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HAC-HS Democrat Suggests Increasing Coast Guard’s FY ’17 Acquisition Budget

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 3rd, 2016

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House appropriators will “address” a shortfall in the Coast Guard’s budget request for its acquisition account in FY ’17, a Democrat on the committee said on Thursday.Rep. David Price (N.C.) noted that the Coast Guard’s $1.1 billion request to buy new vessels and upgrade legacy air and marine assets is $808 million less than Congress appropriated in FY ’16.“I don’t anticipate that we’ll be able to absolutely match the current year [acquisition] appropriation in the fiscal year ’17 bill but…

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