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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1386 

To provide multiyear procurement authority for the procurement of up to 

six polar icebreakers to be owned and operated by the Coast Guard. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 19, 2015 

Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. SULLIVAN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To provide multiyear procurement authority for the procurement of up to six polar icebreakers to be owned and 

operated by the Coast Guard. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Icebreaker Recapital5 ization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR 

7 POLAR ICEBREAKERS. 

8 (a) MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.—Subject to section 

9 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of 


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1 the Navy shall enter into multiyear contracts for the pro2 curement of up to six heavy duty polar icebreakers and 

3 any systems and equipment associated with those vessels. 

4 (b) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The 

5 Secretary may enter into one or more contracts, beginning 

6 in fiscal year 2016, for advance procurement associated 

7 with the vessels, systems, and equipment for which author8 ization to enter into a multiyear contract is provided under 

9 subsection (a). 

10 (c) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY11 MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) 

12 shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 

13 make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 

14 fiscal year 2016 is subject to the availability of appropria15 tions or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 

16 (d) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.—Not later than 

17 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

18 Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Depart19 ment in which the Coast Guard is operating shall enter 

20 into a memorandum of agreement establishing a process 

21 by which the Coast Guard, in concurrence with the Navy, 

22 shall— 

23 (1) identify the vessel specifications, capabili24 ties, systems, equipment, and other details required 

25 for the design of heavy polar icebreakers capable of 


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1 fulfilling Navy and Coast Guard mission require2 ments, with the Coast Guard, as the sole operator 

3 of United States Government polar icebreaking as4 sets, retaining final decision authority in the estab5 lishment of vessel requirements; 

6 (2) oversee the construction of heavy polar ice7 breakers authorized to be procured under this sec8 tion; and 

9 (3) to the extent not adequately addressed in 

10 the 1965 Revised Memorandum of Agreement be11 tween the Department of the Navy and the Depart12 ment of the Treasury on the Operation of Ice13 breakers, transfer heavy polar icebreakers procured 

14 through contracts authorized under this section from 

15 the Navy to the Coast Guard to be maintained and 

16 operated by the Coast Guard. 

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