Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 is a large multiyear authorization and reform bill. It authorizes Coast Guard operations-and-support funding of $11.2875 billion for fiscal year 2025, $11.851875 billion for fiscal year 2026, $13.5 billion for fiscal year 2027, $14.5 billion for fiscal year 2028, and $15.5 billion for fiscal year 2029. It also authorizes acquisition, construction, and improvement funding of $3.6276 billion for fiscal year 2025, $3.65148 billion for fiscal year 2026, $3.7 billion for fiscal year 2027, $3.75 billion for fiscal year 2028, and $3.8 billion for fiscal year 2029; research and development amounts rising from $15.415 million in fiscal year 2025 to $80 million in fiscal year 2029; and retired-pay amounts rising to $1.65 billion in fiscal year 2029. It raises authorized active-duty strength to 50,000 for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, 55,000 for fiscal year 2027, and 60,000 for fiscal years 2028 and 2029, with higher training-year ceilings and a report requirement if operations-and-support funding does not keep pace.
The bill tightens Coast Guard acquisition and infrastructure oversight. It requires annual homeporting reports and in-person briefings for overdue reports, quarterly briefings for Level 1 and Level 2 acquisitions, aircraft alternatives analysis, polar security cutter updates, oversight of reconciliation-funded projects, public acquisition information, best-value contracting announcements, life-cycle cost estimates, restrictions on foreign shipyards, a floating drydock plan for the Coast Guard Yard, Great Lakes icebreaking reporting, and multiple studies on shore infrastructure, training facilities, vessel traffic, air stations, and search-and-rescue operations.
The bill reorganizes Coast Guard governance by creating a civilian Secretary of the Coast Guard, a Chief Prosecutor, an Inspector General for the Coast Guard, and a Special Advisor for Tribal and Native Hawaiian Affairs. It also updates authorities for the National Coast Guard Museum, enhanced-use leases, Coast Guard property cooperation, cyber coordination in foreign territories, minor construction thresholds, special-purpose facilities, tsunami preparedness, Pribilof Island transition actions, USCGC Storis scientific missions, and access to Treasury forfeiture funds.
For personnel, the bill addresses family leave, career flexibility, direct hiring, Unalaska dependent sponsorship, maternity uniform allowances, the college student precommissioning initiative, reserve selection-board guidance, housing acquisition, behavioral health, Alaska travel allowances, tuition and advanced education assistance, remote firefighter recruitment incentives, Coast Guard Academy oversight, Academy room security, medical privacy rooms, cadet room reassignment, Academy facility use, naloxone policy, illicit maritime drug-trafficking incentives, Coast Guard roles, personnel skills, and search-and-rescue reporting.
For maritime safety and emerging technology, it revises merchant mariner credentialing, deck-department requirements, grossly negligent vessel operation, tank-vessel examination schedules, fishing-vessel safety training, Straits of Mackinac pilotage, ice-patrol receipts, amphibious-vessel studies, St. Lucie River railroad-bridge review, vessel traffic service monitoring, controlled-substance rules onboard vessels, cyber-incident training, foreign-vessel navigation protocols, autonomous maritime systems advisory committees, small uncrewed maritime systems pilot programs, Coast Guard uncrewed-systems training, NOAA participation in autonomous-vessel policy, unmanned aircraft system use, passenger-vessel security, cetacean-desk extensions, fishing-gear AIS enforcement suspension, classification-society rules, abandoned-vessel removal, offshore operations, and marine-debris administrative costs. It also changes vessel response plans, marine-casualty investigations, oil-spill review timing, online incident reporting, Exxon Valdez recovery investment, response assets, and international maritime oil-spill response.
