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Introduced
05/18/2017
05/18/2017
In Committee
05/24/2017
05/24/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018
12/31/2018
Introduced Session
115th Congress
Bill Summary
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2018-FY2019, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The bill addresses: (1) training for public safety personnel, (2) service member benefits for Coast Guard personnel, (3) unmanned aircraft systems, and (4) ports and waterways safety. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast Guard, including Coast Guard health care professionals; incentive contracts for Coast Guard Yard or Coast Guard industrial establishments; contracting for major acquisition programs; National Security Cutters; Fast Response Cutters; ice trials of icebreaker vessels; vessel operations; numbering for undocumented barges; drawbridges; the alternate safety compliance program; visual distress signals; vessel certification; the land-based enhanced LORAN, positioning, navigation, and timing system; the installation and use of engine cut-off switches on recreational vessels; commercial fishing vessel classification requirements; aids to navigation; maritime domain awareness technologies; towing vessel inspections; and vessel response plans in the Arctic.
AI Summary
This bill:
- Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and sets authorized levels of military strength and training for those years.
- Addresses various Coast Guard-related policies, including training for public safety personnel, commissioned officer retirement, officer promotion zones, the use of unmanned aircraft systems, health care professional licensing, and major acquisition contracting.
- Codifies the Ports and Waterways Safety Act into a new chapter of the U.S. Code, making various changes related to vessel traffic services, navigational hazards, and port entry conditions.
- Makes a number of technical corrections and amendments to maritime transportation safety laws, covering areas like logbook requirements, vessel documentation, distress signals, and commercial fishing vessel classification.
- Includes miscellaneous provisions on topics like marine debris, backup positioning and navigation systems, and the transfer of certain federal lands.
Committee Categories
Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsors (4)
Last Action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 133. (on 06/26/2017)
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