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H.R. 2150 (103rd)

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1993

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Introduced

19 May 1993

Last action

20 December 1993 · President

Status

Became Public Law No: 103-206.

Sponsors

Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [D-LA-3], Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-12], Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6], Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8]

Subjects

Defence, Environment, Housing, Transport

Source updated

14 January 2025

Defence · Environment · Housing · Transport

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Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorization Title II: Personnel Management Improvement Title III: Miscellaneous Sections Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1993 - 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, test, and evaluation; (4) retirement pay and benefits; (5) alteration or removal of bridges; and (6) environmental compliance and restoration. Authorizes the Coast Guard end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and the average military training student loads. Title II: Personnel Management Improvement - Raises the ceiling on the number of active duty commissioned officers in the Coast Guard. Authorizes the Commandant to enter into cooperative agreements to accept and utilize voluntary services for the maintenance and improvement of natural and historic resources, or to benefit natural and historic research, on Coast Guard facilities, provided that any such agreement requires the parties to contribute funds or services on a matching basis to defray costs. Authorizes the Secretary of the respective department in which the Coast Guard is operating, where necessary to reduce the number of Reserve officers in an active status in any grade, to provide a steady flow of promotion, or where there is an excessive number of such officers in an active status in any grade, to appoint and convene a retention board to consider all of the Reserve officers in that grade in an active status who have 18 years or more of service for retirement, with exceptions. Makes the ten-month deadline established in the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1989 with respect to the correction of military records mandatory and applicable to applications pending before the Board for Correction of Military Records or the Secretary of Transportation on June 12, 1990, where administrative remedies are exhausted and other specified conditions are met. Revises provisions regarding the retirement of a Commandant to provide for continuity of grade of admirals and vice admirals. Authorizes the President to appoint a Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard. Title III: Miscellaneous Sections - Repeals provisions of the Act of June 25, 1936, requiring: (1) public notice of North Atlantic Ocean vessel routes, avoidance of ice regions, and penalties for failure to comply with such provisions; and (2) publication of rules and regulations in the Federal Register. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) acquire real property or interests for use as Coast Guard family housing units and dispose of any such property or interests for adequate consideration; and (2) spend or obligate funds for improvements of buildings at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Grants the Secretary long-term lease authority for specified navigation and communications systems sites. Authorizes the Coast Guard to compete for and accept Federal, State, or other educational research grants, provided that no award is accepted for the acquisition or construction of facilities, or for the routine functions of the Academy. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) expend specified sums for acquisition, construction, and improvement that are derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to acquire and preposition oil response equipment at Port Arthur, Texas, and Helena, Arkansas, and to the New York Maritime College of the State of New York to purchase a marine oil spill management simulator; and (2) construct specified shore facilities improvements at Coast Guard Station, Little Creek, Virginia. Authorizes appropriations for the latter. Directs the: (1) Coast Guard to establish the Gulf of Mexico Regional Fisheries Law Enforcement Training Center in the Eighth Coast Guard District in southeastern Louisiana; and (2) Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to evaluate the technological feasibility and environmental benefits of having tank vessels carry oil spill prevention and response technology. Exempts from inspection an unmanned seagoing barge that does not carry oil in bulk or a reportable or harmful quantity of a hazardous material.

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Timeline

  1. 19 May 1993

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 19 May 1993

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 19 May 1993

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 20 May 1993

    Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  5. 20 May 1993

    Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

    Source: Committee

  6. 20 May 1993

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.

    Source: Committee

  7. 26 May 1993

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Committee

  8. 26 May 1993

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  9. 21 June 1993

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 81.

    Source: Calendars

  10. 21 June 1993

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 103-146.

    Source: Committee

  11. 21 June 1993

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 103-146.

    Source: Committee

  12. 23 June 1993

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 206 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2150 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. 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. Points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure to comply with clause 5(a) of rule XXI shall be waived.

    Source: Floor

  13. 30 July 1993

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

  14. 30 July 1993

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2150.

    Source: Floor

  15. 30 July 1993

    Floor

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

    Source: Floor

  16. 30 July 1993

    Passed

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

    Source: Floor

  17. 30 July 1993

    Passed

    On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

  18. 30 July 1993

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

  19. 30 July 1993

    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. 30 July 1993

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 206 passed House.

    Source: Floor

  21. 30 July 1993

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 206 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

  22. 30 July 1993

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2150 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. 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. Points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure to comply with clause 5(a) of rule XXI shall be waived.

    Source: Floor

  23. 30 July 1993

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 206. (consideration: CR H5538-5548)

    Source: Floor

  24. 2 August 1993

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  25. 22 November 1993

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S16992)

    Source: Floor

  26. 22 November 1993

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1052 with an amendment by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

  27. 22 November 1993

    Discharge

    Senate Committee on Commerce discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Discharge

  28. 22 November 1993

    Committee

    Senate Committee on Commerce discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Committee

  29. 23 November 1993

    Passed

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

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  30. 23 November 1993

    Passed

    On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR 11/22/93 H10928-10946)

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  31. 23 November 1993

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.(consideration: CR 11/22/93 H10928-10946)

    Source: NotUsed

  32. 23 November 1993

    ResolvingDifferences

    Mr. Studds asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  33. 8 December 1993

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

  34. 8 December 1993

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

  35. 20 December 1993

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 103-206.

    Source: President

  36. 20 December 1993

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

  37. 20 December 1993

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

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