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H.R. 2741 118th Congress House

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023

Official title: To authorize and amend authorities, programs, and statutes administered by the Coast Guard.

Introduced: April 20, 2023 Introduced by: Sam Graves Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 2023
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 91.
Jun 27, 2023
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-119.
Apr 26, 2023
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 58 - 3.
Apr 26, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 26, 2023
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged.
Apr 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Apr 20, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 20, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Latest action June 27, 2023

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 91.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.)

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1452 To amend the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 to direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provid…
  • HR 7659 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024
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 Lobbying activity 7

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Apr 20, 2023
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 20, 2023
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · Apr 20, 2023
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