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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1699

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 7, 2001

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,

and Transportation

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coast Guard Author3 ization Act of 2001’’.

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal

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

7 follows:

8 (1) For the operation and maintenance of the

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

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

11 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the

12 purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollu13 tion Act of 1990; and

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

15 commercial fishing vessel safety program.

16 (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuild17 ing, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

18 and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, includ19 ing equipment related thereto, $659,323,000, of

20 which—

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

22 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the

23 purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollu24 tion Act of 1990; and

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

26 available to the Coast Guard only to implement
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1 the Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater Sys2 tem.

3 (3) For research, development, test, and evalua4 tion of technologies, materials, and human factors

5 directly relating to improving the performance of the

6 Coast Guard’s mission in support of search and res7 cue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine envi8 ronmental protection, enforcement of laws and trea9 ties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and de10 fense readiness, $21,722,000, to remain available

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

12 each fiscal year from the Oil Spill Liability Trust

13 Fund to carry out the purposes of section

14 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

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

16 obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropria17 tions for this purpose), payments under the Retired

18 Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Ben19 efit Plans, and payments for medical care of retired

20 personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of

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

22 (5) For alteration or removal of bridges over

23 navigable waters of the United States constituting

24 obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and

25 administrative costs associated with the Bridge Al-
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1 teration Program, $15,466,000, to remain available

2 until expended.

3 (6) For environmental compliance and restora4 tion at Coast Guard facilities (other than parts and

5 equipment associated with operations and mainte6 nance), $16,927,000, to remain available until ex7 pended.

8 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH AND

9 TRAINING.

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

11 authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty per12 sonnel of 44,000 as of September 30, 2002.

13 (b) MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—The

14 Coast Guard is authorized average military training stu15 dent loads as follows:

16 (1) For recruit and special training for fiscal

17 year 2002, 1,500 student years.

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

19 student years.

20 (3) For professional training in military and ci21 vilian institutions for fiscal year 2002, 300 student

22 years.

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

24 1,000 student years.
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1 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO CONSTRUCT ONLY AMERICAN2 MADE VESSELS.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any new vessel constructed for

4 the Coast Guard with amounts made available under this

5 Act—

6 (1) shall be constructed in the United States;

7 (2) shall not be constructed of steel or iron pro8 duced outside of the United States; and

9 (3) shall be constructed in compliance with the

10 Buy American Act.

11 (b) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Subsection

12 (a)(2) shall not apply—

13 (1) if the Secretary finds that the application of

14 that subsection would be inconsistent with the public

15 interest;

16 (2) to the use of steel or iron produced outside

17 of the United States if the Secretary finds that such

18 material is not produced in the United States in suf19 ficient and reasonably available quantities and of a

20 satisfactory quality; or
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1 (3) if compliance with subsection (a)(2) will in2 crease the cost of the overall project contract by

3 more than 25 percent.

Passed the House of Representatives June 7, 2001.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.