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handle is hein.crs/crsmthabaqt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS21019 Updated May 19, 2005 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress Ronald O'Rourke Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary The Deepwater program is a 20- to 25-year acquisition effort to replace or modernize 93 aging Coast Guard ships and 207 aging Coast Guard aircraft. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2006 budget requests $966 million for the program. On March 25, 2005, the Coast Guard submitted to Congress a revised implementation plan for the program. Some Members of Congress have criticized the plan on several grounds. On May 17, 2005, the House passed, 424-1, H.R. 2360, the FY2006 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill. The bill reduces the Deepwater funding request to $500 million. This report will be updated as events warrant. Background' Introduction. The Coast Guard Deepwater program, known formally as the Integrated Deepwater Systems (IDS) program, is a project to replace and modernize the Coast Guard's aging fleet of deepwater-capable cutters, patrol boats and aircraft. It is the largest and most complex acquisition program in Coast Guard history. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration's funding requests and overall approach for the program. Congress' decisions on this issue could affect Coast Guard capabilities, Coast Guard funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding and aircraft industry. Deepwater Missions. The Coast Guard performs a variety of missions in the deepwater environment (which generally means waters more than 50 miles from shore), including the following: drug interdiction, alien migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement, search and rescue, the International Ice Patrol in northern waters; overseas maritime intercept (sanctions-enforcement) operations, overseas port security and defense, overseas peacetime military engagement; general defense operations in conjunction with the Navy; marine pollution law enforcement, enforcement of lightering (i.e., at-sea cargo- transfer) zones, and overseas inspection of foreign vessels entering U.S. ports. Congressional Research Service + The Library of Congress 1 For additional background information on the Deepwater program, see the program's Internet page at [http://www.uscg.mil/deepwater/].

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