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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1190 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a Secretary of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. S |
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| 9 | 9 | | COTTof Florida (for himself and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following |
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| 10 | 10 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Science, and Transportation |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To establish a Secretary of the Coast Guard, and for other |
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| 14 | 14 | | 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 ‘‘Coast Guard Improve-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | ment 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) E |
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| 22 | 22 | | STABLISHMENT.— 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) H |
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| 24 | 24 | | OMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 .—The 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | seq.) is amended— 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) in section 103 (6 U.S.C. 113)— 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (i) by redesignating subsections (c) 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | through (g) as subsections (d) through (h), 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | respectively; 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (ii) by inserting after subsection (b) 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the following: 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(c) S |
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| 37 | 37 | | ECRETARY OF THECOASTGUARD.— 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | N GENERAL.—There is a Secretary of the 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Coast Guard, appointed by the President, by and 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | with the advice and consent of the Senate. 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(2) G |
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| 43 | 43 | | ENERAL POWERS .—Subject to the au-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | thority, direction, and control of the Secretary, when 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the De-13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | partment, the Secretary of the Coast Guard shall ex-14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ercise the powers of the Secretary under section 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 501(a) of title 14, United States Code, and other 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | duties as may be prescribed by law or by the Presi-17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | dent or the Secretary, in directing the Coast Guard. 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(3) D |
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| 52 | 52 | | IRECT REPORTING TO SECRETARY .—At 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | all times, the Secretary of the Coast Guard shall re-20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | port directly to the Secretary without intervening 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | authority. 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(4) C |
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| 57 | 57 | | ONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY OF THE 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | NAVY.—When the Coast Guard is operating as a 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | service in the Navy, the Secretary of the Coast 25 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Guard may advise the Secretary of the Navy on 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | matters relating to the Coast Guard. 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(5) L |
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| 66 | 66 | | IMITATION ON APPOINTMENT .—No offi-3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | cer serving in an appointment under subsection (a) 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | may be appointed to carry out the duties of Sec-5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | retary of the Coast Guard.’’; and 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (iii) by amending subsection (d), as 7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | redesignated, to read as follows: 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(d) C |
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| 73 | 73 | | OMMANDANT OF THE COASTGUARD.—To as-9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | sist the Secretary of the Coast Guard in the performance 10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | of the functions of the Secretary of the Coast Guard, there 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | is a Commandant of the Coast Guard, who shall be ap-12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | pointed as provided in section 302 of title 14, United 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | States Code, and who shall report directly to the Secretary 14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | of the Coast Guard. In addition to such duties as may 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | be provided in this Act and as assigned to the Com-16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | mandant by the Secretary of the Coast Guard, the duties 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | of the Commandant shall include those required by section 18 |
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| 83 | 83 | | 102 of title 14, United States Code.’’; and 19 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (B) in section 888(f) (6 U.S.C. 468(f))— 20 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (i) by striking ‘‘Upon the transfer’’ 21 |
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| 86 | 86 | | and inserting the following: 22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 88 | 88 | | N GENERAL.—Upon the transfer’’; 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (ii) in paragraph (1), as so des-24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ignated, by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and 25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Coast 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | Guard’’; and 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (iii) by adding at the end the fol-3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | lowing: 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 99 | 99 | | XCEPTION.—When the Coast Guard is 5 |
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| 100 | 100 | | operating as a service in the Navy, the Commandant 6 |
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| 101 | 101 | | shall report directly to the Secretary of the Navy.’’. 7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (2) T |
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| 103 | 103 | | ITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE .—Title 10 8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | of the United States Code, is amended— 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (A) in section 101(a)(9)(D), by striking 10 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security’’ and in-11 |
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| 107 | 107 | | serting ‘‘the Secretary of the Coast Guard’’; 12 |
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| 108 | 108 | | and 13 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (B) in section 8013a— 14 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (i) by striking ‘‘section 3 of title 14’’ 15 |
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| 111 | 111 | | and inserting ‘‘section 103 of title 14’’; 16 |
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| 112 | 112 | | and 17 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of 18 |
