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S. 2489 (96th)

An act to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981, to authorize supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1980, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

27 March 1980

Last action

3 October 1980 · Became law

Status

Public Law 96-376.

Sponsors

Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV], Sen. Magnuson, Warren G. [D-WA]

Subjects

Transport, Taxation

Source updated

14 January 2025

Transport · Taxation

Summary

Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 1981 and 1982. Sets forth the amount of funds allocated for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto; (3) alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation; and (4) research, development, testing, and evaluation. Permits the Coast Guard to have an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 39,487, provided that such ceiling does not include members of the Ready Reserve called to active duty. Specifies the average military training student loads for the Coast Guard as follows: (1) recruit and special training; 4,175 students; (2) flight training; 117 students; and (3) professional training in military and civilian institutions; 595 students; and (4) officer acquisitions; 925 students. Authorizes the leasing of housing facilities in foreign countries on a multiyear basis for a period not to exceed five years, and in accordance with local custom and practice, provides for advance payment for the lease. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to increase the existing capital of the Coast Guard Supply Fund by the value of usable materials transferred thereto from the Coast Guard inventories carried in other accounts. Disallows reductions in the rate of pay and allowances to which appointed temporary officers would have been entitled had they remained in their former grade and continued to receive the increases in pay and allowance authorized for that grade. Permits the payment of a monetary allowance in place of transportation to a member whose baggage and household effects are moved by a privately owned or rented vehicle.

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Timeline

  1. 27 March 1980

    Introduced

    Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 27 March 1980

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 May 1980

    Reported

    Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with amendment, S. Rept. 96-779.

    Source: Committee

  4. 15 May 1980

    Reported

    Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with amendment, S. Rept. 96-779.

    Source: Committee

  5. 23 June 1980

    Floor

    Call of calendar in Senate.

    Source: Floor

  6. 23 June 1980

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.

    Source: Floor

  7. 15 September 1980

    Passed

    Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H. R. 6672.

    Source: Floor

  8. 15 September 1980

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H. R. 6672.

    Source: Floor

  9. 15 September 1980

    Floor

    Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.

    Source: Floor

  10. 22 September 1980

    Passed

    Senate agreed to House amendment.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  11. 22 September 1980

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment.

    Source: NotUsed

  12. 23 September 1980

    President

    Measure enrolled in House.

    Source: President

  13. 23 September 1980

    President

    Measure enrolled in Senate.

    Source: President

  14. 23 September 1980

    Floor

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: Floor

  15. 23 September 1980

    President

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: President

  16. 3 October 1980

    President

    Public Law 96-376.

    Source: President

  17. 3 October 1980

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

  18. 3 October 1980

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

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Documents

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Public Law (PDF)

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  • Public Law (PDF)

    Public Law · EN · 4 October 1980

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  • Passed House amended

    summary · EN · 15 September 1980

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  • Passed Senate amended

    summary · EN · 23 June 1980

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  • Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

    summary · EN · 15 May 1980

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  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 27 March 1980

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