A major title focuses on sexual misconduct, Coast Guard Academy safety, and personnel accountability. It requires independent review of Coast Guard reforms, comprehensive evidence-retention and access policies for sexual misconduct and other misconduct, record maintenance, cadet transfer consideration for victims, officers with military-justice or healthcare expertise, a safe-to-report policy, annual covered-misconduct reporting, discharge-characterization review, sex-offender credential denial, covered-misconduct definitions, UCMJ-change notices, retaliation complaint procedures, military protective-order policies, implementation of independent review commission recommendations, victim care and support policies, special victim capabilities, participation in the CATCH serial-offender program, senior-leader misconduct transparency, confidential sexual-harassment reporting, whistleblower-protection review, Coast Guard Academy sexual-harassment policy review, access to defense sexual-assault incident databases, a CGIS director, personnel-record inclusion of misconduct information, flag-officer review of separations, expedited transfer policies, temporary separation access, prevention programs, continuous security-clearance vetting, and revised prevention and response training. Later GAO studies review research and innovation, behavioral health, medical records, training facilities, housing allowance, Academy security, and permanent-change-of-station processes.
Who Benefits and How
Coast Guard active-duty members, reservists, recruits, cadets, officer candidates, Academy cadets, victims of sexual misconduct, Coast Guard families in Unalaska, Coast Guard members needing behavioral health care, Coast Guard members facing housing-cost gaps, merchant mariners, fishing-vessel crews, Great Lakes shipping users, domestic shipyards, Coast Guard procurement contractors, maritime technology companies, autonomous maritime systems developers, oil-spill responders, coastal communities, tribal governments, Native Hawaiian organizations, foreign partners receiving cyber assistance, and congressional oversight committees benefit because the bill funds the service for five years, expands end strength and training, modernizes acquisition, improves personnel supports, increases misconduct protections, and creates detailed oversight reports.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Coast Guard Commandant, the future Secretary of the Coast Guard, Coast Guard acquisition offices, Coast Guard Academy leadership, Coast Guard Investigative Service, Coast Guard legal offices, Coast Guard health and safety officials, GAO, domestic shipyards bidding on Coast Guard work, foreign shipyards seeking Coast Guard vessel work, vessel owners, vessel operators, classification societies, maritime employers, credential applicants with covered sex-offense histories, academy security staff, Department of Defense partners, Department of Veterans Affairs medical-record users, National Response Center staff, and federal taxpayers must comply with multiyear funding, reporting, briefings, studies, procurement restrictions, new offices, personnel policies, misconduct recordkeeping, safety rules, technology pilots, and oversight requirements.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes Coast Guard operations, acquisition, research, and retired-pay funding for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
- Raises authorized Coast Guard end strength to 50,000, 55,000, and then 60,000 personnel with higher training-year ceilings.
- Requires acquisition, homeporting, polar security cutter, aircraft, shipyard, drydock, and infrastructure reports and briefings.
- Creates a civilian Secretary of the Coast Guard, a Chief Prosecutor, a Coast Guard Inspector General, and a Tribal and Native Hawaiian Affairs advisor.
- Expands personnel policies covering leave, direct hiring, housing, behavioral health, education, remote firefighters, Alaska travel, and Academy safety.
- Revises merchant mariner, vessel safety, pilotage, traffic monitoring, controlled-substance, cyber-incident, autonomous-system, abandoned-vessel, and pollution-response rules.
- Requires sexual-misconduct evidence retention, safe-to-report policy, victim transfer review, retaliation procedures, special victim capabilities, CGIS leadership, misconduct records, and prevention training.
- Requires GAO studies on Coast Guard innovation, behavioral health, medical records, training infrastructure, housing allowance, Academy security, and permanent-change-of-station moves.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes Coast Guard funding and end strength through fiscal year 2029 and makes broad governance, acquisition, workforce, Academy, maritime safety, autonomous systems, pollution response, sexual-misconduct accountability, and GAO oversight reforms.
