Home > 106th Congressional Bills > H.R. 820 (eh) To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. [Engrossed in House] ...H.R. 820 (eh) To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. [Engrossed in House] ...
In the Senate of the United States,
July 27, 2000.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.
820) entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years
2000 and 2001 for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.'', do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Authorization Act of
2000''.
TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Authorization for Fiscal Year 2000.--Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year
2000, as follows:
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard,
$2,781,000,000, of which $300,000,000 shall be available for
defense-related activities and of which $25,000,000 shall be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
(2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and
improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $389,326,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
(3) For research, development, test, and evaluation of
technologies, materials, and human factors directly relating to
improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission in
support of search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine
safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws
and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and
defense readiness, $19,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund.
(4) For retired pay (including the payment of obligations
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this
purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical
care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55
of title 10, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary,
to remain available until expended.
(5) For environmental compliance and restoration at Coast
Guard facilities (other than parts and equipment associated
with operations and maintenance), $17,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
(6) For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable
waters of the United States constituting obstructions to
navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs
associated with the Bridge Alteration Program, $15,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
(b) Authorization for Fiscal Year 2001.--Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year
2001, as follows:
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard,
$3,399,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
(2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and
improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $520,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and of which $110,000,000 shall
be available for the construction and acquisition of a
replacement vessel for the Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW.
(3) For research, development, test, and evaluation of
technologies, materials, and human factors directly relating to
improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission in
support of search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine
safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws
and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and
defense readiness, $21,320,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund.
(4) For retired pay (including the payment of obligations
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this
purpose), payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical
care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55
of title 10, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary,
to remain available until expended.
(5) For environmental compliance and restoration at Coast
Guard facilities (other than parts and equipment associated
with operations and maintenance), $16,700,000, to remain
available until expended.
(6) For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable
waters of the United States constituting obstructions to
navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs
associated with the Bridge Alteration Program, $15,500,000, to
remain available until expended.
(c) Authorization for Fiscal Year 2002.--Funds are authorized to be
appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year
2002 as such sums as may be necessary, of which $8,000,000 shall be
available for construction or acquisition of a replacement vessel for
the Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW.
SEC. 102. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH AND TRAINING.
(a) End-of-Year Strength for Fiscal Year 2000.--The Coast Guard is
authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 40,000
as of September 30, 2000.
(b) Training Student Loads for Fiscal Year 2000.--For fiscal year
2000, the Coast Guard is authorized average military training student
loads as follows:
(1) For recruit and special training, 1,500 student years.
(2) For flight training, 100 student years.
(3) For professional training in military and civilian
institutions, 300 student years.
(4) For officer acquisition, 1,000 student years.
(c) End-of-Year Strength for Fiscal Year 2001.--The Coast Guard is
authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 44,000
as of September 30, 2001.
(d) Training Student Loads for Fiscal Year 2001.--For fiscal year
2001, the Coast Guard is authorized average military training student
loads as follows:
(1) For recruit and special training, 1,500 student years.
(2) For flight training, 125 student years.
(3) For professional training in military and civilian
institutions, 300 student years.
(4) For officer acquisition, 1,000 student years.
(e) End-of-the-Year Strength for Fiscal Year 2002.--The Coast Guard
is authorized an end-of-year strength of active duty personnel of
45,500 as of September 30, 2002.
(f) Training Student Loads for Fiscal Year 2002.--For fiscal year
2002, the Coast Guard is authorized average military training student
loads as follows:
(1) For recruit and special training, 1,500 student years.
(2) For flight training, 125 student years.
(3) For professional training in military and civilian
institutions, 300 student years.
(4) For officer acquisition, 1,000 student years.
SEC. 103. LORAN-C.
(a) Fiscal Year 2001.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Department of Transportation, in addition to funds authorized for
the Coast Guard for operation of the LORAN-C system, for capital
expenses related to LORAN-C navigation infrastructure, $20,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001. The Secretary of Transportation may transfer from the
Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies of the department
funds appropriated as authorized under this section in order to
reimburse the Coast Guard for related expenses.
