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Union Calendar No. 150 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2838 
[Report No. 112–229] 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2012 through 
2015, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 
Mr. LOBIONDO (for himself and Mr. MICA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
OCTOBER 3, 2011 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 2, 2011] 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD AND SERVICEMEMBER PARITY 
Sec. 201. Academy emoluments. 
Sec. 202. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence. 
Sec. 203. Appointments of permanent commissioned officers. 
Sec. 204. Minor construction. 
Sec. 205. Treatment of reports of aircraft accident investigations. 
Sec. 206. Acquisition workforce expedited hiring authority. 
Sec. 207. Coast Guard housing report. 
TITLE III—COAST GUARD REFORM 
Sec. 301. Repeals. 
Sec. 302. Interference with Coast Guard transmissions. 
Sec. 303. National security cutters. 
Sec. 304. Major acquisitions report. 
Sec. 305. Environmental compliance and restoration backlog. 
Sec. 306. Coast Guard auxiliarist enrollment eligibility. 
Sec. 307. Decommissionings. 
Sec. 308. Assessment of needs for additional coast guard presence in high latitude 
regions. 
Sec. 309. Limitation on expenditures. 
Sec. 310. Restriction on the use of aircraft. 
TITLE IV—SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION 
Sec. 401. Committee on the Marine Transportation System. 
Sec. 402. Report on determinations. 
Sec. 403. Dockside examinations. 
Sec. 404. Recourse for noncitizens. 
Sec. 405. Maritime liens on fishing permits. 
Sec. 406. Short sea transportation. 
Sec. 407. Mission of the Maritime Administration. 
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TITLE V—FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 601. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 602. Report on Coast Guard merchant mariner medical evaluation program. 
Sec. 603. Notice of arrival. 
Sec. 604. Technical corrections to title 14. 
Sec. 605. Distant water tuna fleet. 
Sec. 606. Waivers. 
Sec. 607. Report on options to improve integration of U.S. Coast Guard and Ca-
nadian Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreaking operational infor-
mation. 
Sec. 608. Standby vessels. 
Sec. 609. Cap on penalty wages. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for each of 
the fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014 for necessary expenses 
of the Coast Guard as follows: 
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard— 
(A) $6,819,505,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(B) $6,922,645,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
(C) $7,018,499,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
of which $24,500,000 is authorized for each of the fis-
cal years 2012, 2013, and 2014 to be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the pur-
poses of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)). 
(2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and off-
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shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including related 
equipment thereto— 
(A) $1,503,980,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(B) $1,505,312,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
(C) $1,506,549,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
to remain available until expended, of which 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012, 2013, 
and 2014 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. 
(3) For the Coast Guard Reserve program, in-
cluding personnel and training costs, equipment, and 
services— 
(A) $136,778,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(B) $138,111,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
(C) $139,311,000 for fiscal year 2014. 
(4) For environmental compliance and restora-
tion of Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and facilities 
(other than parts and equipment associated with op-
eration and maintenance)— 
(A) $16,699,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(B) $16,699,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
(C) $16,700,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
to remain available until expended. 
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(5) To the Commandant of the Coast Guard for 
research, development, test, and evaluation of tech-
nologies, materials, and human factors directly re-
lated to improving the performance of the Coast 
Guard’s mission in search and rescue, aids to naviga-
tion, marine safety, marine environmental protection, 
enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, 
oceanographic research, and defense readiness— 
(A) $19,779,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(B) $19,848,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
(C) $19,913,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
of which $650,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012, 
2013, and 2014 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of sec-
tion 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. 
SEC. 102. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH 
AND TRAINING. 
(a) ACTIVE DUTY STRENGTH.—The Coast Guard is 
authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel 
of 47,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through fiscal 
year 2014. 
(b) MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—The Coast 
Guard is authorized average military training student 
loads for the each of the fiscal years 2012 through fiscal 
year 2014 as follows: 
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(1) For recruit and special training, 2,500 stu-
dent years. 
(2) For flight training, 165 student years. 
(3) For professional training in military and ci-
vilian institutions, 350 student years. 
(4) For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD AND 
SERVICEMEMBER PARITY 
SEC. 201. ACADEMY EMOLUMENTS. 
Section 195 of title 14, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘person’’ and inserting 
‘‘foreign national’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘pay and allowances,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘pay, allowances, and emolu-
ments,’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘A person’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘A foreign national’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘pay and allowances,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘pay, allowances, and emolu-
ments,’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘A person’’ and 
inserting ‘‘A foreign national’’. 
