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Union Calendar No. 41

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1699

[Report No. 107–79]

To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2002.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 23, 2001

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. LOBIONDO, and Ms.

BROWN of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

MAY 24, 2001

Additional sponsors: Mr. BAKER, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina,

Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr.

DICKS, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr.

HOSTETTLER, Mr. KIRK, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTYRE,

Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. JO

ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. NETHERCUTT,

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WELLER, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. FOLEY, Mr.

TAYLOR of Mississippi, and Mr. SOUDER

MAY 24, 2001

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal

year 2002.
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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 ‘‘Coast Guard Author5 ization Act of 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal

8 year 2002 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard, as

9 follows:

10 (1) For the operation and maintenance of the

11 Coast Guard, $3,682,838,000, of which—

12 (A) $25,000,000 shall be derived from the

13 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the

14 purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollu15 tion Act of 1990; and

16 (B) $5,500,000 shall be available for the

17 commercial fishing vessel safety program.

18 (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuild19 ing, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

20 and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, includ21 ing equipment related thereto, $659,323,000, of

22 which—

23 (A) $20,000,000 shall be derived from the

24 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the
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1 purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollu2 tion Act of 1990; and

3 (B) not less than $338,000,000 shall be

4 available to the Coast Guard only to implement

5 the Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater Sys6 tem.

7 (3) For research, development, test, and evalua8 tion of technologies, materials, and human factors

9 directly relating to improving the performance of the

10 Coast Guard’s mission in support of search and res11 cue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine envi12 ronmental protection, enforcement of laws and

13 treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and

14 defense readiness, $21,722,000, to remain available

15 until expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived

16 each fiscal year from the Oil Spill Liability Trust

17 Fund to carry out the purposes of section

18 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

19 (4) For retired pay (including the payment of

20 obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropria21 tions for this purpose), payments under the Retired

22 Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Ben23 efit Plans, and payments for medical care of retired

24 personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of

25 title 10, United States Code, $876,346,000.
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1 (5) For alteration or removal of bridges over

2 navigable waters of the United States constituting

3 obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and

4 administrative costs associated with the Bridge Al5 teration Program, $15,466,000, to remain available

6 until expended.

7 (6) For environmental compliance and restora8 tion at Coast Guard facilities (other than parts and

9 equipment associated with operations and mainte10 nance), $16,927,000, to remain available until ex11 pended.

12 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH AND

13 TRAINING.

14 (a) ACTIVE DUTY STRENGTH.—The Coast Guard is

15 authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty per16 sonnel of 44,000 as of September 30, 2002.

17 (b) MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—The

18 Coast Guard is authorized average military training stu19 dent loads as follows:

20 (1) For recruit and special training for fiscal

21 year 2002, 1,500 student years.

22 (2) For flight training for fiscal year 2002, 125

23 student years.
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1 (3) For professional training in military and ci2 vilian institutions for fiscal year 2002, 300 student

3 years.

4 (4) For officer acquisition for fiscal year 2002,

5 1,000 student years.
Union Calendar No. 41

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1699

[Report No. 107–79]

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard

for fiscal year 2002.

MAY 24, 2001

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and orderd to be printed