Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

Summary

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard and the Federal Maritime Commission for FY2016-FY2017, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The Commission may not expend funds to issue an award, prize, commendation, or other honors to non-federal entities. The bill addresses: (1) the Coast Guard's acquisition process and plans for long-term acquisition and manpower needs; and (2) the performance of the Coast Guard's assets, the service life of certain assets, and programs to improve its assets. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast Guard's leadership structure, service member benefits, shipping and navigation requirements, the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Coast Guard's authority to close air facilities, the treatment of fishing permits, survival craft in passenger vessels that operate in cold water, marketing the model years for recreational vessels, the expiration of merchant mariner credentials, reimbursements for costs incurred by the Coast Guard to enforce safety zones for a marine event, standards for recreational vessel engine weights, merchant mariners medical fitness determinations, and certificates of documentation for recreational vessels.

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• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 19 May 2015

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• Referred in Senate (PDF)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 19 May 2015

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 18 May 2015

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 18 May 2015

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 18 May 2015

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 15 May 2015

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 15 May 2015

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 15 May 2015

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 April 2015

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 23 April 2015

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 April 2015

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