SEC. 202. POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL VI-
OLENCE. 
(a) POLICY REQUIREMENT.—Chapter 9 of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘§ 200. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual vio-
lence 
‘‘(a) REQUIRED POLICY.—The Commandant shall di-
rect the Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy to pre-
scribe a policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence 
applicable to the cadets and other personnel of the Coast 
Guard Academy. 
‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE SPECIFIED IN POLICY.—The 
policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence prescribed 
under this section shall include specification of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Programs to promote awareness of the inci-
dence of rape, acquaintance rape, and other sexual of-
fenses of a criminal nature that involve cadets or 
other Academy personnel. 
‘‘(2) Procedures that a cadet should follow in the 
case of an occurrence of sexual harassment or sexual 
violence, including— 
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‘‘(A) if the cadet chooses to report an occur-
rence of sexual harassment or sexual violence, a 
specification of the person or persons to whom 
the alleged offense should be reported and the op-
tions for confidential reporting; 
‘‘(B) a specification of any other person 
whom the victim should contact; and 
‘‘(C) procedures on the preservation of evi-
dence potentially necessary for proof of criminal 
sexual assault. 
‘‘(3) Procedures for disciplinary action in cases 
of alleged criminal sexual assault involving a cadet or 
other Academy personnel. 
‘‘(4) Any other sanction authorized to be imposed 
in a substantiated case of sexual harassment or sexual 
violence involving a cadet or other Academy personnel 
in rape, acquaintance rape, or any other criminal 
sexual offense, whether forcible or nonforcible. 
‘‘(5) Required training on the policy for all ca-
dets and other Academy personnel, including the spe-
cific training required for personnel who process alle-
gations of sexual harassment or sexual violence in-
volving Academy personnel. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.— 
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‘‘(i) the policies, training, and proce-
dures on sexual harassment and sexual vio-
lence involving Academy personnel; 
‘‘(ii) the enforcement of such policies; 
‘‘(iii) the incidence of sexual harass-
ment and sexual violence involving Acad-
emy personnel; and 
‘‘(iv) any other issues relating to sex-
ual harassment and sexual violence involv-
ing Academy personnel. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) The Commandant shall direct the Super-
intendent of the Academy to submit to the Com-
mandant a report on sexual harassment and sexual 
violence involving cadets or other personnel at the 
Academy for each Academy program year. 
‘‘(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude, for the Academy program year covered by the 
report, the following: 
‘‘(A) The number of sexual assaults, rapes, 
and other sexual offenses involving cadets or 
other Academy personnel that have been reported 
to Academy officials during the program year 
and, of those reported cases, the number that 
have been substantiated. 
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‘‘(B) The policies, procedures, and processes 
implemented by the Commandant and the lead-
ership of the Academy in response to sexual har-
assment and sexual violence involving cadets or 
other Academy personnel during the program 
year. 
‘‘(C) A plan for the actions that are to be 
taken in the following Academy program year 
regarding prevention of and response to sexual 
harassment and sexual violence involving cadets 
or other Academy personnel. 
‘‘(3) Each report under paragraph (1) for an 
Academy program year that begins in an odd-num-
bered calendar year shall include the results of the 
survey conducted in that program year under sub-
section (c)(2). 
‘‘(4)(A) The Commandant shall transmit to the 
Board of Visitors of the Academy each report received 
by the Commandant under this subsection, together 
with the Commandant’s comments on the report. 
‘‘(B) The Commandant shall transmit each such 
report, together with the Commandant’s comments on 
the report, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
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on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 217 of the Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (14 U.S.C. 93 note), and 
the item relating to such section in the table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act, are repealed. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The 
analysis at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘200. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence.’’. 
SEC. 203. APPOINTMENTS OF PERMANENT COMMISSIONED 
OFFICERS. 
Section 211 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘origi-
nal’, with respect to the appointment of a member of the 
Coast Guard refers to that member’s most recent appoint-
ment in the Coast Guard that is neither a promotion nor 
a demotion.’’. 
SEC. 204. MINOR CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 656 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) MINOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) Subject to the reporting requirements set 
forth in paragraph (2), the Secretary may expend not 
more than $1,500,000 from amounts available for the 
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operating expenses of the Coast Guard for minor con-
struction and improvement projects at any one loca-
tion. 
