103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2150
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1994 for
the United States Coast Guard, and for other
purposes.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2150
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1994 for the
United States Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coast Guard Author-
ization Act of 1993’’.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for nec-
essary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1994,
as follows:
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the
Coast Guard, $2,612,552,200, of which $25,000,000
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund, and of which $35,000,000 shall be expended
from the Boat Safety Account.
(2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuild-
ing, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, includ-
ing equipment related thereto, $417,996,500, to re-
main available until expended, of which $23,030,000
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 research, development, test, and evalua-
tion, in support of search and rescue, aids to naviga-
tion of technologies, materials, and human factors
directly relating to improving the performance of the
Coast Guard’s mission, marine safety, marine envi-
ronmental protection, enforcement of laws and trea-
ties, 
ice 
operations, 
and 
defense 
readiness,
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $4,457,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund.
(4) For retired pay (including the payment of
obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropria-
tions for this purpose), payments under the Retired
Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Bene-
fit Plans, and payments for medical care of retired
personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of
title 10, United States Code, $548,774,000.
(5) For alteration or removal of bridges over
navigable waters of the United States constituting
obstructions to navigation associated with the Bridge
Alteration Program, $12,940,000 to remain avail-
able until expended.
(6) For environmental compliance and restora-
tion at Coast Guard facilities, $23,057,000, to re-
main available until expended.
SEC. 102. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH
AND TRAINING.
(a) As of September 30, 1994, the Coast Guard is
authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty person-
nel of 39,138. The authorized strength does not include
members of the Ready Reserve called to active duty for
special or emergency augmentation of regular Coast
Guard forces for periods of 180 days or less.
(b) For fiscal year 1994, the Coast Guard is author-
ized average military training student loads as follows:
(1) For recruit and special training, 1,986 stu-
dent years.
(2) For flight training, 114 student years.
(3) For professional training in military and ci-
vilian institutions, 338 student years.
(4) For officer acquisition, 955 student years.
TITLE II—PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT
SEC. 201. CEILING ON OFFICER CORPS.
Subsection (a) of section 42 of title 14, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘6,000’’ and inserting
‘‘6,200’’.
SEC. 202. VOLUNTEER SERVICES.
Section 93 of title 14, United States Code, is amend-
ed by—
(1) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (r);
(2) striking the period at the end of paragraph
(s) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(t) Notwithstanding any other law, enter into coop-
erative agreements with States, local governments, non-
governmental organizations, and individuals, to accept and
utilize voluntary services for the maintenance and im-
provement of natural and historic resources on, or to bene-
fit natural and historic research on, Coast Guard facilities,
which cooperative agreements shall each provide for the
parties to contribute funds or services on a matching basis
to defray the costs of such programs, projects, and activi-
ties under the agreement.’’.
SEC. 203. RESERVE RETENTION BOARDS.
Section 741 of title 14, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) in the first sentence by
striking ‘‘and are not on active duty and not on an
approved list of selectees for promotion to the next
higher grade’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘, except
those officers who—
‘‘(1) are on extended active duty;
‘‘(2) are on a list of selectees for promotion;
‘‘(3) will complete 30 years total commissioned
service by June 30th following the date that the re-
tention board is convened; or
‘‘(4) have reached age 59 by the date on which
the retention board is convened’’;
(2) in subsection (a) by moving the second sen-
tence so as to begin—
(A) immediately below paragraph (4) (as
added by paragraph (1) of this section); and
(B) flush with the left margin of the mate-
rial preceding paragraph (1);
(3) by designating the third sentence of sub-
section (a) as subsection (b) by—
(A) inserting ‘‘(b)’’ before ‘‘This board
shall—’’; and
(B) moving the third sentence so as to
begin immediately below the second sentence of
subsection (a); and
(4) by redesignating the last 2 subsections as
subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
SEC. 204. BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
DEADLINE.
(a) Ten months after a complete application for cor-
rection of military records is received by the Board for
Correction of Military Records of the Coast Guard, admin-
istrative remedies are deemed to have been exhausted,
and—
(1) if the Board has rendered a recommended
decision, its recommendation shall be final agency
action and not subject to further review or approval
within the Department of Transportation; or
(2) if the Board has not rendered a rec-
ommended decision, agency action is deemed to have
been unreasonably delayed or withheld and the ap-
plicant is entitled to—
(A) an order under section 706(1) of title
5, United States Code, directing final action be
taken within 30 days from the date the order
is entered; and
(B) from amounts appropriated to the De-
partment of Transportation, the costs of obtain-
ing the order, including a reasonable attorney’s
fee.
(b) The 10-month deadline established in section 212
of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1989 (Public
Law 101–225, 103 Stat. 1914) is mandatory, and applies
to any application pending before the Board or the Sec-
retary of Transportation on June 12, 1990.
SEC. 205. CONTINUITY OF GRADE OF ADMIRALS AND VICE
ADMIRALS.
(a) Section 46(a) of title 14, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) A Commandant who is not reappointed shall be
retired with the grade of admiral at the expiration of the
appointed term, except as provided in subsection 51(d) of
this title.’’.
(b)(1) Section 47 of title 14, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘; retire-
ment’’;
(C) such land as may be necessary to en-
able the Washington State Parks and Recre-
ation Commission to operate at that lighthouse
a center for public benefit for the interpretation
and preservation of maritime history;
(3) ‘‘Point Wilson Lighthouse’’ means the
Coast Guard lighthouse located at Fort Worden
State Park, Washington, including—
(A) the lighthouse, excluding any lantern
or lens that is the personal property of the
Coast Guard;
(B) 2 ancillary buildings; and
(C) such land as may be necessary to en-
able the Washington State Parks and Recre-
ation Commission to operate at that lighthouse
a center for public benefit for the interpretation
and preservation of maritime history; and
(4) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the de-
partment in which the Coast Guard is operating.
SEC. 317. CASS RIVER.
Subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, relating
only to vessel inspection and manning, shall not apply to
a vessel operating on the date of enactment of this Act
on the Cass River above the dam at Frankenmuth, Michi-
gan (locally known as the Hubinger Dam) which is in-