(b) BALTIMORE COAST GUARD YARD.—Of the amounts 
set aside under subsection (a), up to $175,000,000 shall be 
authorized to improve facilities at the Coast Guard Yard 
in Baltimore, Maryland, including improvements to piers 
and wharves, dry dock, capital equipment utilities, or 
dredging necessary to facilitate access to such Yard. 
(c) TRAINING CENTER CAPE MAY.—Of the amounts set 
aside under subsection (a), up to $60,000,000 shall be au-
thorized to fund Phase I, in fiscal year 2022, and Phase 
II, in fiscal year 2023, for the recapitalization of the bar-
racks at the United States Coast Guard Training Center 
Cape May in Cape May, New Jersey. 
(d) MITIGATION OF HAZARD RISKS.—In carrying out 
projects with funds authorized under this section, the Coast 
Guard shall mitigate, to the greatest extent practicable, nat-
ural hazard risks identified in any Shore Infrastructure 
Vulnerability Assessment for Phase I related to such 
projects. 
(e) FORT WADSWORTH, NEW YORK.—Of the amounts 
set aside under subsection (a), up to $1,200,000 shall be 
authorized to fund a construction project to— 
(1) complete repairs to the Station, New York, 
waterfront, including repairs to the concrete pier; and 
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(2) replace floating piers Alpha and Bravo, the 
South Breakwater and Ice Screen, the North Break-
water and Ice Screen, and the seawall. 
SEC. 104. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR ACQUISITION OF 
ADDITIONAL CUTTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated under— 
(1) section 4902(2)(A)(i) of title 14, United 
States Code, as amended by section 101 of this title, 
for fiscal year 2022; 
(A) $300,000,000 shall be authorized for the 
acquisition of a twelfth National Security Cut-
ter; and 
(B) $210,000,000 shall be authorized for the 
acquisition of 3 Fast Response Cutters; and 
(2) section 4902(2)(A)(ii) of title 14, United 
States Code, as amended by section 101 of this title, 
for fiscal year 2023; 
(A) $300,000,000 shall be authorized for the 
acquisition of a twelfth National Security Cut-
ter; and 
(B) $210,000,000 shall be authorized for the 
acquisition of 3 Fast Response Cutters. 
(b) TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED CUTTER.—Any cutter 
acquired using amounts authorized under subsection (a) 
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shall be in addition to the National Security Cutters and 
Fast Response Cutters approved under the existing acquisi-
tion baseline in the program of record for the National Se-
curity Cutter and Fast Response Cutter. 
(c) GREAT LAKES ICEBREAKER ACQUISITION.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 
4902(2)(A)(ii) of title 14, United States Code— 
(1) for fiscal year 2022, $350,000,000 shall be 
authorized for the acquisition of a Great Lakes ice-
breaker at least as capable as Coast Guard Cutter 
Mackinaw (WLBB–30); and 
(2) for fiscal year 2023, $20,000,000 shall be au-
thorized for the design and selection of icebreaking 
cutters for operation in the Great Lakes, the North-
eastern United States, and the Arctic, as appropriate, 
that are at least as capable as the Coast Guard 140- 
foot icebreaking tugs. 
(d) DRUG AND MIGRANT INTERDICTION.—Of the Fast 
Response Cutters authorized for acquisition under sub-
section (a), at least 1 shall be used for drug and migrant 
interdiction in the Caribbean Basin (including the Gulf of 
Mexico). 
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TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
Subtitle A—Military Personnel 
Matters 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH. 
Section 3702 of title 14, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) The Secretary may vary the authorized end 
strength of the Coast Guard Selected Reserves for a fiscal 
year by a number equal to not more than 3 percent of such 
end strength upon a determination by the Secretary that 
varying such authorized end strength is in the national in-
terest. 
‘‘(d) The Commandant may increase the authorized 
end strength of the Coast Guard Selected Reserves by a 
number equal to not more than 2 percent of such authorized 
end strength upon a determination by the Commandant 
that such increase would enhance manning and readiness 
in essential units or in critical specialties or ratings.’’. 
SEC. 202. CONTINUATION OF OFFICERS WITH CERTAIN 
CRITICAL SKILLS ON ACTIVE DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2165 the 
following: 
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