H.R. 7659: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 14 May 2024. Introduced 13 Mar 2024.

Official title: To authorize and amend authorities, programs, and statutes administered by the Coast Guard.

Vote results

House, 14 May 2024: Passed, 376 Yea, 16 Nay, 0 Present, 38 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (376): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); 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-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); 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); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); 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); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); 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-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); 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-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); 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); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); 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); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Ben Cline (R-VA-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); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); 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); 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-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); 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-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); 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); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); 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); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); John James (R-MI-10); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3).

Nay (16): Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5).

Not voting (38): Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Not in office (15): Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Summary

Main subject: Authorizes Coast Guard appropriations for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 and amends laws on Coast Guard organization, personnel, shipping and navigation, merchant mariner credentials, oil pollution liability, and sexual assault accountability. Sec. 101, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V

Its core areas: Coast Guard appropriations authorizations for fiscal years 2025 and 2026; Coast Guard organization, acquisition and congressional reporting; Coast Guard personnel and parental leave; Foreign vessel operations and notification on the outer Continental Shelf; Merchant mariner credentialing; Vessel safety and ports and waterways authorities; Oil pollution incident liability and response; Sexual assault and harassment accountability in the Coast Guard.

Unexpected Items: 25 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 (3)

Sec. 342: Establishment of National Advisory Committee on Autonomous Maritime Systems: Establishes a 9-member National Advisory Committee on Autonomous Maritime Systems to advise the Secretary on regulation and use of autonomous systems in U.S. territorial waters.
Sec. 345: Information on type approval certificates: Requires the Commandant, on request of a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory, to provide Coast Guard data on water quality and biological organism concentrations for ballast water management systems with a type approval certificate.
Sec. 343: Controlled substance onboard vessels: Amends section 70503(a) of title 46 so the prohibition on manufacturing, distributing or placing controlled substances applies to an individual without the 'while on board a covered vessel' limit, with the offense tied to a covered vessel.

Applies only to a specific place or group (3)

Sec. 341: Anchor handling activities: Extends the section 12111(d) anchor handling provisions to floating offshore wind facilities and to vessels supporting commercial space transportation or space exploration activities.
Sec. 210: Authorization of certain support for Coast Guard Academy foundations: Allows the Coast Guard Academy Superintendent to let a covered foundation use Academy facilities or equipment without reimbursement; covered foundations are nonprofits that operate exclusively to support a Service Academy.
Sec. 351: National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee composition: Raises the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee from 15 to 17 members and adds 2 seats for entities engaged in non-mineral energy activities on the Outer Continental Shelf.

Funds a specific named project or event (2)

Sec. 102: Shoreside infrastructure and facilities and information technology: Authorizes specific amounts for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for named facilities, including $225,000,000 for Training Center Cape May in fiscal year 2025, plus named projects at the Coast Guard Academy, Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Air Station Barbers Point and Coast Guard Base Seattle.
Sec. 211: National Coast Guard Museum: Amends the law on the National Coast Guard Museum to let the Commandant accept services from, and make grants to, the Association for museum construction, maintenance and operation, and to lease the Museum and adjacent properties from the Association.

Exception or delay for a subset (9)

Sec. 204: Service life extension programs: Exempts Coast Guard service life extension programs from the Level 1 and Level 2 acquisition project requirements in sections 1131 through 1134 of title 14.
Sec. 222: Temporary exemption from authorized end strength for Coast Guard enlisted members on active duty: Until October 1, 2027, lets the number of Coast Guard enlisted members in pay grades E-8 and E-9 exceed the percentage limits that otherwise apply under section 517 of title 10.
Sec. 311: Revising merchant mariner deck training requirements: Directs the Secretary to implement certain amended merchant mariner requirements without regard to chapters 5 and 6 of title 5 and Executive Orders 12866 and 13563.
Sec. 324: Risk based examination of tank vessels: Allows the Secretary to adopt a risk-based examination schedule, instead of annual examinations, for foreign-flagged tank vessels once listed studies and a safety assessment are completed.
Sec. 330: Articulated tug-barge manning: Allows an Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection to authorize minimum licensed engineer manning on covered articulated tug-barge towing vessels notwithstanding watch setting requirements and other law, with a covered-vessel definition that includes vessels with a manning document issued before July 19, 2022.
Sec. 346: Manning and crewing requirements for certain vessels, vehicles, and structures: Lets the Secretary exempt owners or operators of certain foreign-owned vessels, rigs and platforms from outer Continental Shelf manning regulations for up to 12 months, renewable, if crew meet citizenship or residency criteria; ends existing exemptions after 120 days and sets a civil penalty of $10,000 per day for violations.
Sec. 347: Classification societies: Revises when the Secretary may delegate authority to a foreign classification society, tying it to whether the society's home government delegates to the American Bureau of Shipping or to no society, and bars delegation to a classification society from the People's Republic of China.
Sec. 354: Anchorages: Requires the Commandant to prohibit vessel anchoring on a described reach of the Hudson River except within anchorages established before January 1, 2021, and strikes two existing subsections.
Sec. 503: Requirement to maintain certain records: Requires the Commandant to keep work product on disposition decisions for investigations of Coast Guard members for 7 years, but excludes certain controlled substance offenses by lower-grade officers and enlisted members from the case action summary requirement.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (2)

