Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1989

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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1989 - Title I: Authorizations for Coast Guard Authorization of Funds for Fiscal Year 1990 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1990 and 1991 for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement for aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (4) retirement pay and benefits. Authorizes the end strength for active-duty personnel of the Coast Guard for FY 1990 and 1991. Specifies the authorized average military training student load for the Coast Guard for FY 1990 and 1991. Amends Federal law providing for continuity of grade for Coast Guard vice admirals when reappointed to another position as vice admiral to include reappointment of a vice admiral as an admiral. Amends Federal law relating to appointment of Coast Guard personnel to state that the advice and consent of the Senate is not required for appointments in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) or lieutenant. Directs the Secretary to furnish the board that recommends continuation of captains on active duty with the number of officers that may be so recommended, which number must be no less than 50 percent (currently 75 percent) of the number considered. Authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to involuntarily retire enlisted personnel who have 20 years of service. (Current law allows such action by the Commandant on a recommendation by a Coast Guard Enlisted Personnel Board.) Provides that, subject to any memorandum of understanding entered into between the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Transportation, when the Coast Guard transfers to and operates in its entirety as a service in the Navy, the appropriations, funding, functions, powers, and duties relating to the Coast Guard are also transferred to the Secretary of the Navy. Authorizes those Secretaries to provide, by memorandum of understanding, for the transfer of additional functions, powers, and duties. Amends the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships to require reception facilities to meet the requirements of Annex I and Annex II (currently, Annex V) to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 in order for the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate to that effect. Authorizes the Secretary to inspect a ship for possible violations of the Act as well as for possible violations of Annex I or Annex II of the Convention, and to undertake enforcement action for a violation of the Act as well as for a violation of the MARPOL Protocol. Makes it unlawful for any master, operator, or person in charge of a vessel, with regard to lawful actions and orders by the Coast Guard, to: (1) fail to allow boarding; (2) fail to comply with an order; (3) impede or obstruct a boarding or arrest; or (4) provide certain types of false information. Provides for criminal and civil penalties, seizure and forfeiture of vessels, and withholding or revocation of clearance. Amends Federal law to increase the maximum civil penalty for violating provisions relating to the use of a pilot in certain circumstances during operation of a vessel in the Great Lakes. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to upgrade the ground segment of the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking System (SARSAT). Directs the Secretary to establish at least five SARSAT ground stations to provide adequate coverage of the U.S. area of search and rescue for which it has responsibility under the COSPAS-SARSAT program. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to administer the SARSAT ground stations, in consultation with the Secretaries of Transportation and of Defense. Authorizes appropriations for upgrading and establishing the ground stations. Title II: Bridge Administration Transfer - Bridge Administration Transfer Act - Transfers from the Secretary of Transportation to the Secretary of the Army, with specified exceptions, the administration of bridges and causeways over navigable waters, including all related authority, functions, and duties. Makes such transfer effective within one year of this Act's enactment. Makes conforming amendments to the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899, the Bridge Act of 1906, the Truman-Hobbs Act, the General Bridge Act of 1946, and the International Bridge Act of 1972. Directs the Secretary of the Army to submit to the Congress a compilation of Federal laws relating to waterway structure administration.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 18 November 1989

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 3 August 1989

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