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S. 1089 (106th)

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2000

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Introduced

20 May 1999

Last action

27 July 2000 · Reported

Status

Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 567.

Sponsors

Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]

Subjects

Defence, Environment, Transport

Source updated

7 April 2025

Defence · Environment · Transport

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Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorization Title II: Personnel Management Title III: Marine Safety Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1999 - Title I: Authorization - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard 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, testing, and evaluation; (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) environmental compliance and restoration at Coast Guard facilities; and (6) alteration or removal of bridges constituting obstructions to navigation. (Sec. 102) Authorizes the Coast Guard end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and its average military training student loads. Title II: Personnel Management - Limits the director of the Coast Guard band to the rank of captain (currently, commander). (Sec. 202) Authorizes the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to prescribe regulations under which certain members of Ready Reserve forces may receive special pay. (Sec. 203) Adds the Secretary of Transportation (when the Coast Guard is not operating under the Department of the Navy) to the required members of the Board of Governors of the United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO). (Sec. 204) Authorizes compensatory absence from duty for military Coast Guard personnel serving at isolated duty stations (currently, at isolated aids to navigation) in certain circumstances. (Sec. 205) Allows a promotion selection board to recommend officers of particular merit for placement at the top of the list of selectees and requires, if approved by the President, placement of those officers (in seniority order) at the top of the list. Title III: Marine Safety - Amends the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act to revise requirements regarding the waters on which vessels, dredges, and floating plants must carry a radiotelephone. (Sec. 302) Mandates a report to specified congressional committees on the use of WYTL-class harbor tugs, including their use to perform icebreaking. Prohibits the Coast Guard from planning or implementing decommissioning of such vessels until nine months after report submission. (Sec. 303) Ends a requirement of annual reports regarding all transfers to and expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. (Sec. 304) Allows the Coast Guard to borrow a limited amount from the Fund when the limit of $50 million in unappropriated funds is inadequate to deal with a discharge or threatened discharge. Mandates repayment to the Fund when, and to the extent that, removal costs are recovered from responsible parties.

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Timeline

  1. 20 May 1999

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5741-5742)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 20 May 1999

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5740-5741)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 20 May 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 13 April 2000

    Reported

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

  5. 23 May 2000

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 567.

    Source: Calendars

  6. 23 May 2000

    Reported

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported to Senate by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-300.

    Source: Committee

  7. 23 May 2000

    Reported

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported to Senate by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-300.

    Source: Committee

  8. 6 June 2000

    Floor

    Star Print ordered on the bill.

    Source: Floor

  9. 27 July 2000

    Reported

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7752-7757; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S7752-7755)

    Source: Floor

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