Feb 9, 2016

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U.S. Coast Guard Fact Sheet

Fiscal Year 2017 President’s Budget

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

2703 Martin Luther King Ave, S.E.

Washington, DC 20953

www.uscg.mil

BACKGROUND: The FY 2017 President’s Budget requests $10.32 billion for the Coast Guard, including $8.43

billion in discretionary funding. This Budget preserves Coast Guard operations and continues recapitalization 

efforts for the cutters, boats, aircraft, systems and infrastructure. The Budget also efficiently allocates resources to 

optimize Coast Guard mission performance. The Coast Guard must continue meeting today’s operational 

requirements while investing in future capability to best serve the Nation.

KEY POINTS:

 Provides $1.14 billion to Invest in the 21st Century Coast Guard. Recapitalization and continued investment in

our future is a top budget priority in FY 2017. 

 Sustains Mission Excellence through funding for administrative, support, and operational activities focusing

Coast Guard resources and capabilities on the Nation’s highest priorities. 

 Funds current services requirements to Maximize Value to the Nation, including resources to operate and 

maintain new assets, and funding for personnel, pay and benefit increases. 

INVEST IN THE 21st CENTURY COAST GUARD: The budget requests $1.14 billion for Acquisition, 

Construction and Improvements (AC&I). Notably:

 $704.1 million for vessels, including $150 million to accelerate production of a new Polar Icebreaker and 

necessary funding for final design and Long Lead Time Materials for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC);

procurement of four Fast Response Cutters (FRC); and In-Service Vessel Sustainment of the 140-foot domestic 

icebreaker fleet and the 225-foot sea-going buoy tender fleet.

 $201.3 million for aircraft, including funding for H-65 helicopter enhancements/upgrades; missionization of the 

first HC-27J airframes; mission-system retrofit for HC-144A fixed wing aircraft; and spares for the second 

operational C-130J Air Station.

 $51.1 million for shore projects, including funding for pier and infrastructure improvements to support the FRC

homeport at Galveston, TX; facility modifications to accommodate HC-27J aircraft at Air Station Clearwater, FL;

and facility modifications to accommodate HC-130J aircraft at Air Station Kodiak, AK.

SUSTAIN MISSION EXCELLENCE: In FY 2017, the Coast Guard will make sound, risk-based reductions while

investing in critical recapitalization initiatives. Notably:

 Enhance Coast Guard military justice capabilities, including the handling of sexual assault allegations. 

 Realize savings from fuel efficiencies across the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter (NSC) fleet. 

 Decommission four Island Class Patrol Boats and one High Endurance Cutter. These assets are being replaced by 

new, more capable FRCs and NSCs respectively.

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MAXIMIZE VALUE TO THE NATION: The budget requests $6.99 billion to operate and maintain Coast 

Guard assets and sustain essential front-line operations.

 $121.1 million to operate new assets and infrastructure to include follow-on costs for shore facilities, CG-LIMS, 

Rescue 21, and Surface and Air assets (e.g. FRC #22-25, C-27J #5-6, HC-130J #9-10, MH-60T #45, O&M for 

NSC #6 & Crew for NSC #7).

 $111.5 million to reflect the annualization of part-year reductions and termination of one-time costs from various 

asset decommissionings and programmatic reductions requested in FY 2016.

 $102.9 million to fund increases for civilian pay, and maintain parity with DoD Services for military pay, 

allowances and health care.