Key Policy Areas
Coast Guard, Maritime Safety, Military Personnel, Government Oversight, Acquisition
Primary Purpose
Authorizes Coast Guard funding and end strength through fiscal year 2029 and makes broad governance, acquisition, workforce, Academy, maritime safety, autonomous systems, pollution response, sexual-misconduct accountability, and GAO oversight reforms.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Coast Guard active-duty members
- Coast Guard reservists
- Coast Guard recruits
- Coast Guard cadets
- Officer candidates
- Victims of sexual misconduct
- Coast Guard families in Unalaska
- Coast Guard members needing behavioral health care
- Merchant mariners
- Fishing-vessel crews
- Great Lakes shipping users
- Domestic shipyards
- Coast Guard procurement contractors
- Maritime technology companies
- Autonomous maritime systems developers
- Oil-spill responders
- Coastal communities
- Tribal governments
- Native Hawaiian organizations
- Congressional oversight committees
Identified Costs
- Coast Guard Commandant
- Secretary of the Coast Guard
- Coast Guard acquisition offices
- Coast Guard Academy leadership
- Coast Guard Investigative Service
- Coast Guard legal offices
- Coast Guard health and safety officials
- Government Accountability Office
- Domestic shipyards bidding on Coast Guard work
- Foreign shipyards seeking Coast Guard vessel work
- Vessel owners
- Vessel operators
- Classification societies
- Maritime employers
- Credential applicants with covered sex-offense histories
- National Response Center staff
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3622-3623)
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3572-3620)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Alaska Native communities near Bering Strait, Civilian firefighters in remote Coast Guard locations, Coast Guard
Coast Guard, Coast Guard Academy administration, Coast Guard Academy cadets, Coast Guard Academy cadets and officer candidates, Coast Guard Academy cadets and personnel, Coast Guard Academy cadets who are sexual assault victims, Coast Guard Investigative Service, Coast Guard Investigative Services, Coast Guard Pacific operations, Coast Guard Pacific region operations, Coast Guard Tribal liaison programs, Coast Guard acquisition program management, Coast Guard acquisition programs, Coast Guard administration, Coast Guard command personnel, Coast Guard commanding officers, Coast Guard covered misconduct victims, Coast Guard criminal investigation operations, Coast Guard cybersecurity operations, Coast Guard facilities management, Coast Guard flag officers, Coast Guard flag officers and SES employees, Coast Guard human resources and recruitment, Coast Guard international cooperation programs, Coast Guard international ice patrol operations, Coast Guard law enforcement operations, Coast Guard leadership, Coast Guard leadership and policy offices, Coast Guard members experiencing sexual harassment, Coast Guard members reporting misconduct, Coast Guard members vulnerable to misconduct, Coast Guard members with misconduct records, Coast Guard misconduct victims, Coast Guard officers facing separation, Coast Guard operations, Coast Guard personnel, Coast Guard personnel administration, Coast Guard personnel and budget offices, Coast Guard personnel assigned to Unalaska, Coast Guard personnel experiencing sexual harassment, Coast Guard personnel in tsunami zones, Coast Guard personnel needing behavioral health care, Coast Guard personnel policy administration, Coast Guard prevention programs, Coast Guard records management, Coast Guard recruiting and training programs, Coast Guard recruits, cadets, and officer candidates, Coast Guard research and development, Coast Guard reserve component members, Coast Guard senior leaders (O-7 and above, SES), Coast Guard senior leaders (O-7+ and SES), Coast Guard sexual assault victims, Coast Guard sexual assault victims facing separation, Coast Guard sexual misconduct victims facing separation, Coast Guard technology programs, Coast Guard victim support personnel, Coast Guard whistleblowers, Congress oversight committees, Government Accountability Office, Indian Tribes with treaty fishing rights, NOAA oceanographic research operations, Native Hawaiian organizations, On-scene coordinators for oil spill response, Pregnant Coast Guard officers, Separating Coast Guard personnel, Vessel Traffic Service operations, Vessel Traffic Services operations face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Alaska Native communities near Bering Strait, Civilian firefighters in remote Coast Guard locations, Coast Guard Academy athletics programs, Coast Guard Academy cadets (victims), Coast Guard Academy cadets and staff, Coast Guard Academy cadets experiencing harassment or violence, Coast Guard Academy cadets needing private medical care, Coast Guard Academy