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112146 1 (1980-04-23)

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           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                                   FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                   EXPECTED AT 10:30 A.M. EST
                                   WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1980

                        STATEMENT OF
                  HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR
         COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                         BEFORE THE
               COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE,
                     AND TRANSPORTATION
                     UNITED STATES SENATE               112146
                             ON

          rADEQUACY OF COAST GUARD'S RESOURCES TO
          S.PERFORM ITS MISSIONS.


MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE:

     WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS OUR APRIL 3, 1980, REPORT

ENTITLED THE COAST GUARD--LIMITED RESOURCES CURTAIL ABILITY TO

MEET RESPONSIBILITIES (CED-80-76). OUR REVIEW, WHICH WAS MADE

AT YOUR REQUEST, SHOWED THAT RECENT LEGISLATION, MAINLY IN THE

AREAS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, VESSEL SAFETY, AND MARINE ENVIRON-

MENTAL PROTECTION, HAS PLACED INCREASED DEMANDS ON THE COAST

GUARD. THERE HAS BEEN NO CURTAILMENT, HOWEVER, OF ESTABLISHED

RESPONSIBILITIES NOR HAS THE ADMINISTRATION REQUESTED AN ACCOM-

PANYING INCREASE IN RESOURCES SUCH AS VESSELS AND PERSONNEL.

THE COAST GUARD FISCAL YEAR 1980 APPROPRIATION WAS $1.7 BILLION

AND FISCAL YEAR 1981 BUDGET IS $1.8 BILLION. IN ADDITION, THE

COAST GUARD IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH (1) OPERATING EXIS-

TING VESSELS, (2) RETAINING EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL, AND (3) MAIN-

TAINING AND REPLACING SOME SHORE FACILITIES.


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