
Legislation to authorize the Coast Guard that passed the House last year as part a larger bill to reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security was approved by the chamber again on Thursday with passage of the House’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019.The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 would allow for around $2 billion in acquisition spending by the Coast Guard in both fiscal years 2018 and 2019, permit a multi-year contract to…