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House Panel Slashes Funding For Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 9th, 2025

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House Panel Slashes Funding For Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter

First Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter under construction at Eastern Shipbuilding Group. Photo: Eastern Shipbuilding

House appropriators on Sunday evening released a proposed funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that would hack 35 percent from the Coast Guard’s troubled Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, which is enduring further delays. Proposed fiscal year 2026 OPC funding of $530 million is $282.4 million less than the $812.4 million requested, which Trump administration budget documents say supports the transition to construction of two of the medium endurance cutters per year from one currently. The draft bill…

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