Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1994

Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorizations Title II: Personnel Management Improvement Title III: Navigation Safety and Waterway Services Management Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1994 - Title I: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1995 for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors relating to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission in support of specified activities; (4) retired pay, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents; (5) alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation, and personnel and administrative costs associated with the Bridge Alteration Program; and (6) environmental compliance and restoration at Coast Guard facilities. (Sec. 102) Authorizes: (1) an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 39,000 as of September 30, 1995; (2) specified military training student loads for FY 1995; and (3) appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for operation and maintenance expenses of Coast Guard drug interdiction activities for FY 1995. Title II: Personnel Management Improvement - Makes provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1993 regarding homeowners assistance for certain individuals affected by Hurricane Andrew applicable to the military personnel of the Coast Guard who were assigned to, or employed at or in connection with, any Federal facility or installation in the vicinity of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, subject to specified limitations. (Sec. 202) Repeals a requirement that, upon approval by the President, the names of officers selected by a board for continuation on active duty shall be promptly disseminated to the Coast Guard at large. (Sec. 203) Specifies that reserve members ordered to active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces shall not be counted in computing the authorized strength of members on active duty or members in grade under any law. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating (Secretary) to conduct informal investigations of marine casualties, but does not require the Secretary to hold an informal investigation open to the public. (Sec. 205) Authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to: (1) make child development services available to members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard, and, as remaining space is available, to members of the armed forces and Federal civilian employees; (2) require that fees for such services at Coast Guard child development centers be used only for compensation of center employees directly involved in providing child care, with exceptions; (3) use Department of Defense or other training programs to insure that all child development services providers meet minimum standards; and (4) provide assistance to members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard for obtaining services of qualified family home child development services providers. Title III: Navigation Safety and Waterway Services Management - Repeals a provision requiring the Secretary to collect and pay to the Treasury the same fees for the inspection of foreign vessels carrying passengers from the United States that a foreign country charges U.S. vessels trading to the ports of that country. (Sec. 302) Increases civil penalties for violations of provisions regarding documentation of vessels. Revises Federal provisions to make a vessel and its equipment liable to seizure by, and forfeiture to, the U.S. Government if: (1) the owner of the vessel or a representative or agent of the owner knowingly falsifies or conceals a material fact or makes a false statement or representation about the documentation or in applying for documentation of the vessel; (2) a certificate of documentation is knowingly and fraudulently used for the vessel; (3) the vessel is operated after its endorsement has been denied or revoked; (4) the vessel is employed in a trade without an appropriate trade endorsement; or (5) in the case of a documented vessel with only a recreational endorsement, the vessel is operated other than for pleasure. Removes specified limitations on the operation of recreational vessels. (Sec. 304) Directs the Commandant to operate a rescue and patrol vessel on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to support Coast Guard rescue, law enforcement, marine safety, marine environmental protection, and port security missions. (Sec. 305) Directs the Secretary, for purposes of altering the Florida Avenue Bridge in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, to treat the drainage siphon that is adjacent to the bridge as an appurtenance of the bridge. (Sec. 306) Amends the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 to terminate the Houston-Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee and the Lower Mississippi River Waterway Advisory Committee on October 1, 1999. (Sec. 307) Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from consolidating the Coast Guard Marine Safety Offices in Galveston and Houston, Texas. (Sec. 308) Directs the Coast Guard to: (1) transfer to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy $500,000 to continue the oil spill simulator activities at the Academy; and (2) designate the Center for Marine Environmental Protection and Safety at the Massachusetts Marine Academy as a regional facility for the conduct and evaluation of annual response area management team exercises for two response areas in the East Coast.

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Timeline

1. 12 May 1994

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 12 May 1994

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 12 May 1994

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 18 May 1994

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from DOT.

   Source: Committee

5. 18 May 1994

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.

   Source: Committee

6. 25 May 1994

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

   Source: Committee

7. 25 May 1994

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 29 June 1994

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

   Source: Committee

9. 29 June 1994

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

10. 16 August 1994

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 388.

    Source: Calendars

11. 16 August 1994

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 103-706.

    Source: Committee

12. 16 August 1994

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 103-706.

    Source: Committee

13. 20 September 1994

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 535 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4422 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by title. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries now printed in the bill. The committee amendment shall be considered as read and all points of order against the amendment shall be waived. All points of order against amendments printed in the report accompanying this resolution shall be waived.

    Source: Floor

14. 22 September 1994

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

15. 22 September 1994

    Floor

    The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4422.

    Source: Floor

16. 22 September 1994

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

17. 22 September 1994

    Vote

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 402 - 13 (Roll no. 437).

    Source: Floor

18. 22 September 1994

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 402 - 13 (Roll no. 437).

    Source: Floor

19. 22 September 1994

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

    Source: Floor

20. 22 September 1994

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4422.

    Source: Floor

21. 22 September 1994

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4422 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by title. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries now printed in the bill. The committee amendment shall be considered as read and all points of order against the amendment shall be waived. All points of order against amendments printed in the report accompanying this resolution shall be waived.

    Source: Floor

22. 22 September 1994

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable George (Buddy) Darden to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

23. 22 September 1994

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 535 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

24. 22 September 1994

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 535. (consideration: CR H9480-9516)

    Source: Floor

25. 22 September 1994

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 535 passed House.

    Source: Floor

26. 26 September 1994

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624.

    Source: Calendars

Votes

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Versions

• Placed on Calendar Senate · 26 September 1994 · Download file
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Sponsors

• Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] · R · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to → Recreational Boating Safety Improvement Act of 1994
• related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4422) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
• related to ← Boating Improvement Act of 1994
• related to ← Oceans Act of 1994
• related to ← Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1994
• amends ← SAMDT 2590
• amends ← An amendment to require the Coast Guard and other agencies in implementing the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, to differentiate between animal fats or oils of vegetable origin and other oils, including petroleum oils, on the basis of their physical, chemical, biological, and other properties, and their environmental effects.
• amends ← An amendment adding a new title to the bill entitled the United States Passenger Vessel Flag Act of 1994.
• amends ← An amendment requiring the Secretary of Transportation to submit to the Congress a full accounting of all Coast Guard costs related to Haiti no later than 30 days after enactment of the act.
• amends ← An amendment consisting of several amendments offered en bloc, making technical corrections to the bill and adding to the bill the texts of the following five bills: H.R. 3786 (Recreational Boating Safety Improvements), H.R. 3821 (Passenger Vessel Development Act), H.R. 3282 (Towing Vessel Safety Act), H.R. 4477 (Boating Improvement Act), and H.R. 4959 (Coast Guard Regulatory Reform).

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