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Budget

Senate Bill Would Authorize $2 Billion Acquisition Budget For Coast Guard

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 16th, 2017

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Senate Bill Would Authorize $2 Billion Acquisition Budget For Coast Guard

A Senate Committee on Thursday plans to mark up legislation that would authorize $2 billion in annual acquisition funding for the Coast Guard in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 and give the service the authority to acquire the last several of its National Security Cutters (NSCs) through a multi-year contract.The $2 billion in annual acquisition funding is in line with what Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft has said is the necessary baseline to sustain the service’s ongoing recapitalization efforts…

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Congress

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