Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 10, 2025 Held at the Desk
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.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
- Passed SenateMar 5, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 11, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 11, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Feb 11, 2025Discharged Mar 5, 2025 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2025Received in the House
- Mar 10, 2025Held at the Desk
- Mar 6, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 5, 2025Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 5, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1521-1568; text: CR S1522-1568)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1521–S1568Text printed S1522–S1568 | Maria Cantwell D-WA, Ted Cruz R-TX | Mar 5, 2025 |
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10275 | Taiwan: Background and U.S. Relations | Resource | Aug 5, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1071 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2025 |
| HR 4275 | Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jul 23, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Alaska
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Appropriations
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Aviation and airports
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civics education
- Civil actions and liability
- Coast guard
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Defense spending
- Department of Commerce
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee hiring
- Employee leave
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Evidence and witnesses
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Great Lakes
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Higher education
- Hunting and fishing
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International law and treaties
- Lakes and rivers
- Licensing and registrations
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Mental health
- Military education and training
- Military facilities and property
- Military history
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- National Guard and reserves
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Neurological disorders
- Oil and gas
- Pacific Ocean
- Personnel records
- Public contracts and procurement
- Puerto Rico
- Puget Sound
- Research and development
- School athletics
- Sex offenses
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Student aid and college costs
- Texas
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation costs
- Transportation safety and security
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
- Virgin Islands
- Water quality
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2025Engrossed in Senate
- Feb 11, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
