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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2546 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the position of Secretary of the Coast Guard, and for other |
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| 6 | 6 | | purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL1, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. E |
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| 10 | 10 | | ZELLintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 11 | 11 | | on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To establish the position of Secretary of the Coast Guard, |
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| 14 | 14 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secretary of the Coast 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Guard Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. SECRETARY OF THE COAST GUARD. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) S |
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| 22 | 22 | | ECRETARY OF THE COASTGUARD.—Subtitle I 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | of title 14, United States Code, is amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) by redesignating section 106 as section 107; 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) by inserting after section 105 the following: 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2546 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘§ 106. Secretary of the Coast Guard defined 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘In this title, the term ‘Secretary of the Coast Guard’ 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | means the Secretary of the Coast Guard established in 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | section 201.’’; and 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) by inserting after section 107, as so redesig-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | nated, the following: 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘CHAPTER 2—SECRETARY OF THE COAST 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | GUARD 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘201. Secretary of the Coast Guard. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘§ 201. Secretary of the Coast Guard 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 40 | 40 | | NGENERAL.—There is a Secretary of the Coast 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Guard, appointed by the President, by and with the advice 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | and consent of the Senate. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 44 | 44 | | OWERS.—Subject to the authority, direction, 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and control of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Coast 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Guard shall exercise the powers of the Secretary in section 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 501, and other duties as may be prescribed by law or by 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | the President or Secretary, in directing the Coast Guard. 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(c) R |
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| 50 | 50 | | EPORTING.—The Secretary of the Coast Guard 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | shall report directly to the Secretary without being re-19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | quired to report through any other official of the depart-20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ment in which the Coast Guard is operating. 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(d) C |
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| 55 | 55 | | OMMANDANT REPORTING.—The Command-22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ment shall report directly to the Secretary of the Coast 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Guard.’’. 24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (b) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ter 1 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by strik-2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ing the item relating to section 106 and inserting the fol-3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | lowing: 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘106. Secretary of the Coast Guard defined. |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘107. Commandant defined.’’. |
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