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| 114 | 114 | | Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘the 19 |
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| 115 | 115 | | Secretary of the Coast Guard’’. 20 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (3) T |
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| 117 | 117 | | ITLE 14, UNITED STATES CODE .—Title 14 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | of the United States Code, is amended— 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (A) in section 501— 23 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (i) by redesignating subsections (a) 24 |
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| 121 | 121 | | through (h) as paragraphs (1) through (8), 25 |
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| 125 | 125 | | respectively, and moving such paragraphs 1 |
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| 126 | 126 | | two ems to the right; 2 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (ii) in the matter preceding paragraph 3 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (1), as redesignated, by striking ‘‘For’’ and 4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | inserting the following: 5 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 131 | 131 | | NGENERAL.—For’’; and 6 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (iii) by adding at the end the fol-7 |
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| 133 | 133 | | lowing: 8 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(b) S |
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| 135 | 135 | | ECRETARY OF THECOASTGUARD.— 9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 137 | 137 | | N GENERAL.—There is a Secretary of the 10 |
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| 138 | 138 | | Coast Guard, appointed from civilian life by the 11 |
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| 139 | 139 | | President, by and with the advice and consent of the 12 |
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| 140 | 140 | | Senate. The Secretary of the Coast Guard shall, to 13 |
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| 141 | 141 | | the greatest extent practicable, be appointed from 14 |
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| 142 | 142 | | among individuals most highly qualified for the posi-15 |
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| 143 | 143 | | tion by reason of background and experience, includ-16 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ing individuals with appropriate management or 17 |
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| 145 | 145 | | leadership experience. The Secretary of the Coast 18 |
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| 146 | 146 | | Guard is the head of the Coast Guard. 19 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 148 | 148 | | IMITATION ON APPOINTMENT .—An indi-20 |
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| 149 | 149 | | vidual may not be appointed as the Secretary of the 21 |
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| 150 | 150 | | Coast Guard during the 5-year period beginning on 22 |
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| 151 | 151 | | the date on which the individual is relieved from ac-23 |
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| 152 | 152 | | tive duty (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10) 24 |
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| 153 | 153 | | as a commissioned officer of a regular component of 25 |
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| 157 | 157 | | any of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 1 |
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| 158 | 158 | | 101(a) of title 10). 2 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘(3) F |
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| 160 | 160 | | UNCTIONS.— 3 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 162 | 162 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to the author-4 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ity, direction, and control of the Secretary of 5 |
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| 164 | 164 | | Homeland Security and subject to the other 6 |
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| 165 | 165 | | provisions of this title, Secretary of the Coast 7 |
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| 166 | 166 | | Guard is responsible for, and has the authority 8 |
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| 167 | 167 | | necessary to conduct, all affairs of the Coast 9 |
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| 168 | 168 | | Guard, including the following functions: 10 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘(i) Recruiting. 11 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘(ii) Organizing. 12 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(iii) Supplying. 13 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(iv) Equipping, including research 14 |
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| 173 | 173 | | and development. 15 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ‘‘(v) Training. 16 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘(vi) Servicing. 17 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ‘‘(vii) Mobilizing. 18 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(viii) Demobilizing. 19 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ‘‘(ix) Administering, including the mo-20 |
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| 179 | 179 | | rale and welfare of personnel. 21 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(x) Maintaining. 22 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(xi) The construction, outfitting, and 23 |
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| 182 | 182 | | repair of military equipment. 24 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(xii) The construction, maintenance, 1 |
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| 187 | 187 | | and repair of buildings, structures, and 2 |
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| 188 | 188 | | utilities and the acquisition of real prop-3 |
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| 189 | 189 | | erty and interests in real property nec-4 |
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| 190 | 190 | | essary to carry out the responsibilities 5 |
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| 191 | 191 | | specified in this section. 6 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 193 | 193 | | DDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES .— 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | Subject to the authority, direction, and control 8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec-9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | retary of the Coast Guard is also responsible to 10 |
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| 197 | 197 | | the Secretary of Homeland Security for— 11 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(i) the functioning and efficiency of 12 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the Coast Guard; 13 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(ii) the formulation of policies and 14 |
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| 201 | 201 | | programs of the Coast Guard that are fully 15 |
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| 202 | 202 | | consistent with national security objectives 16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | and policies established by the President or 17 |
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| 204 | 204 | | the Secretary of Homeland Security; 18 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(iii) the effective and timely imple-19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | mentation of policy, program, and budget 20 |
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| 207 | 207 | | decisions and instructions of the President 21 |
