An Act to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for the procurement of vessels and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments, to authorize for bridge alterations, to authorize for the Coast Guard an end-year strength for active duty personnel, to authorize for the Coast Guard average military student loads, and for other purposes.
PL 93-65 (H.R.5383), enacted 07/09/1973

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PUBLIC LAW 93-65-JULY 9, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
July 9, 1973 
[H. R. 5383] 
Public Law 93-65 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for the procurement of vessels 
and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments, to authorize 
for bridge alterations, to authorize for the Coast Guard an end-year strength 
for active duty personnel, to authorize for the Coast Guard average military 
student loads, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoiise of Representatives 
of the 
Appropriation 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That funds are 
authorization; per- hereby authorizcd to be appropriated for fiscal year 1974 for the use 
sonnei strength, 
^f ^^g Coast Guard as follows: 
VESSELS 
For procurement and increasing the capability vessels, $23,979,000. 
A. Procurement: 
(1) 75-foot inland construction tenders. 
(2) small boat replacement program. 
(3) design of vessels. 
B. Renovation and increasing capability: 
(1) renovate and improve buoy tenders. 
(2) reengine and renovate coastal buoy tenders. 
(3) abate pollution by oily waste from Coast Guard vessels. 
(4) abate pollution by nonoily waste from Coast Guard vessels. 
AIRCRAFT 
For procurement of a long range search and rescue helicopter, 
$3,000,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For establishment or development of installations and facilities by 
acquisition, construction, conversion, extension, or installation of per-
manent or temporary public works, including the preparation of sites 
and furnishing of appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for the fol-
lowing, $75,260,000. 
(1) Portsmouth, Virginia: Construct new Coast Guard base, phase 
Ila. 
(2) Portsmouth, Virginia : Construct new communications station. 
(3) Monterey and Santa Cruz, California: Rebuild Monterey sta-
tion, construct Santa Cruz unmanned moorings. 
(4) Montauk Point, New York: Control erosion at Montauk Point 
Light Station. 
(5) Cape May, New Jersey: Construct dining hall at recruit train-
ing center. 
(6) Brooklyn, New York, and Wildwood, New Jersey: Expand 
interim centralized electronic systems maintenance facilities. 
(7) Carolina Beach, North Carolina: Construct barracks at 
Loran-C Station. 
(8) Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Increase capability of Fort Lauder-
dale Station. 
(9) New Orleans, T^ouisiana: Expand New Orleans Air Station. 
(10) San Diego, California: Control erosion at Light Station Point 
Loma. 
(11) San Diego, California: Improve San Diego Air Station. 
(12) Astoria, Oregon: Expand Astoria Air Station. 
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(13) Attu Island, Alaska: Rebuild airstrip bridge. 
(14) Kodiak, Alaska: Renovate and consolidate Kodiak Base. 
(15) Cheboygan, Michigan: Construct moorings for Coast Guard 
Cutter Mackinaw. 
(16) Loran-C: Expansion project—Phase I, United States West 
Coast. 
(17) Loran-C: Equipment Replacement. 
(18) Various locations: Waterways aids to navigation projects. 
(19) Various locations: Abate pollution at Coast Guard shore 
stations. 
(20) Various locations: Lighthouse automation and modernization 
program. 
(21) Various locations: Large navigational buoys to replace 
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lightships. 
(22) New York Harbor and Long Island Sound, New York: 
Establish Vessel Traffic System, Phase I. 
(23) Puget Sound, Washington: Vessel Traffic System Part 1 of 
Phase III. 
(24) New Orleans, Louisiana: Establish Vessel Traffic System, 
Phase I. 
(25) Various locations: Public family quarters. 
(26) Various locations: Advance planning, survey, design, and 
architectural services; project administration costs; acquire sites in 
connection with projects not otherwise authorized by law. 
(27) At a location between San Francisco, California, and Astoria, 
Oregon: Establish helicopter search and rescue station. 
SEC. 2. For fiscal year 1974 the Coast Guard is authorized an end 
Active duty 
strength for active duty personnel of 37,607; except that the ceiling strength! 
shall not include members of the Ready Reserve called to active duty 
under the provisions of Public Law 92-479. 
SEC. 3. For fiscal year 1974 military training student loads for the 
Coast Guard are authorized as follows: 
(1) recruit and special training, 4,006 man-years. 
(2) flight training, 86 man-years. 
(3) professional training in military and civilian institutions, 
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231 man-years. 
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(4) officer acquisition training, 1,208 man-years. 
SEC. 4. For use of the Coast Guard for payment to bridge owners a^menu""^"^^^' 
for the cost of alterations of railroad bridges and public highway 
bridges to permit free navigation of navigable waters of the United 
States, $7,000,000 is hereby authorized. 
SEC. 5. Section 475 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
amending subsection (e) thereof to read as follows: 
"(e) The authority provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this 
section shall expire on June 30,1976." 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 1 of the Act of June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1544, 
46 U.S.C. 367), as amended, is further amended by deleting the entire 
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third sentence and substituting in lieu thereof the following sen-
tence : "The exemption in the preceding sentence for cannery tender 
or fishery tender vessels shall continue in force for five years from 
July 11, 1973." 
(b) Section 4426 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 
U.S.C. 404), as amended, is further amended by deleting the entire 
last sentence and substituting in lieu thereof the following sentence: 
"The exemption in the ^jreceding sentence for cannery tender and 
fisherv tender \essels sliall continue in force for five years from 
July 11, 1973." 
Approved July 9, 1973. 
86 Stat. 794. 
14 use 764. 
86 Stat. 451. 
14 u s e 475.