oversight, Coast Guard Exchange operations, Coast Guard JAG and medical officers, Coast Guard JAG officers and medical officers, Coast Guard JROTC programs, Coast Guard MWR programs, Coast Guard Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve officer recruitment, Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Coast Guard abandoned vessel programs, Coast Guard active duty members pursuing education, Coast Guard active-duty members pursuing education, Coast Guard civilian employees, Coast Guard civilian firefighters in remote locations, Coast Guard civilian hiring operations, Coast Guard civilian hiring programs, Coast Guard civilian leadership candidates, Coast Guard civilians, Coast Guard construction programs, Coast Guard cutter operations, Coast Guard cyber operations, Coast Guard facility management, Coast Guard facility operations, Coast Guard families at remote duty stations, Coast Guard housing residents, Coast Guard legal and medical officers, Coast Guard marine inspectors, Coast Guard maritime domain awareness operations, Coast Guard members, Coast Guard members (potential victims), Coast Guard members in career flexibility program, Coast Guard members in ferry-dependent locations, Coast Guard members in high-cost housing areas, Coast Guard members on sea duty, Coast Guard members pursuing advanced degrees, Coast Guard members seeking career flexibility, Coast Guard members stationed at Unalaska, Alaska, Coast Guard members stationed in Alaska, Coast Guard members stationed in Unalaska, Coast Guard members transitioning to civilian careers, Coast Guard members who are sexual assault victims, Coast Guard members who reported covered misconduct, Coast Guard members who reported sexual misconduct, Coast Guard members with PTSD, MST, or TBI, Coast Guard members with covered misconduct history, Coast Guard members with families, Coast Guard military personnel, Coast Guard morale and welfare programs, Coast Guard officers facing involuntary separation, Coast Guard officers with healthcare expertise, Coast Guard officers with legal/medical expertise, Coast Guard officers with military justice expertise, Coast Guard oil spill response operations, Coast Guard on-scene coordinators, Coast Guard operations and personnel, Coast Guard operations and technology planning, Coast Guard operations near Museum, Coast Guard permitting functions, Coast Guard personnel at risk of overdose exposure, Coast Guard personnel at tsunami-zone facilities, Coast Guard personnel reporting misconduct, Coast Guard personnel seeking family housing, Coast Guard property maintenance programs, Coast Guard property management, Coast Guard real property management, Coast Guard real property operations, Coast Guard regulatory operations, Coast Guard reserve members, Coast Guard retirees and dependents, Coast Guard service life extension programs, Coast Guard sexual harassment victims, Coast Guard shore infrastructure programs, Coast Guard training facilities, Coast Guard training institutions, Coast Guard training operations, Coast Guard training programs, Coast Guard uncrewed systems development, Coast Guard unmanned aircraft operations, Coast Guard victims of special offenses, Coast Guard whistleblowers and complainants, Congressional oversight of Coast Guard, Congressional oversight of Coast Guard acquisitions, Congressional oversight of Indo-Pacific operations, Congressional oversight of military justice, Crime victims at Coast Guard Academy, Exxon Valdez oil spill natural resource trustees, Female Coast Guard officers, Former Coast Guard members with honorable discharges, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Indian Tribes with waterway management, Indo-Pacific allied nations, Indo-Pacific maritime security, NOAA Marine Debris Program, NOAA Marine Debris Program administration, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, NOAA and oceanographic research agencies, NOAA and oceanographic research programs, NOAA marine operations, NOAA oceanographic research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Officer candidates, Pacific Island nations in Operation Blue Pacific, Port and maritime security, Retired Coast Guard officers with past misconduct, Senior Coast Guard leaders (O-7 and above), Sexual assault victims in Coast Guard, Sexual assault/harassment victims in Coast Guard, Sexual misconduct victims in Coast Guard, State of Connecticut law enforcement, Victims of misconduct in Coast Guard
