Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1984

Summary

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1985 and 1986 for: (1) operation and maintenance, including icebreaking; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement for aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; (4) alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation; and (5) retirement pay and benefits. Establishes an end-of-year strength for the Coast Guard for FY 1985 and 1986. Authorizes average military training loads for FY 1985 and 1986 for: (1) recruit and special training; (2) flight training; (3) professional training, and (4) officer acquisition. Sets the level for full-time civilian employment in the Coast Guard for FY 1985 and 1986. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to transfer up to five percent of appropriations among categories. Requires such Secretary to give the chairmen of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 15 days notice of any proposed transfer. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States has important interests in maintaining a fleet of icebreaking vessels for operation in the Arctic and Antarctic. Directs the Secretary to plan for the design and construction of at least two additional polar icebreaking vessels to be operational by the end of FY 1990. Requires the Secretary to make status reports on such plans in January of 1985 and 1986. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for operating a vessel while intoxicated. Requires marine casualty reports to include information indicating whether alcohol was a cause of the casualty. Requires State recreational boating safety programs to disseminate information concerning the hazards of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol. Excludes recreational vessels and associated components with safety defects which create a substantial risk of personal injury to the public from vessels which meet minimum safety standards. Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to establish a helicopter rescue swimmer program. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to proceed vigorously with efforts to develop improved lifesaving equipment for use on passenger ferries.

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 29 March 1984

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 22 March 1984

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 February 1984

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