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| 208 | 208 | | or the Secretary of Homeland Security re-22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | lating to the functions of the Coast Guard; 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | and 24 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ‘‘(iv) carrying out the functions of the 1 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Coast Guard so as to fulfill the current 2 |
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| 216 | 216 | | and future operational requirements; 3 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(v) effective cooperation and coordi-4 |
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| 218 | 218 | | nation between the Coast Guard and the 5 |
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| 219 | 219 | | other military departments (as defined in 6 |
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| 220 | 220 | | section 101(a) of title 10) and agencies of 7 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the Department of Defense and the De-8 |
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| 222 | 222 | | partment of Homeland Security to provide 9 |
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| 223 | 223 | | for more effective, efficient, and economical 10 |
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| 224 | 224 | | administration and to eliminate duplica-11 |
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| 225 | 225 | | tion; 12 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(vi) the presentation and justification 13 |
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| 227 | 227 | | of the positions of the Coast Guard on the 14 |
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| 228 | 228 | | plans, programs, and policies of the De-15 |
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| 229 | 229 | | partment of Homeland Security; and 16 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(vii) the effective supervision and 17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | control of the intelligence activities of the 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | Coast Guard. 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ‘‘(C) A |
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| 234 | 234 | | DDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The Sec-20 |
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| 235 | 235 | | retary of the Coast Guard is also responsible 21 |
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| 236 | 236 | | for such other activities as may be prescribed 22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | by law or by the President or Secretary of 23 |
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| 238 | 238 | | Homeland Security. 24 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ‘‘(4) RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS .—After 1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | first informing the Secretary of Homeland Security, 2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | the Secretary of the Coast Guard may make such 3 |
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| 245 | 245 | | recommendations to Congress relating to the De-4 |
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| 246 | 246 | | partment of Homeland Security as the Secretary of 5 |
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| 247 | 247 | | the Coast Guard considers appropriate. 6 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ‘‘(5) D |
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| 249 | 249 | | ELEGATION.—The Secretary of the Coast 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | Guard may assign the functions, powers, and duties 8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | of the Secretary of the Coast Guard, as the Sec-9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | retary of the Coast Guard considers appropriate, to 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | any Under Secretary or Assistant Secretary that has 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | been established and has the advice and consent of 12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | the Senate. 13 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ‘‘(6) A |
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| 257 | 257 | | DDITIONAL POWERS .—The Secretary of 14 |
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| 258 | 258 | | the Coast Guard may— 15 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ‘‘(A) assign, detail, and prescribe the du-16 |
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| 260 | 260 | | ties of members of the Coast Guard and civilian 17 |
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| 261 | 261 | | personnel of the Coast Guard; 18 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(B) change the title of any officer or ac-19 |
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| 263 | 263 | | tivity of the Coast Guard not prescribed by law; 20 |
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| 264 | 264 | | and 21 |
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| 265 | 265 | | ‘‘(C) prescribe regulations to carry out his 22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | functions, powers, and duties under this title.’’; 23 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (B) by amending section 505 to read as 1 |
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| 272 | 272 | | follows: 2 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘§ 505. Functions and powers vested in the Com-3 |
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| 274 | 274 | | mandant 4 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 276 | 276 | | NGENERAL.—The function of the Com-5 |
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| 277 | 277 | | mandant is to assist the Secretary of the Coast Guard in 6 |
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| 278 | 278 | | carrying out the responsibilities of the Coast Guard. Ex-7 |
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| 279 | 279 | | cept as otherwise specifically prescribed by law, the Com-8 |
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| 280 | 280 | | mandant shall perform such duties and have such titles, 9 |
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| 281 | 281 | | as the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 10 |
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| 282 | 282 | | Guard is operating may prescribe. 11 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(b) D |
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| 284 | 284 | | UTIES.—Under the authority, direction, and 12 |
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| 285 | 285 | | control of the Secretary of the Coast Guard, the Com-13 |
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| 286 | 286 | | mandant shall— 14 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ‘‘(1) prepare for such employment of the Coast 15 |
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| 288 | 288 | | Guard, and for such recruiting, organizing, sup-16 |
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| 289 | 289 | | plying, equipping (including aspects of research and 17 |
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| 290 | 290 | | development assigned by the Secretary of the Coast 18 |
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| 291 | 291 | | Guard), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, 19 |
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| 292 | 292 | | administering, and maintaining of the Coast Guard, 20 |
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| 293 | 293 | | as will assist in the execution of any power, duty, or 21 |
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| 294 | 294 | | function of the Secretary of the department in which 22 |
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| 295 | 295 | | the Coast Guard is operating; 23 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘(2) investigate and report upon the efficiency 24 |
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| 297 | 297 | | of the Coast Guard and its preparation to support 25 |
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| 301 | 301 | | all operations pursuant to the department in which 1 |