‘‘(2) No later than 90 days after the end of each 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit, to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, a re-
port on each project undertaken during the course of 
the preceding fiscal year, for which the amount ex-
pended under paragraph (1) exceeded $500,000.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— 
(1) Section 656 of title 14, United States Code, 
is further amended in the heading by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘; use of moneys appro-
priated for operating expenses for minor 
construction and improvement’’. 
(2) The analysis at the beginning of chapter 17 
of such title is amended in the item relating to section 
656 by striking ‘‘waters.’’ and inserting ‘‘waters; use 
of moneys appropriated for operating expenses for 
minor construction and improvement.’’. 
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SEC. 205. TREATMENT OF REPORTS OF AIRCRAFT ACCI-
DENT INVESTIGATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 678. Treatment of reports of aircraft accident inves-
tigations 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the Commandant con-
ducts an accident investigation of an accident involving an 
aircraft under the jurisdiction of the Commandant, the 
records and report of the investigation shall be treated in 
accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACCIDENT IN-
VESTIGATION INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Commandant, 
upon request, shall publicly disclose unclassified 
tapes, scientific reports, and other factual information 
pertinent to an aircraft accident investigation. 
‘‘(2) The Commandant shall not disclose the in-
formation requested in paragraph (1) unless the Com-
mandant determines— 
‘‘(A) that such tapes, reports, or other infor-
mation would be included within and releasable 
with the final accident investigation report; and 
‘‘(B) that release of such tapes, reports, or 
other information— 
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‘‘(i) would not undermine the ability of 
accident or safety investigators to continue 
to conduct the investigation; and 
‘‘(ii) would not compromise national 
security. 
‘‘(3) A disclosure under paragraph (1) may not 
be made by or through officials with responsibility 
for, or who are conducting, a safety investigation 
with respect to the accident. 
‘‘(c) OPINIONS REGARDING CAUSATION
OF ACCI-
DENT.—Following an aircraft accident referred to in sub-
section (a)— 
‘‘(1) if the evidence surrounding the accident is 
sufficient for the investigators who conduct the acci-
dent investigation to come to an opinion as to the 
cause or causes of the accident, the final report of the 
accident investigation shall set forth the opinion of 
the investigators as to the cause or causes of the acci-
dent; and 
‘‘(2) if the evidence surrounding the accident is 
not sufficient for the investigators to come to an opin-
ion as to the cause or causes of the accident, the final 
report of the accident investigation shall include a de-
scription of those factors, if any, that, in the opinion 
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of the investigators, substantially contributed to or 
caused the accident. 
‘‘(d) USE OF INFORMATION IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.— 
For purposes of any civil or criminal proceeding arising 
from an aircraft accident referred to in subsection (a), any 
opinion of the accident investigators as to the cause of, or 
the factors contributing to, the accident set forth in the acci-
dent investigation report may not be considered as evidence 
in such proceeding, nor may such report be considered an 
admission of liability by the United States or by any person 
referred to in such report. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Commandant shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘accident investigation’ means any 
form of investigation by Coast Guard personnel of an 
aircraft accident referred to in subsection (a), other 
than a safety investigation; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘safety investigation’ means an in-
vestigation by Coast Guard personnel of an aircraft 
accident referred to in subsection (a), that is con-
ducted solely to determine the cause of the accident 
and to obtain information that may prevent the oc-
currence of similar accidents.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis at the be-
ginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘678. Treatment of reports of aircraft accident investigations.’’. 
SEC. 206. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE EXPEDITED HIRING 
AUTHORITY. 
Section 404 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111–281; 124 Stat. 2950) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘as shortage 
category positions;’’ and inserting ‘‘as positions for 
which there exists a shortage of candidates or there is 
a critical hiring need;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ and inserting 
‘‘section’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2012.’’ and inserting 
‘‘2015.’’. 
SEC. 207. COAST GUARD HOUSING REPORT. 
In conjunction with the transmittal by the President 
of the budget of the United States for fiscal year 2013, the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives a report on the 
status of Coast Guard servicemember housing, including— 
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(1) a statement of the Coast Guard’s housing 
needs requirements; 
(2) an assessment of the condition of the Coast 
Guard’s current housing inventory, including both 
leased and owned property; 
(3) an assessment of housing available for Coast 
Guard use from surrounding communities and other 
government agencies for all duty stations; 
(4) a list of housing capacity shortfalls and ex-
cess; and 
(5) a revised prioritized list of housing mainte-
nance and recapitalization projects. 
