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House Committee Approves Two-Year Coast Guard Authorization Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 30th, 2015

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House Committee Approves Two-Year Coast Guard Authorization Bill

Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star. The cutter was built by the former Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company and was commissioned in 1977. (Photo: Coast Guard)

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a two-year authorization bill for the Coast Guard that would require among other things the service to report on the estimated level of funding for the upcoming fiscal year and 20 fiscal years thereafter for every cutter, aircraft and C4ISR system it is buying.The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1987) also requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report within nine months on the condition of its…

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