An act to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1980, and for other purposes.
PL 96-376 (S.2489), enacted 10/03/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-376—OCT. 3, 1980 
94 STAT. 1509 
Public Law 96-376 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981, to authorize 
supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1980, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses of the 
Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981, as follows: 
(1) for the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, 
including expenses related to the Capehart housing debt reduc-
tion: $1,248,367,000; 
(2) for the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improve-
ment of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, 
including equipment related thereto: $469,320,000; 
(3) for the alteration or removal of bridges over navigable 
waters of the United States, constituting obstructions to naviga-
tion: $16,200,000; and 
(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation: $30,000,000. 
SEC. 2. For fiscal year 1981, the Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-
year strength for active duty personnel of 39,600: Provided, That the 
ceiling shall not include members of the Ready Reserve called to 
active duty under the authority of section 764 of title 14, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 3. For fiscal year 1981, average military training student loads 
for the Coast Guard are authorized as follows: 
(1) recruit and special training: 4,175 student-years; 
(2) flight training: 117 student-years; 
(3) professional training in military and civilian institutions: 
595 student-years; and 
(4) officer acquisition: 925 student-years. 
SEC. 4. The second sentence of subsection 475(a) of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: "When any such lease 
involves housing facilities in a foreign country, the lease may be 
made on a multiyear basis for a period not to exceed five years, and, 
in accordance with local custom and practice, advance pajnnent may 
be made for the lease.". 
SEC. 5. The third sentence of subsection 650(a) of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: "In these regulations, 
whenever the fund is extended to include items not previously 
stocked, or spare parts obtained as part of a procurement under a 
different account of major items such as vessels or aircraft, whether 
or not such parts were previously stocked, the Secretary may author-
ize an increase in the existing capital of the fund by the value of such 
usable materials transferred thereto from Coeist Guard inventories 
carried in other accounts.". 
SEC. 6. The last sentence of subsection 214(d) of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: "A person who is 
appointed under this section may not suffer any reduction in the rate 
of pay and allowances to which he would have been entitled had he 
Oct. 3, 1980 
[S. 2489] 
Coast Guard, 
appropriation 
authorization. 
Active duty 
personnel. 
Military 
training 
student loads. 
Housing leases 
in foreign 
countries. 
Fund, capital 
increase. 
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Vessel 
inspection 
or examination, 
reimbursement. 
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remained in his former grade and continued to receive the increases 
in pay and allowances authorized for that grade.". 
SEC. 7. (a) Chapter 13 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
adding a new section 512 as follows: 
14 use 512. 
"§512. Monetary allowance for transportation 
of 
household 
effects 
"The transportation and reimbursement authorized by subsection 
(b) of section 406 of title 37, United States Code, shall be available 
hereafter to pay a monetary allowance in place of such transporta-
tion to a member who, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, 
participates in a program designated by the Secretary in which his 
baggage and household effects are moved by a privately owned or 
rental vehicle. This allowance shall not be limited to reimbursement 
for actual expenses and may be paid in advance of the transportation 
of the baggage and household effects. The allowance shall, however, 
be in an amount that will result in savings to the Government when 
the total cost of the movement of baggage and household effects is 
compared with the cost that otherwise would have been incurred 
under subsection 03) of section 406 of title 37, United States Code.". 
(b) The analysis of chapter 13 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by adding the following item at the end thereof: 
"512. Monetary allowance for transportation of household effects.". 
SEC. 8. When an inspection or examination of a vessel documented 
or to be documented as a vessel of the United States is conducted at a 
foreign port or place at the request of the owner or operator of the 
vessel, that owner or operator shall reimburse the Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating for the travel and 
subsistence expenses incurred by the personnel assigned to perform 
the inspection or examination. Amounts received as reimbursement 
for these expenses shall be credited to the appropriation for operating 
expenses of the Coast Guard. 
SEC. 9. The joint resolution of June 4, 1958 (72 Stat. 179; 36 U.S.C. 
161) is amended by striking the words "week which includes July 4" 
and inserting in lieu thereof the words "week commencing on the 
first Sunday in June". 
SEC. 10. (a) Chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
adding a new section 660 as follows: 
14 use 660. 
"§660. Transportation to and from certain places of employment 
"(a) Whenever the Secretary determines that it is necessary for the 
effective conduct of the affairs of the Coast Guard, he may, at 
reasonable rates of fare fixed under regulations to be prescribed by 
him, provide assured and adequate transportation by motor vehicle 
or water carrier to and from their places of employment for persons 
attached to, or employed by, the Coast Guard; and during a war or 
during a national emergency declared by Congress or the President, 
for persons attached to, or employed in, a private plant that is 
manufacturing material for the Coast Guard. 
"0)) Transportation may not be provided under subsection (a) 
unless the Secretary or an officer designated by the Secretary, 
determines that— 
"(1) other transportation facilities are inadequate and cannot 
be made adequate; 
"(2) a reasonable effort has been made to induce operators of 
private facilities to provide the necessary transportation; and 
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''(3) the service to be furnished will make proi>er use of 
transportation facilities and will supply the most efficient trans-
portation to the persons concerned. 
"(c) To provide transportation under subsection (a), the Secretary 
may— 
"(1) buy, lease, or charter motor vehicles or water carriers 
having a seating capacity of 12 or more passengers; 
"(2) maintain and operate that equipment by enUsted members 
or employees of the Coast Guard, or by private persons under 
contract; and 
"(3) lease or charter the equipment to private or public carriers 
for operation under terms tnat are considered necessary by the 
Secretary or by an officer designated by the Secretary, and that 
may provide for the pooling of government-owned and privately 
owned equipment and facihties and for the reciprocal use of that 
equipment. 
"(d) Fares received under subsection (a), and proceeds of 
the leasing 
or chartering of equipment under subsection (cX3), shall be covered 
into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.". 
(b) The analysis of chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by adding the following item at the end thereof: 
"660. Transportation to and from certain places of employment.". 
SEC. 11. Paragraph (1) of the first section of Public Law 96-23 (93 
Stat. 68) is amended by striking "$1,058,357,000;" and substituting 
"$1,091,357,000;". 
SEC. 12. The President shall submit to the Congress, with the fiscal 
gear 1982 budget request for the Coast Guard and each subsequent 
udget request, the current cop^ of the Coast Guard's Capital 
Investment Plan, Cutter Plan, Aviation Plan, and Shore Facilities 
Plan. 
SEC. 13. Section 2(c) of Public Law 96-324 is amended by striking ^"^«' P 1020. 
the words "the Canal Zone,". 
Approved October 3, 1980. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Plans, submittal 
to Congress. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-909 accompanying H.R. 6672 (Comm. on Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-779 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
June 23, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 15, H.R, 6672 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 2489, 
amended, passed in lieu. 
Sept. 22, Senate concurred in House amendment.