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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1699

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 3, 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

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal

year 2002.

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:
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1 (1) For the operation and maintenance of the

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

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

4 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the

5 purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollu6 tion Act of 1990; and

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

8 commercial fishing vessel safety program.

9 (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuild10 ing, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

11 and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, includ12 ing equipment related thereto, $659,323,000, of

13 which—

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

15 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the

16 purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollu17 tion Act of 1990; and

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

19 available to the Coast Guard only to implement

20 the Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater Sys21 tem.

22 (3) For research, development, test, and evalua23 tion of technologies, materials, and human factors

24 directly relating to improving the performance of the

25 Coast Guard’s mission in support of search and res-
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1 cue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine envi2 ronmental protection, enforcement of laws and

3 treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and

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

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

6 each fiscal year from the Oil Spill Liability Trust

7 Fund to carry out the purposes of section

8 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

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

10 obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropria11 tions for this purpose), payments under the Retired

12 Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Ben13 efit Plans, and payments for medical care of retired

14 personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of

15 title 10, United States Code, $876,346,000.

16 (5) For alteration or removal of bridges over

17 navigable waters of the United States constituting

18 obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and

19 administrative costs associated with the Bridge Al20 teration Program, $15,466,000, to remain available

21 until expended.

22 (6) For environmental compliance and restora23 tion at Coast Guard facilities (other than parts and

24 equipment associated with operations and mainte-
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1 nance), $16,927,000, to remain available until ex2 pended.

3 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH AND

4 TRAINING.

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

6 authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty per7 sonnel of 44,000 as of September 30, 2002.

8 (b) MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—The

9 Coast Guard is authorized average military training stu10 dent loads as follows:

11 (1) For recruit and special training for fiscal

12 year 2002, 1,500 student years.

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

14 student years.

15 (3) For professional training in military and ci16 vilian institutions for fiscal year 2002, 300 student

17 years.

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

19 1,000 student years.

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