TITLE III—COAST GUARD 
REFORM 
SEC. 301. REPEALS. 
(a) DISTRICT OMBUDSMAN.—Section 55 of title 14, 
United States Code, and the item relating to such section 
in the analysis for chapter 3 of such title, are repealed. 
(b) FAA AIR AIDS TO NAVIGATION.—Section 82 of 
title 14, United States Code, and the item relating to such 
section in the analysis for chapter 5 of such title, are re-
pealed. 
(c) OCEAN STATIONS.—Section 90 of title 14, United 
States Code, and the item relating to such section in the 
analysis for chapter 5 of such title, are repealed. 
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(d) DETAIL OF MEMBERS TO ASSIST FOREIGN GOV-
ERNMENTS.—Section 149(a) of title 14, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the second and third sentences. 
(e) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 193 of title 14, 
United States Code, and the item relating to such section 
in the analysis for chapter 9 of such title, are repealed. 
(f) HISTORY FELLOWSHIPS.—Section 198 of title 14, 
United States Code, and the item relating to such section 
in the analysis for chapter 9 of such title, are repealed. 
(g) ACQUISITION AWARDS.—Section 563 of title 14, 
United States Code, and the item relating to such section 
in the analysis for chapter 15 of such title, are repealed. 
SEC. 302. INTERFERENCE WITH COAST GUARD TRANS-
MISSIONS. 
Section 88 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by adding the following: 
‘‘(e) An individual who knowingly and willfully oper-
ates a device that interferes with the broadcast or reception 
of a radio, microwave, or other signal (including a signal 
from a global positioning system) transmitted, retrans-
mitted, or augmented by the Coast Guard for the purpose 
of maritime safety is— 
‘‘(1) guilty of a class E felony; and 
‘‘(2) subject to civil penalty of not more than 
$1,000 per day for each violation.’’. 
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SEC. 303. NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 15 of title 
14, United States Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 569a. National security cutters 
‘‘(a) SIXTH NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTER.—The Com-
mandant may not begin production of a sixth national se-
curity cutter on any date before which the Commandant— 
‘‘(1) has acquired a sufficient number of Long 
Range Interceptor II and Cutter Boat Over the Hori-
zon IV small boats for each of the first three national 
security cutters and has submitted to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives a plan to 
provide such boats upon the date of delivery of each 
subsequent national security cutter; 
‘‘(2) has achieved the goal of 225 days away 
from homeport for each of the first two national secu-
rity cutters; and 
‘‘(3) has submitted to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives a program execution 
plan detailing increased aerial coverage to support 
national security cutter operations. 
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‘‘(b) SEVENTH NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTER.—The 
Commandant may not begin production of a seventh na-
tional security cutter on any date before which the Com-
mandant has selected an offshore patrol cutter that meets 
at least the minimum operational requirements set out in 
the Operational Requirements Document approved by the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating on Octo-
ber 20, 2010.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis at the be-
ginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to such subchapter the following: 
‘‘569a. National security cutters.’’. 
SEC. 304. MAJOR ACQUISITIONS REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 15 of title 
14, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘§ 569b. Major acquisitions report 
‘‘(a) MAJOR ACQUISITION PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTA-
TION REPORT.—In conjunction with the transmittal by the 
President of the budget of the United States for fiscal year 
2013 and every two fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the status of all major acquisition pro-
grams. 