Negative-direction: Coast Guard (sexual assault investigations), Coast Guard Academy, Coast Guard Academy facilities, Coast Guard Academy facilities management, Coast Guard Academy governance, Coast Guard Academy governance bodies, Coast Guard Academy leadership, Coast Guard Academy oversight bodies, Coast Guard Commandant, Coast Guard Commandant and senior leadership, Coast Guard Commandant position, Coast Guard Congressional liaisons, Coast Guard Great Lakes operations, Coast Guard Judge Advocate General corps, Coast Guard R&D programs, Coast Guard acquisition office, Coast Guard acquisitions, Coast Guard aviation, Coast Guard aviation facilities at Corpus Christi, Coast Guard aviation operations, Coast Guard aviation programs, Coast Guard aviation units, Coast Guard behavioral health programs, Coast Guard childcare programs, Coast Guard congressional liaison staff, Coast Guard convening authorities, Coast Guard drug interdiction operations, Coast Guard flag officers and congressional liaisons, Coast Guard flag officers and senior executives, Coast Guard flag officers responsible for reports, Coast Guard headquarters, Coast Guard icebreaking operations, Coast Guard impacted facilities, Coast Guard interdiction operations, Coast Guard internal oversight, Coast Guard leadership and commanders, Coast Guard leadership and commands, Coast Guard leadership structure, Coast Guard legal and investigative services, Coast Guard legal services, Coast Guard members and civilian employees, Coast Guard members convicted of covered misconduct, Coast Guard members facing separation, Coast Guard members seeking protective orders, Coast Guard members subject to discipline, Coast Guard members subject to misconduct enforcement, Coast Guard members subject to misconduct investigations, Coast Guard members with misconduct history, Coast Guard military justice system, Coast Guard misconduct policy framework, Coast Guard operations in Bering Sea, Coast Guard operations transparency, Coast Guard oversight and accountability, Coast Guard personnel (training requirement), Coast Guard personnel (uncrewed systems), Coast Guard personnel accused of misconduct, Coast Guard personnel assignment process, Coast Guard personnel benefits programs, Coast Guard personnel management, Coast Guard personnel working with autonomous systems, Coast Guard polar icebreaker program, Coast Guard recruitment programs, Coast Guard recruits and cadets, Coast Guard search and rescue operations, Coast Guard senior leaders, Coast Guard senior leaders (O-7 and above), Coast Guard senior leaders (O-7+, SES), Coast Guard senior leadership, Coast Guard senior leadership accused of misconduct, Coast Guard sexual assault survivors, Coast Guard sexual misconduct investigation, Coast Guard special victim offense victims, Coast Guard strategic planning, Coast Guard unmanned systems programs, Coast Guard vessel procurement, Coast Guard workforce recruitment, Commandant of Coast Guard, Congress, Covered misconduct victims, DHS Inspector General, DHS security operations, Former Coast Guard members with sexual assault findings, Future Coast Guard Commandants, GAO (Comptroller General), Maritime Administration, National Response Center, Retired officers with misconduct determinations, Retired officers with sexual misconduct history, Vessel traffic service operators
Airlines serving Alaska routes, Alaska vessel operators in oil spill response, Arctic maritime operators
Alaska vessel operators in oil spill response, Autonomous vessel technology companies, Commercial fishermen and vessel operators, Cruise ship operators, Great Lakes pilots and pilotage associations, Large recreational vessel owners and operators, Maritime industry participants in casualty proceedings, Maritime nonoperating individuals, Merchant mariner candidates, Merchant mariners seeking credentials, Merchant mariners seeking deck credentials, Noncitizen nationals seeking mariner credentials, Oil spill removal organizations, Port facilities with security plans, U.S. merchant mariners, U.S. vessel operators in Great Lakes, Vessel operators, Vessel operators serving offshore facilities, Vessel operators with response plans, Vessel operators with security plans, Vessel owners on navigable waters face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Airlines serving Alaska routes, Arctic maritime operators, Autonomous maritime systems industry, Autonomous vessel technology developers, Commercial vessels using East Rockaway Inlet, Cruise ship operators with medical facilities, Dredging industry employers, Foreign cable laying specialists, Foreign mariners on U.S. vessels, Foreign specialized cable lay workers, Foreign tank vessel operators with good safety records, Foreign vessel operators on OCS, Foreign vessel operators with good safety records, Foreign-flagged OCS vessel operators, Great Lakes maritime shippers, Great Lakes maritime shipping industry, Great Lakes pilots, Great Lakes shipping industry, International maritime shipping operators, Marine salvage and emergency response industry, Marine salvage and firefighting companies, Marine salvage companies, Maritime businesses seeking Jones Act guidance, Maritime industry workforce, Maritime safety entities and labor unions, Merchant