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Updated January 22, 2002


Coast Guard Legislation in the 107th Congress

                              Martin R. Lee
                   Specialist in Environmental Policy
               Resources, Science, and Industry Division


Summary


     In the 107th Congress, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2001, House-passed
 H.R. 1699, would have authorized the agency's programs for FY2002. Later, the House
 passed H.R. 3507 on December 20, 2001, the Coast Guard Authorization Act for
 FY2002. The House has also passed H.R. 1099, Coast Guard Personnel and Maritime
 Safety Act, containing various personnel, maritime safety, advisory group, and
 miscellaneous provisions. S. 951, reported (S.Rept.107-89) on October 31 by the
 Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, contains authorizations for
 FY2002. Another bill, H.R. 2481, the Omnibus Maritime Improvement Act of 2001,
 was reported (H.Rept. 107-243) by the House Committee on Transportation and
 Infrastructure on October 16, 2001, and sequentially referred to the House Committee
 on Armed Services. It contains numerous provisions on Coast Guard operations and
 activities. Senate-passed S. 1214 would establish a seaport security program. P.L. 107-
 20 (H.R. 2216), the FY2001 emergency supplemental appropriations bill, increased
 FY2001 Coast Guard funding by $92 million. A terrorism FY2001 supplemental of
 September 21, 2001, P.L. 107-38, included $18 million for the recall of Coast Guard
 reservists. For FY2002 funding, Congress has approved P.L. 107-87, the DOT
 appropriations bill which contains $5.03 billion for the Coast Guard. Congress also
 included in the Emergency Terrorism Supplemental, P.L. 107-118 (H.R. 3338, Division
 B) an additional $209 million for Coast Guard activities following September 11.


 Introduction

    Congress generally authorizes the programs of the U.S. Coast Guard for 2-year
periods, and appropriates annually in the Department of Transportation bill.1 In the 106th
Congress, both bodies passed authorizing legislation, but the conference was not
completed by the end of Congress. An FY2002 authorization was passed June 7, 2001 by
the House. The House passed under suspension another FY2002 authorization bill H.R.
3507 on December 20, 2001. It would authorize Coast Guard programs at $5.9 billion.


1 For a discussion of FY2002 appropriations, see CRS Report RL31008, Appropriations for
FY2002: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies.


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