Sec. 328: St. Lucie River railroad bridge: Requires the Commandant to conduct an independent boat traffic study at mile 7.4 of the St. Lucie River before adopting a final rule in the named docket.
Sec. 344: Nonoperating individual: Changes the year "2025" to "2027" in section 8313(b) of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which concerns nonoperating individuals.

Changes a government process (6)

Sec. 350: Authority over Deepwater Port Act of 1974: Gives the Secretary of Transportation Deepwater Port Act rulemaking authority and lead agency role for environmental reviews, and requires the Commandant to transfer certain part 148 authorities to that Secretary within 6 months.
Sec. 215: Delegation of ports and waterways safety authorities in St. Lawrence seaway: Rewrites section 70032 of title 46 so that certain ports and waterways authorities for the Saint Lawrence Seaway may be delegated only to the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, with listed exceptions.
Sec. 221: Direct hire authority for civilian faculty at the Coast Guard Academy: Lets the Secretary appoint a candidate to a Coast Guard Academy faculty position noncompetitively, without regard to the title 5 appointment requirements.
Sec. 303: Publication of fines and penalties: Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish pre-penalty notices and penalty notifications under section 55102 of title 46 in the Customs Bulletin and Decisions within 14 days, with vessel and owner details, and to issue implementing regulations.
Sec. 403: Timing of review: Bars any person from bringing an action challenging an on-scene coordinator's decision about a removal action until the removal action is complete.
Sec. 404: Online incident reporting system: Requires the National Response Center to build a web-based application for oil discharge and hazardous substance release notifications within 2 years, while not requiring its use.

What it does

Sec. 101: Amends section 4902 of title 14 to set Coast Guard authorizations of appropriations for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, including $11,287,500,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $11,851,875,000 for fiscal year 2026 in paragraph (1)(A).
Sec. 102: Authorizes $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 for Coast Guard shoreside infrastructure, including $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 for improvements to facilities at Training Center Cape May in New Jersey.
Sec. 103: Authorizes $1,200,000,000 for the acquisition of a Polar Security Cutter and $1,100,000,000 for the acquisition of 2 Offshore Patrol Cutters, both for fiscal year 2026.
Sec. 203: Requires the Commandant, within 1 year, to establish location-specific tsunami evacuation plans for Coast Guard units and sectors in areas designated high risk or very high risk and located inside a tsunami inundation zone.
Sec. 204: Exempts a Coast Guard service life extension program from the Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition requirements in sections 1131 through 1134 of title 14.
Sec. 224: Allows certain Coast Guard reserve members up to 12 inactive-duty training periods of parental leave in the one-year period after the birth, adoption, or placement of a child.
Sec. 302: Requires the operator of a foreign vessel to file a notification of its planned activities before operating on the outer Continental Shelf, and requires the Secretary to publish it in the Customs Bulletin and Decisions within 14 days.
Sec. 311: Amends title 46 to set classes of merchant mariner credentials for deck department members and to shorten required service periods, including changing 3 years to 18 months in section 7307.
Sec. 353: Prohibits owners and operators from abandoning non-barge vessels on navigable waters, allows a civil penalty of not more than $500, and requires the Commandant to maintain a national inventory of abandoned vessels.
Sec. 510: Requires a board that decides to retain an officer whose record indicates a sexual assault offense to forward its record and recommendation for higher-level review.

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