Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991

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Introduced

16 April 1991

Last action

19 December 1991 · Became law

Status

Became Public Law No: 102-241.

Summary

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 - 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, test, and evaluation; (4) retirement pay and benefits; (5) alteration of bridges; (6) environmental compliance; and (7) oil pollution response. Authorizes the Coast Guard end strength for active duty personnel and the average military training student load. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to the Congress on the functions, powers, and duties vested in the Secretary and exercised through the Commandant of the Coast Guard that would be transferred to the Secretary of the Navy when the Coast Guard operates as a service of the Navy. Amends Federal law to modify requirements and procedures regarding enlisted personnel boards and involuntary retirement. Declares such provisions inapplicable to reductions in force ordered by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to accept the services of individuals ordered to perform community service by a court. Authorizes the Commandant to enter into a lease for at least 30 years with an option to renew at the option of the Commandant to acquire a site at the Massachusetts Military Reservation on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Authorizes the Coast Guard to spend appropriated amounts for the construction and renovation of housing units at the site. Extends the termination date of the Coast Guard's Advisory Committee to the Academy. Amends the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act to require every power vessel of twenty meters or over in length (currently, every power vessel of three hundred gross tons and upward) to have a radiotelephone capable of operation from its navigational bridge. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to submit to the Congress a report on Coast Guard housing. Repeals provisions of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1988 amending Federal law to require the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to submit to specified congressional committees a two-year budget estimate. Authorizes a specified vessel to transport a limited number of passengers when the North Carolina Maritime Museum operates the vessel for educational purposes. Establishes the Houston-Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee. Amends provisions of Federal law relating to the use of fire-retardant materials in certain passenger vessels to change from 1993 to 1998 the date on which certain requirements apply to vessels in operation before 1968. Requires the owner or operator of a vessel exempted from such provisions to notify the Coast Guard of structural alterations to the vessel and to comply with any combustible material requirements the Coast Guard prescribes consistent with preservation of the historic integrity of the vessel. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) request reimbursement from the Secretary of the Treasury for all costs incurred after FY 1990 by the Coast Guard in providing security for the President and his family at or near Kennebunkport, Maine; and (2) notify the Congress if all costs are not reimbursed. Prohibits, for the purposes of the Presidential Protection Assistance Act, deeming such services to be temporary.

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Timeline

16 April 1991
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from DOD, DOT.
Source: Committee
16 April 1991
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
Source: Committee
16 April 1991
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
16 April 1991
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Source: Committee
16 April 1991
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Source: IntroReferral
16 April 1991
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 April 1991
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
2 May 1991
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
2 May 1991
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
26 June 1991
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.
Source: Calendars
26 June 1991
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 102-132.
Source: Committee
26 June 1991
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 102-132.
Source: Committee
16 July 1991
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 196 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1776 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendment printed in section 2 of this resolution, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
Passed
Rule H. Res. 196 passed House.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
Floor
The Speaker designated the Honorable George (Buddy) Darden to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
Floor
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 196 and Rule XXIII.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 196.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
Passed
On passage Passed by voice vote.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
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
18 July 1991
Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1776.
Source: Floor
18 July 1991
Floor
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1776 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendment printed in section 2 of this resolution, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
Source: Floor
22 July 1991
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
21 November 1991
Floor
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1297 amended.
Source: Floor
21 November 1991
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1297 with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
21 November 1991
Discharge
Senate Committee on Commerce discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Discharge
21 November 1991
Committee
Senate Committee on Commerce discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Committee
23 November 1991
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
25 November 1991
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
Source: Floor
25 November 1991
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 November 1991
Passed
On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 November 1991
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
Source: NotUsed
25 November 1991
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Tauzin asked unanimous consent that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
27 November 1991
Passed
Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
27 November 1991
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
2 December 1991
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
6 December 1991
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
9 December 1991
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
9 December 1991
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
19 December 1991
Became law
Became Public Law No: 102-241.
Source: President
19 December 1991
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
19 December 1991
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw

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