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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4422
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the Coast Guard, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1994
Mr. TAUZIN (for himself, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. FIELDS of Texas, and Mr. COBLE)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the
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 1994’’.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for nec-
essary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1995,
as follows:
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the
Coast Guard, $2,630,505,000, of which $25,000,000
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund.
(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, $439,200,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $32,500,000
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 of technologies, materials, and human factors
directly relating to improving the performance of the
Coast Guard’s mission in support of search and res-
cue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine envi-
ronmental protection, enforcement of laws and trea-
ties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and de-
fense readiness, $20,310,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $3,150,000 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, $562,585,000.
(5) For alteration or removal of bridges over
navigable waters of the United States constituting
obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and
administrative costs associated with the Bridge Al-
teration Program, $13,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
(6) For environmental compliance and restora-
tion at Coast Guard facilities, $25,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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 person-
nel of 39,000 as of September 30, 1995. The authorized
strength does not include members of the Ready Reserve
called to active duty for special or emergency augmenta-
tion of regular Coast Guard forces for periods of 180 days
or less.
(b) MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—For fis-
cal year 1995, the Coast Guard is authorized average mili-
tary training student loads as follows:
(1) For recruit and special training, 2,000 stu-
dent years.
(2) For flight training, 133 student years.
(3) For professional training in military and ci-
vilian institutions, 344 student years.
(4) For officer acquisition, 955 student years.
SEC. 103. DRUG INTERDICTION ACTIVITIES.
In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this
Act, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Transportation for operation and maintenance
expenses of Coast Guard drug interdiction activities
$11,544,000 for fiscal year 1995.
TITLE II—PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT
SEC. 201. HURRICANE ANDREW RELIEF.
Section 2856 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484) applies
to the military personnel of the Coast Guard who were
assigned to, or employed at or in connection with, any
Federal facility or installation in the vicinity of Homestead
Air Force Base, Florida, including the areas of Broward,
Collier, Dade, and Monroe Counties, on or before August
24, 1992, except that—
(1) funds available to the Coast Guard, not to
exceed a total of $25,000, shall be used; and
(2) the Secretary of Transportation shall ad-
minister that section with respect to such personnel.
SEC. 202. DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS OF 0–6 CONTINU-
ATION BOARDS.
Section 289(f) of title 14, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Upon approval by the President, the
names of the officers selected for continuation on active
duty by the board shall be promptly disseminated to the
service at large.’’.
SEC. 203. EXCLUDE CERTAIN RESERVES FROM END-OF-
YEAR STRENGTH.
Section 712 of title 14, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) Reserve members ordered to active duty under
this section shall not be counted in computing authorized
strength of members on active duty or members in grade
under this title or under any other law.’’.
SEC. 204. MARINE CASUALTY INVESTIGATIONS.
(a) INFORMAL
MARINE
CASUALTY
INVESTIGA-
TIONS.—Title 46, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after section 6301 the following new section:
‘‘§ 6301a. Informal marine casualty investigations
‘‘(a) The Secretary may conduct informal investiga-
tions of marine casualties.
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding sections 6302 and 6303 of this
title, the Secretary is not required to hold an informal in-
vestigation open to the public.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 63 of title 46, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item related to
section 6301 the following:
‘‘6301a. Informal marine casualty investigations.’’.
SEC. 205. PROVISION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 14, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 514 the following new
section:
‘‘§ 515. Child development services
‘‘(a) The Commandant may make child development
services available for members and civilian employees of
the Coast Guard, and thereafter as space is available for
members of the Armed Forces and Federal civilian em-
ployees. Child development services benefits provided
under this section shall be in addition to benefits provided
under other laws.
‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Commandant may require that amounts received as fees
for the provision of child development services under this
section at Coast Guard child development centers be used
only for compensation of Coast Guard child development
‘‘(3) the vessel is operated after its endorsement
has been denied or revoked under section 12123 of
this title;
‘‘(4) the vessel is employed in a trade without
an appropriate trade endorsement; or
‘‘(5) in the case of a documented vessel with
only a recreational endorsement, the vessel is oper-
ated other than for pleasure.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
12122(c) of title 46, United States Code, is re-
pealed.
(c) LIMITATION ON OPERATION OF VESSEL WITH
ONLY RECREATIONAL ENDORSEMENT.—Section 12110(c)
of title 46, United States Code, is repealed.
(d) TERMINATION OF RESTRICTION ON COMMAND OF
RECREATIONAL VESSELS.—
(1) TERMINATION
OF
RESTRICTION.—Sub-
section (d) of section 12110 of title 46, United
States Code, is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, other than a vessel with
only a recreational endorsement,’’ after ‘‘A doc-
umented vessel’’; and
(B) by redesignating that subsection as
subsection (c).
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
12111(a)(2) of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by inserting before the period the follow-
ing: ‘‘in violation of section 12110(c) of this title’’.
SEC. 303. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.
Chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking the first section 12123; and
(2) in the table of sections at the beginning of
the chapter by striking the first item relating to sec-
tion 12123.
SEC. 304. BATON ROUGE RESCUE AND PATROL VESSEL.
Beginning not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast
Guard shall operate a rescue and patrol vessel on the Mis-
sissippi River in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
to support Coast Guard rescue, law enforcement, marine
safety, marine environmental protection, and port security
missions.
SEC. 305. FLORIDA AVENUE BRIDGE.
For purposes of the alteration of the Florida Avenue
Bridge (located approximately 1.63 miles east of the Mis-
sissippi River on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Orle-
ans Parish, Louisiana) ordered by the Secretary of Trans-
portation under the Act of June 21, 1940 (33 U.S.C. 511
et seq.; popularly known as the Truman-Hobbs Act), the
Secretary shall treat the drainage siphon that is adjacent
to the bridge as an appurtenance of the bridge, including
with respect to apportionment and payment of costs for
the removal of the drainage siphon in accordance with that
Act.
SEC. 306. RENEWAL OF HOUSTON-GALVESTON NAVIGATION
SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERWAY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 (Public
Law 102–241, 105 Stat. 2208-2235) is amended—
(1) in section 18 by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(h) The Committee shall terminate on October 1,
1999.’’; and
(2) in section 19 by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(g) The Committee shall terminate on October 1,
1999.’’.
SEC. 307. LIMITATION ON CONSOLIDATION OF HOUSTON
AND GALVESTON MARINE SAFETY OFFICES.
The Secretary of Transportation may not consolidate
the Coast Guard Marine Safety Offices in Galveston,
Texas, and Houston, Texas.
SEC. 308. RESPONSE EXERCISE PROGRAM AT MASSACHU-
SETTS MARITIME ACADEMY.
(a) TRANSFER.—Within 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Coast Guard shall transfer to the
Massachusetts Maritime Academy $500,000 to continue
the oil spill simulator activities at the Academy.
(b) DESIGNATION OF CENTER AS REGIONAL FACIL-
ITY.—The Coast Guard shall designate the Center for Ma-
rine Environmental Protection and Safety at the Massa-
chusetts Maritime Academy as a regional facility for the
conduct and evaluation of annual response area manage-
ment team exercises for two response areas in the East
Coast in accordance with the Preparedness for Response
Exercise Program established by the Coast Guard.
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