mariner employers, Merchant mariners, Merchant mariners from U.S. territories (American Samoa, etc.), Missouri River commercial vessel operators, Nonoperating individuals on certain vessels, Offshore support vessel operators, Oil spill response vessels in Alaska, Port and waterway facility operators, U.S. Jones Act vessel operators, U.S. coastwise-endorsed vessel operators, U.S. merchant marine industry, U.S. territory residents seeking maritime credentials, U.S. vessel operators, US-flag vessel operators, Vessel operators in Western Alaska and Prince William Sound, Vessel operators with harassment reporting obligations, Vessel operators with response plan requirements, Vessel owners who abandon boats, Vessel salvage and removal companies, Vessel salvage companies
Negative-direction: Coastwise vessel owners and operators, Commercial amphibious vessel operators, Commercial vessel operators on Hudson River, Contracted moving companies, Foreign offshore workers, Foreign vessel operators in U.S. waters, Foreign vessel operators in US waters, Foreign vessel operators on outer Continental Shelf, Foreign vessel operators with poor safety records, Foreign-flagged pipe and cable lay vessel operators, Great Lakes shipping operators, Maritime facilities and vessels with security plans, Maritime facilities with security plans, Merchant mariner credential applicants with military sex offense convictions, Merchant mariners in credential proceedings, Military personnel convicted of sexual assault seeking merchant mariner credentials, OCS vessel operators, Port facility operators, Puget Sound maritime operators, Puget Sound maritime traffic, Railroad operators at St. Lucie River bridge, Recreational vessel operators, U.S. citizen mariners, U.S. domestic vessel operators (Jones Act), Vessel operators (salvage/firefighting equipment), Vessel operators and responsible entities, Vessel operators committing documentation fraud, Vessel operators engaged in negligent operation, Vessel owners, Vessel owners and operators on navigable waters, Vessel traffic service operators, Vessels transiting Straits of Mackinac
Amphibious vessel passengers, Aspiring merchant mariners, Coast Guard Academy crime victims
Coast Guard sexual assault victims, Coastal communities affected by abandoned vessels, Communities near closed or reduced Coast Guard facilities, Cruise ship passengers, Former Coast Guard members who committed sexual misconduct, Missouri River recreational boaters, Oil spill affected parties, Vessel owners who abandon vessels, Victims of military sexual misconduct face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Amphibious vessel passengers, Aspiring merchant mariners, Coast Guard Academy crime victims, Coast Guard dependents in tsunami zones, Coast Guard members undergoing PCS moves, Coast Guard recruits and trainees, Coast Guard sexual misconduct victims, Communities served by Coast Guard search and rescue, Communities served by impacted Coast Guard SAR facilities, Communities served by impacted Coast Guard facilities, Former Coast Guard members with trauma-related discharges, General public and researchers, Individuals with military sex offense convictions seeking mariner credentials, Maritime accident victims, Maritime injury victims, Maritime workers experiencing harassment, Native Alaskan communities near Bering Strait, Oil spill victims pursuing claims, Prospective Coast Guard recruits, Public waterway users, Sexual assault survivors, Sexual assault survivors in Coast Guard, Sexual assault survivors seeking accountability, Sexual assault victims and complainants, Sexual assault victims in Coast Guard, Sexual assault victims in career flexibility program, Sexual assault/harassment victims seeking accountability, Sexual misconduct survivors seeking justice, Special victim offense survivors, U.S. noncitizen nationals, U.S. noncitizen nationals (American Samoa, etc.), Veterans transitioning from Coast Guard, Veterans with adverse discharges related to trauma, Victims of Coast Guard misconduct
Negative-direction: Coast Guard victims of misconduct, Grossly negligent vessel operators, Serial sex offenders in Coast Guard, Sexual assault perpetrators in military, Vessel owners who abandon boats
Coast Guard Academy cadets and officer candidates, Coast Guard Academy cadets vulnerable to sexual harassment, Coast Guard healthcare officers
