reinstates the earlier text of section 12(a) of the Truman-Hobbs Act and treats the section 8507(b) change made by Public Law 116–283 as if it never took effect.
Sec. 502: Providing requirements for vessels anchored in established anchorage grounds: Rewrites 46 U.S.C. 70006 on anchorage grounds, setting vessel requirements and anchoring prohibitions, and requires a one-year review of existing anchorage regulations.

Applies only to a specific place or group (2)

Sec. 306: Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passengers vessels: Defines "covered small passenger vessel" for exoneration and limitation of liability, including wooden vessels built before March 11, 1996, and lengthens claim notice and suit time limits from 6 months and one year to 2 years.
Sec. 514: Center of Expertise for Marine Environmental Response: Directs the Coast Guard to establish a Center of Expertise for Marine Environmental Response and sets location criteria, including closeness to multiple Coast Guard stations, designated national estuaries, and a higher education institution with specified marine science capabilities.

Funds a specific named project or event (2)

Sec. 103: Shoreside infrastructure and facilities: Authorizes up to $585,000,000 a year for Coast Guard shoreside facilities, and sets aside up to $175,000,000 for the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, up to $60,000,000 for Training Center Cape May barracks, and up to $1,200,000 for a Fort Wadsworth, New York project.
Sec. 509: Port Coordination Council for Point Spencer: Amends the Point Spencer Port Coordination Council law, naming BSNC as Council Chair, and authorizes $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund interest for a mooring buoy system in Port Clarence and other oil spill infrastructure, including reactivating the Point Spencer airstrip. ($5,000,000)

Exception or delay for a subset (6)

Sec. 218: Pribilof Island transition completion actions: Extends deadlines in the Pribilof Island Transition Completion Act of 2016, requires reports on Coast Guard use of St. Paul Island facilities, allows a hangar lease, and directs transfer of a Coast Guard fuel tank to the Alaska Native Village Corporation for St. Paul Island if not needed and subject to a fair market value condition.
Sec. 511: Nonapplicability: Exempts the passenger vessel American Queen and any other passenger vessel whose construction began before enactment from certain title 46 requirements (sections 3507(d), 3507(e), 3508 and 3509) when operating inside the boundary line.
Sec. 304: Fishing vessel safety: Adds fishing vessel safety examinations for vessels at least 50 feet overall, built before July 1, 2013, and 25 years or older, repeals section 4503a, and exempts alternative compliance and safety agreements in effect on the date of enactment from these amendments.
Sec. 510: Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria: Directs the President to set separate oil spill response plan criteria for vessels in the Western Alaska Captain of the Port Zone, and leaves Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound under their existing requirements.
Sec. 607: Surveillance requirements: Requires video and audio surveillance on covered non-passenger commercial vessels and exempts fishing vessels, fish processing vessels and fish tender vessels from the requirement.
Sec. 608: Master key control: Requires owners of inspected vessels to have a master key control system, but exempts vessels subject to section 3507(f) of title 46 from the requirement.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (1)

Sec. 301: Nonoperating individual: Changes a date in section 8313(b) of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act from 2 years after enactment of that Act to January 1, 2025.

Changes a government process (1)

Sec. 418: Terms and vacancies: Changes Federal Maritime Commission commissioner term provisions in section 46101(b) of title 46, replacing "one year" with "2 years" and "2 terms" with "3 terms".

Program name includes a political figure’s name (1)

Sec. 1: Short title; table of contents: Gives the Act the short title "Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022", which includes a person's name.

What it does

Sec. 101: Changes the Coast Guard funding authorization in section 4902 of title 14 to fiscal years 2022 and 2023, including $9,282,360,000 for fiscal year 2022 and $10,210,596,000 for fiscal year 2023 in paragraph (1)(A).
Sec. 104: Authorizes $300,000,000 for a twelfth National Security Cutter and $210,000,000 for 3 Fast Response Cutters in each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, and $350,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 for a Great Lakes icebreaker.
Sec. 210: Requires the Government Accountability Office to report on Coast Guard icebreaking in the Great Lakes, requires the Coast Guard to collect and publish icebreaking data, and requires a pilot program over 5 ice seasons.
Sec. 305: Requires the Commandant to issue regulations for DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels, including reserve buoyancy, weather monitoring, seat belt procedures and annual crew training.
Sec. 404: Prohibits operating a shipping exchange for ocean transportation in U.S. foreign commerce unless it is registered with the Federal Maritime Commission, effective when the Commission issues the required regulations.
Sec. 410: Makes a demurrage or detention charge unpayable if it lacks a required certification, and requires the Federal Maritime Commission to start a rulemaking on demurrage and detention within 120 days of enactment.
Sec. 417: Allows the Federal Maritime Commission, on a unanimous determination of an emergency caused by cargo congestion, to order carriers and terminal operators to share cargo information, for up to 60 days per order, with the authority ending 2 years after enactment.
Sec. 515: Bars vessels owned or operated by a Russian national, or operated by the government of the Russian Federation, from entering U.S. navigable waters or transferring cargo while Executive Order 14065 or a successor order is in effect, with stated exceptions.
Sec. 607: Requires video and audio surveillance equipment in passageways with stateroom doors on covered commercial vessels that carry no passengers, and requires records to be kept at least 150 days.
Sec. 610: Requires crew members to report first-hand knowledge of sexual assault or sexual harassment on documented vessels, with civil penalties of up to $5,000 for crew members and up to $25,000 for vessel owners who knowingly fail to report.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.