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‘‘(b) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
shall include for each major acquisition program— 
‘‘(1) a statement of Coast Guard’s mission needs 
and performance goals for such program, including a 
justification for any change to those needs and goals 
from any report previously submitted under this sub-
section; 
‘‘(2) a justification for how the projected number 
and capabilities of each planned acquisition program 
asset meets those mission needs and performance 
goals; 
‘‘(3) an identification of any and all mission 
hour gaps, accompanied by an explanation on how 
and when the Coast Guard will close those gaps; 
‘‘(4) an identification of any changes to such 
program, including— 
‘‘(A) any changes to the timeline for the ac-
quisition of each new asset and the phase out of 
legacy assets; and 
‘‘(B) any changes to the costs of new assets 
and legacy assets for that fiscal year, future fis-
cal years, or the total acquisition cost; 
‘‘(5) a justification for how any change to such 
program fulfills the mission needs and performance 
goals of the Coast Guard; 
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‘‘(6) a description of how the Coast Guard is 
planning for the integration of each new asset ac-
quired under such program into the Coast Guard, in-
cluding needs related to shore-based infrastructure 
and human resources; 
‘‘(7) an identification of how funds in that fiscal 
year’s budget request will be allocated, including in-
formation on the purchase of specific assets; 
‘‘(8) a projection of the remaining operational 
lifespan and lifecycle cost of each legacy asset that 
also identifies any anticipated resource gaps; 
‘‘(9) a detailed explanation of how the costs of 
the legacy assets are being accounted for within such 
program; 
‘‘(10) an annual performance comparison of new 
assets to legacy assets; and 
‘‘(11) an identification of the scope of the antici-
pated acquisitions workload for the next fiscal year; 
the number of officers, members, and employees of the 
Coast Guard currently assigned to positions in the 
acquisition workforce; and a determination on the 
adequacy of the current acquisition workforce to meet 
that anticipated workload, including the specific posi-
tions that are or will be understaffed, and actions 
that will be taken to correct such understaffing. 
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‘‘(c) CUTTERS NOT MAINTAINED IN CLASS.—Each re-
port under subsection (a) shall identify which, if any, Coast 
Guard cutters that have been issued a certificate of classi-
fication by the American Bureau of Shipping have not been 
maintained in class with an explanation detailing the rea-
sons why they have not been maintained in class. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the 
term ‘major acquisition program’ means an ongoing acqui-
sition undertaken by the Coast Guard with a life-cycle cost 
estimate greater than or equal to $300,000,000.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis at the be-
ginning of such chapter is further amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such subchapter the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘569b. Major acquisitions report.’’. 
(c) REPEAL.— 
(1) Section 408 of the Coast Guard and Mari-
time Transportation Act of 2006 (120 Stat. 537) is 
amended by striking subsection (a). 
(2) Title 14, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in section 562, by striking subsection 
(e) and redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(B) in section 573(c)(3), by striking sub-
paragraph (B). 
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SEC. 305. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORA-
TION BACKLOG. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 693 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 693. Annual report to Congress 
‘‘The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate the 
prioritized list of projects eligible for environmental compli-
ance and restoration funding for each fiscal year concurrent 
with the President’s budget submission for that fiscal 
year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
19 of such title is amended by striking the item for such 
section and inserting the following: 
‘‘693. Annual report to Congress.’’. 
SEC. 306. COAST GUARD AUXILIARIST ENROLLMENT ELIGI-
BILITY. 
Section 823 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘citizens of the United States and its territories 
and possessions,’’ and inserting ‘‘nationals of the United 
States (as such term is defined in section 101(a)(22) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)) 
and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as 
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such term is defined in section 101(a)(20) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101 (a)(20))),’’. 
SEC. 307. DECOMMISSIONINGS. 
(a) POLAR SEA.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall decommission the USCGC POLAR SEA 
(WAGB 11). 
(b) POLAR STAR.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall decommission the USCGC POLAR STAR 
(WAGB 10). 
SEC. 308. ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL COAST 
GUARD PRESENCE IN HIGH LATITUDE RE-
GIONS. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating shall submit a report to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives assessing the need for addi-
tional Coast Guard prevention and response capability in 
the high latitude regions. The assessment shall address needs 
for all Coast Guard mission areas, including search and 
rescue, marine pollution response and prevention, fisheries 
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enforcement, and maritime commerce. The Secretary shall 
include in the report— 
(1) an assessment of the high latitude operating 
capabilities of all current Coast Guard assets other 
than icebreakers, including assets acquired under the 
Deepwater program; 
(2) an assessment of projected needs for Coast 
Guard operations in the high latitude regions; and 
(3) an assessment of shore infrastructure, per-
sonnel, logistics, communications, and resources re-
quirements to support Coast Guard operations in the 
high latitude regions, including forward operating 
bases and existing infrastructure in the furthest north 
locations that are ice free, or nearly ice free, year 
round. 
SEC. 309. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES. 
Section 149(d) of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) The amount of funds used under this sub-
section may not exceed $100,000 in any fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 310. RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF AIRCRAFT. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating and the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard may not travel aboard any Coast Guard owned or 
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