March 28, 2022

View the Coast Guard’s 2023 Budget Overview and 2021 Performance Highlights document and

FY 2023 Congressional Justification document at: https://www.uscg.mil/budget/

U.S. Coast Guard Fact Sheet

Fiscal Year 2023 President’s Budget

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

2703 Martin Luther King Ave, S.E.

Washington, DC 20953

www.uscg.mil

BACKGROUND: The FY 2023 President’s Budget requests $13.82 billion for the Coast Guard, including $11.54 billion in 

discretionary funding. Critical investments to support the mission ready total workforce, modernize and sustain operational 

capability, invest in cybersecurity, and expand operations in the Arctic, Oceania, and the Atlantic Basin. The Budget also 

supports the Service’s highest acquisition priorities— the Polar Security Cutter (PSC) and the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC)—

and continues recapitalization efforts for capital assets and infrastructure. 

BUDGET PRIORITIES:

 Restore Readiness— The Coast Guard must maintain momentum to restore Service readiness. More than ever, the Nation 

needs a ready Coast Guard with the personnel, tools, and support systems to operate in an increasingly complex, 

interconnected, and technologically advanced maritime domain. 

 Build the Coast Guard of the Future— The Coast Guard is in the midst of the largest recapitalization effort since World 

War II – an effort critical to ensuring the Service has the capable, modern assets it needs to meet the unprecedented growth 

in demand for Coast Guard services.

The FY 2023 Budget requests $9.62 billion for Operations and Support (O&S) and $1.65 billion for Procurement, 

Construction and Improvements (PC&I). Budget highlights include:

RESTORE READINESS (O&S): 

Support the Mission Ready Total Workforce

 $170 million for requisite military pay and allowances per National Defense Authorization Act requirements, maintaining 

parity with the military branches within the Department of Defense, and $49 million for civilian pay and benefits (O&S).

 $53 million for workforce readiness, including recruiting, retention, diversity and inclusion, training, and support.

Modernize Operational Capability

 $100 million for new assets including: operations and maintenance for OPC #2; crew for OPC #3; operations and 

maintenance for National Security Cutter (NSC) #10 and crew for NSC #11. Additionally, the Budget provides operations, 

maintenance, and crew for three C-27J aircraft. 

 $12 million for marine safety capacity to modernize and oversee the merchant mariner credentialing program, and additional 

personnel to conduct timely and thorough inspections and investigations to ensure maritime safety.

Expanding Operations: Arctic, Oceania, and the Atlantic Basin

 $30 million to crew a commercially available polar icebreaker, expand Coast Guard capacity to coordinate and conduct 

Arctic operations, and inform Arctic strategy.

 $48 million to expand operations in the Indo-Pacific in order to promote economic prosperity, environmental resilience, and 

unrestricted lawful access to the region’s maritime environment.

 $40 million to support activities in the Partnership for the Atlantic Basin initiative to address maritime security issues.

Cybersecurity and C5I Modernization

 $47 million to operate, maintain, secure, and protect Coast Guard IT networks and conduct cyber effects operations to deter 

and respond to cyber-attacks on the Marine Transportation System (MTS).

 $7 million to transition to modern software and provide mobile solutions for the workforce.

RECAPITALIZE LEGACY ASSETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE (PC&I): 

 $1.2 billion for vessels, including: $650 million for construction of OPC #5 and long-lead time materials for OPC #6; $167

million for PSC including project management and construction of PSCs #1-2 and long-lead time materials for PSC #3; $60

million for post-delivery activities for NSCs #9-11; $77 million for the Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) including 

project management and long-lead time materials; and $125M to acquire a commercially available polar icebreaker. 

 $182 million to recapitalize and sustain fixed and rotary-wing aircraft including: sustainment of the current MH-60T 

helicopter fleet and funding for fleet expansion; modernization and sustainment of MH-65 helicopters to extend service lift 

into the 2030s; and continued missionization of HC-27J medium-range surveillance aircraft.

 $180 million for shore infrastructure improvements to support new acquisitions and the execution of Coast Guard operations 

including: PSC homeport in Seattle, Washington; FRC homeport in St. Petersburg, Florida; WCC homeports; continued 

buildout of the consolidated operational base in Charleston, South Carolina; and other infrastructure repairs and upgrades.