Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that reauthorizes certain Coast Guard authorities and programs through FY2026, including by extending current levels for active-duty personnel and military training student loads.

Highlights:

• Authorizes certain Coast Guard authorities and programs through FY2026, including by extending current levels for active-duty personnel and military training student loads and amends and modifies several existing policies and programs (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Authorizes the Coast Guard to act to protect against damage or destruction resulting from cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, or foreign state threats (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Exempts service life extension programs from certain requirements for acquisition projects or programs (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Establishes the Coast Guard with direct hire authority to appoint Coast Guard Academy civilian faculty (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Specifies that members of certain reserve components have up to 12 inactive-duty training periods of parental leave (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Expands benefits for individuals who are participating in the Career Intermission Program to include benefits such as disability and death benefits (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Requires the Coast Guard to establish location-specific tsunami evacuation plans for units and sectors located in areas that have a high or very high risk of a tsunami (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Establishes certain notice requirements for foreign vessels operating on the Outer Continental Shelf (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Amends the requirements for certain merchant mariner credentials (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Requires higher-level review for certain determinations regarding the retention of an officer whose record includes a sexual assault offense (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Requires the Coast Guard to provide Congress reports detailing the status of the Polar Security Cutter program, among other reporting requirements (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

• Authorizes appropriations for the acquisition of additional vessels and aircraft, information technology modernization, and shoreside infrastructure (Title I-VI, Sec. 101-601).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text