US Congress Senate Bill 1129 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on May 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-06-05 - An errata sheet on written report No. 115-89 was printed.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2018-FY2019, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The bill addresses: (1) training for public safety personnel, (2) service member benefits for Coast Guard personnel, (3) contracts to procure three National Security Cutters, and (4) the Coast Guard Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast Guard, including Coast Guard advisory committees, numbering for undocumented barges, aids to navigation, requirements for personal flotation devices, the alternate safety compliance program, vessel certification, the installation and use of engine cut-off switches on recreational vessels, visual distress signals for recreational boats, auxiliary craft requirements, the Coast Guard's inland waterway and river tenders fleet, arctic planning, maritime security, acquisition workforce expedited hiring authority, drawbridges, incentive contracts for Coast Guard Yard or Coast Guard industrial establishments, Coast Guard health care professionals, land exchanges, shipyards, and waivers for certain contracts.

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017

Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]

Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-05	Senate	An errata sheet on written report No. 115-89 was printed.
2017-06-05	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 112.
2017-06-05	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-89.
2017-05-18	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2017-05-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB2637 (Related) 2017-05-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
HB2518 (Related) 2017-06-26 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 133.
HB5515 (Related) 2018-08-13 - Became Public Law No: 115-232.
HR1019 (Similar To) 2018-07-24 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1129/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1129/BILLS-115s1129is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1129/BILLS-115s1129rs.pdf