(b) Fiscal Year 2002.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Department of Transportation, in addition to funds authorized for
the Coast Guard for operation of the LORAN-C system, for capital
expenses related to LORAN-C navigation infrastructure, $40,000,000 for
fiscal year 2002. The Secretary of Transportation may transfer from the
Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies of the department
funds appropriated as authorized under this section in order to
reimburse the Coast Guard for related expenses.
SEC. 104. PATROL CRAFT.
(a) Transfer of Craft From DOD.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may accept, by direct
transfer without cost, for use by the Coast Guard primarily for
expanded drug interdiction activities required to meet national supply
reduction performance goals, up to 7 PC-170 patrol craft from the
Department of Defense if it offers to transfer such craft.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Coast Guard, in addition to amounts otherwise
authorized by this Act, up to $100,000,000, to remain available until
expended, for the conversion of, operation and maintenance of,
personnel to operate and support, and shoreside infrastructure
requirements for, up to 7 patrol craft.
SEC. 105. CARIBBEAN SUPPORT TENDER.
The Coast Guard is authorized to operate and maintain a Caribbean
Support Tender (or similar type vessel) to provide technical
assistance, including law enforcement training, for foreign coast
guards, navies, and other maritime services.
TITLE II--PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SEC. 201. COAST GUARD BAND DIRECTOR RANK.
Section 336(d) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``commander'' and inserting ``captain''.
SEC. 202. COAST GUARD MEMBERSHIP ON THE USO BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
Section 200104(a)(2) of title 36, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C) the Secretary of Transportation, or the
Secretary's designee, when the Coast Guard is not
operating under the Department of the Navy; and''.
SEC. 203. COMPENSATORY ABSENCE FOR ISOLATED DUTY.
(a) In General.--Section 511 of title 14, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 511. Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at
isolated duty stations
``The Secretary may prescribe regulations to grant compensatory
absence from duty to military personnel of the Coast Guard serving at
isolated duty stations of the Coast Guard when conditions of duty
result in confinement because of isolation or in long periods of
continuous duty.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 13 of
title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating
to section 511 and inserting the following:
``511. Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at
isolated duty stations.''.
SEC. 204. ACCELERATED PROMOTION OF CERTAIN COAST GUARD OFFICERS.
Title 14, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 259, by adding at the end a new subsection
(c) to read as follows:
``(c) After selecting the officers to be recommended for promotion,
a selection board may recommend officers of particular merit, from
among those officers chosen for promotion, to be placed at the top of
the list of selectees promulgated by the Secretary under section 271(a)
of this title. The number of officers that a board may recommend to be
placed at the top of the list of selectees may not exceed the
percentages set forth in subsection (b) unless such a percentage is a
number less than one, in which case the board may recommend one officer
for such placement. No officer may be recommended to be placed at the
top of the list of selectees unless he or she receives the
recommendation of at least a majority of the members of a board
composed of five members, or at least two-thirds of the members of a
board composed of more than five members.'';
(2) in section 260(a), by inserting ``and the names of
those officers recommended to be advanced to the top of the
list of selectees established by the Secretary under section
271(a) of this title'' after ``promotion''; and
(3) in section 271(a), by inserting at the end thereof the
following: ``The names of all officers approved by the
President and recommended by the board to be placed at the top
of the list of selectees shall be placed at the top of the list
of selectees in the order of seniority on the active duty
promotion list.''.
SEC. 205. COAST GUARD ACADEMY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
(a) In General.--Section 193 of title 14, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 193. Board of Trustees.
``(a) Establishment.--The Commandant of the Coast Guard may
establish a Coast Guard Academy Board of Trustees to provide advice to
the Commandant and the Superintendent on matters relating to the
operation of the Academy and its programs.
``(b) Membership.--The Commandant shall appoint the members of the
Board of Trustees, which may include persons of distinction in
education and other fields related to the missions and operation of the
Academy. The Commandant shall appoint a chairperson from among the
members of the Board of Trustees.
``(c) Expenses.--Members of the Board of Trustees who are not
Federal employees shall be allowed travel expenses while away from
their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service
for the Board of Trustees. Travel expenses include per diem in lieu of
subsistence in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in
the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title
5.
``(d) FACA Not To Apply.-- The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
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