Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023
Latest action · Jun 27, 2023 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 91.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 20, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023
This bill addresses Coast Guard operations, maritime security, and related matters.
The bill authorizes for FY2024 and FY2025 the Coast Guard's active-duty personnel and military training student levels and activities related to information technology, environmental compliance, and other purposes.
The bill authorizes the Coast Guard to suspend a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's credential if it has probable cause to believe that an individual poses a threat to others on a vessel. Further, the bill extends existing vessel registry requirements prohibiting foreign ownership to vessels supporting alternate energy production or transmission or commercial space exploration activities over the Outer Continental Shelf.
Among other provisions, the bill also
- requires the Coast Guard to provide ballast water quality data to any state or territory upon request;
- establishes the felony crime of grossly negligent operation of a vessel when conduct results in serious bodily injury;
- authorizes the President to direct or control foreign-flag vessels when a cyber incident, transnational organized crime, or foreign state threats endanger U.S. security; and
- authorizes the Coast Guard to respond to cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, or foreign state threats to prevent damage to structures located on and near navigable waters.
The bill also modifies the minimum requirements for various merchant mariner credentials, including by reducing certain service time prerequisites and extending eligibility to noncitizen nationals of the United States. (Generally, individuals who receive U.S. nationality by virtue of being born in, or having parents who were born in, the U.S. outlying possessions are U.S. nationals but not U.S. citizens.)
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 20, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Apr 20, 2023Discharged Apr 26, 2023Markup Apr 26, 2023Reported Jun 27, 2023 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Apr 21, 2023Discharged Apr 26, 2023 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2023Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-119.
- Jun 27, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 91.
- Apr 26, 2023Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged.
- Apr 26, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 26, 2023Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 58 - 3.
- Apr 21, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Apr 20, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 20, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3218 | Jake Auchincloss D-MA | Jul 12, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 26, 2023H.R 2741, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 26, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 66, April 20, 2023, page H1910.
Printed hearings 6
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-59 | REVIEW OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 MARITIME TRANSPORTATION BUDGET REQUESTS, PT. 2: THE COAST GUARD48 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | May 23, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-47 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY REVIEW AND EFFORTS TO EASE COAST GUARD MANPOWER SHORTAGES50 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Mar 6, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-28 | USE AND REGULATION OF AUTONOMOUS AND EXPERIMENTAL MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES69 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Sep 19, 2023 |
| Serial No. 118-25 | REVIEW OF THE RECAPITALIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SURFACE, AIR, IT, AND SHORESIDE ASSETS53 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jul 27, 2023 |
| Serial No. 118-21 | REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT ``THE COAST GUARD'S NEXT DECADE: AN ASSESSMENT OF EMERGING CHALLENGES AND STATUTORY NEEDS''56 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jun 21, 2023 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46970 | U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Development: Overview and Issues for the 118th Congress | Report | Sep 13, 2023 |
| IF12413 | Offshore Energy: Vessel and Crew Nationality Requirements Archived | Resource | May 25, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1452 | To amend the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 to direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide certain data related to water quality, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Mar 9, 2023 |
| HR 7659 | Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024 | Related bill | May 15, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize and amend authorities, programs, and statutes administered by the Coast Guard.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Accidents
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Alaska
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Arctic and polar regions
- Asia
- Aviation and airports
- Building construction
- Caribbean area
- China
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Europe
- Florida
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Great Lakes
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Higher education
- Human trafficking
- Infrastructure development
- Lakes and rivers
- Licensing and registrations
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marine pollution
- Military education and training
- Natural disasters
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Oil and gas
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Puerto Rico
- Railroads
- Russia
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation safety and security
- Virgin Islands
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2023Reported in House
- Apr 20, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