Coast Guard Academy cadets and officer candidates, Coast Guard members and civilians vulnerable to misconduct, Coast Guard members stationed in Unalaska with dependents, Coast Guard misconduct victims, Coast Guard officers with military justice expertise, Coast Guard sexual assault and domestic violence victims, Coast Guard sexual assault and harassment victims, Coast Guard sexual assault victims, Coast Guard sexual assault victims and witnesses, Coast Guard sexual misconduct victims face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Coast Guard healthcare officers, Coast Guard members at high-tempo units, Coast Guard members in career flexibility program, Coast Guard members in high-cost housing areas, Coast Guard members needing housing, Coast Guard members stationed in Alaska, Coast Guard members using MWR facilities, Coast Guard members using ferry systems, Coast Guard members with medical records, Coast Guard members with medical records issues, Coast Guard recruits, cadets, and training personnel, Prospective Coast Guard recruits, Sexual assault victims in career flexibility program, Victims of sexual assault in Coast Guard
Negative-direction: Coast Guard Academy cadets vulnerable to sexual harassment, Coast Guard members with misconduct history, Coast Guard personnel seeking promotions, Coast Guard special victim offense victims, Former Coast Guard members accused of sexual misconduct, Retired Coast Guard officers with misconduct history
American shipbuilders, Coast Guard procurement contractors, Defense and shipbuilding contractors
Foreign shipyards, U.S. domestic shipyards, U.S. drydock and shipyard contractors, U.S. shipyards and shipbuilding contractors face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Coast Guard procurement contractors, Defense contractors (Coast Guard procurement), Defense contractors (Coast Guard vessel maintenance), Defense contractors bidding on Coast Guard projects, Domestic dry dock contractors, Icebreaker manufacturers, Shipbuilding and defense contractors, Shipbuilding contractors, Shipyards competing for Arctic Security Cutter contracts, U.S. domestic drydock manufacturers, U.S. domestic shipbuilders, U.S. dry dock manufacturers, U.S. shipyards, U.S. shipyards and aircraft manufacturers, US shipyards, US shipyards building icebreakers, Uncrewed maritime system manufacturers
Negative-direction: American shipbuilders, Defense and shipbuilding contractors, Defense contractors bidding on Coast Guard contracts, Defense contractors building Coast Guard vessels, Defense contractors on Coast Guard projects, Defense contractors seeking Coast Guard contracts, Polar Security Cutter contractor (Bollinger Shipyards), Polar Security Cutter contractors, Polar Security Cutter contractors (VT Halter Marine), Polar Security Cutter shipbuilders, Qualified defense contractors, Shipbuilding contractors for Polar Security Cutters
Academic and research institutions, Coast Guard Academy civilian faculty, College students pursuing Coast Guard careers
Coast Guard Academy civilian faculty, Maritime training schools, Maritime training schools and nautical programs, Students at minority-serving institutions, Students at rural-serving institutions face effects in multiple directions
Coast Guard contractors, Commercial space transportation operators, Defense contractors
Drone and counter-drone technology manufacturers, Small uncrewed maritime systems contractors, Unmanned maritime systems manufacturers face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Commercial space transportation operators, Defense contractors, Defense contractors for vessel/aircraft upgrades, Defense contractors serving Coast Guard, Helicopter manufacturers, Uncrewed and counter-uncrewed systems manufacturers, Unmanned aircraft system manufacturers, Unmanned aircraft systems manufacturers
Negative-direction: Coast Guard contractors, Defense contractors on Coast Guard acquisitions, Defense contractors on Coast Guard programs, Foreign vessel and aircraft manufacturers
Communities hosting Coast Guard units, Connecticut and New London law enforcement, Connecticut law enforcement
State and tribal waterway agencies, State environmental agencies face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Communities hosting Coast Guard units, Connecticut and New London law enforcement, Connecticut law enforcement, Hudson River coastal communities, Northern Mariana Islands community, State and local conservation entities, State and local governments near Coast Guard installations, State and local marine research agencies, State and local waterway authorities, State and tribal agencies managing waterways, State and tribal environmental agencies, State conservation agencies, State governments, State maritime regulatory agencies, States and Indian Tribes regulating ballast water
Negative-direction: State and local governments managing waterways
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Coast Guard Authorization Act
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "gao"
- → Comptroller General of the United States
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of the Coast Guard or Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, depending on provision
- "commandant"
- → Commandant of the Coast Guard
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