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| 302 | 302 | | the Coast Guard is operating; 2 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(3) prepare detailed instructions for the execu-3 |
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| 304 | 304 | | tion of approved plans and supervise the execution 4 |
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| 305 | 305 | | of such plans and instructions; 5 |
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| 306 | 306 | | ‘‘(4) as directed by the Secretary of the Coast 6 |
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| 307 | 307 | | Guard, coordinate the action of organizations of the 7 |
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| 308 | 308 | | Coast Guard; and 8 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ‘‘(5) perform such other duties, not otherwise 9 |
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| 310 | 310 | | assigned by law, as may be prescribed by the Sec-10 |
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| 311 | 311 | | retary of the department in which the Coast Guard 11 |
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| 312 | 312 | | is operating.’’. 12 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (4) C |
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| 314 | 314 | | ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 13 |
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| 315 | 315 | | 1137(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended 14 |
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| 316 | 316 | | by striking ‘‘section 501(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 15 |
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| 317 | 317 | | 501(a)(4)’’. 16 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (b) R |
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| 319 | 319 | | EORGANIZATIONPLAN.— 17 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (1) I |
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| 321 | 321 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 18 |
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| 322 | 322 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 19 |
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| 323 | 323 | | of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro-20 |
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| 324 | 324 | | priate committees of Congress a reorganization plan 21 |
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| 325 | 325 | | with respect to— 22 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (A) the number of military and civilian 23 |
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| 327 | 327 | | personnel of the Coast Guard to be assigned to 24 |
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| 328 | 328 | | the Office of the Secretary of the Coast Guard 25 |
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| 332 | 332 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of section 103 of the 1 |
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| 333 | 333 | | Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113); 2 |
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| 334 | 334 | | and 3 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (B) any reorganization of the Department 4 |
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| 336 | 336 | | of Homeland Security necessary as a result of 5 |
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| 337 | 337 | | the establishment of the Secretary of the Coast 6 |
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| 338 | 338 | | Guard under subsection (c) of section 103 of 7 |
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| 339 | 339 | | the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 340 | 340 | | 113), consistent with sections 101(b) and 888 9 |
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| 341 | 341 | | of that Act (6 U.S.C. 111(b), 468). 10 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (2) E |
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| 343 | 343 | | LEMENTS.—The plan required by para-11 |
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| 344 | 344 | | graph (1) shall include following: 12 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (A) Recommendations with respect to leg-13 |
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| 346 | 346 | | islative changes necessary to transfer respon-14 |
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| 347 | 347 | | sibilities from the Commandant to the Sec-15 |
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| 348 | 348 | | retary of the Coast Guard, including with re-16 |
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| 349 | 349 | | spect to such responsibilities under— 17 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (i) title 10 of the United States Code; 18 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (ii) title 14 of the United States Code; 19 |
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| 352 | 352 | | and 20 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (iii) any law relating to navigation or 21 |
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| 354 | 354 | | navigable waters applicable to the Coast 22 |
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| 355 | 355 | | Guard. 23 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (B) Specification of the steps to be taken 24 |
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| 357 | 357 | | by the Secretary of Homeland Security— 25 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (i) to transfer responsibilities from the 1 |
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| 362 | 362 | | Secretary of Homeland Security or the 2 |
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| 363 | 363 | | Commandant of the Coast Guard to the 3 |
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| 364 | 364 | | Secretary of the Coast Guard; and 4 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (ii) to organize the Office of the Sec-5 |
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| 366 | 366 | | retary of the Coast Guard, including the 6 |
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| 367 | 367 | | delegation or assignment of functions to 7 |
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| 368 | 368 | | the Secretary of the Coast Guard, so as to 8 |
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| 369 | 369 | | allow the Secretary of the Coast Guard to 9 |
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| 370 | 370 | | carry out the responsibilities identified 10 |
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| 371 | 371 | | under clause (i). 11 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (C) Specification of any proposed disposi-12 |
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| 373 | 373 | | tion of property, facility, contract, record, or 13 |
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| 374 | 374 | | other asset or obligation to be transferred 14 |
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| 375 | 375 | | under the plan. 15 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (D) Specification of the funds available 16 |
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| 377 | 377 | | that will be transferred to the Office of the Sec-17 |
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| 378 | 378 | | retary of the Coast Guard as a result of trans-18 |
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| 379 | 379 | | fers under the plan. 19 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (E) A date on which the plan shall become 20 |
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| 381 | 381 | | effective. 21 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (F) Any other element the Secretary of 22 |
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| 383 | 383 | | Homeland Security considers appropriate. 23 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (3) C |
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| 385 | 385 | | ONSIDERATION.—The plan required by 24 |
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| 386 | 386 | | paragraph (1) shall take into consideration the role 25 |
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| 391 | 391 | | Guard is operating as a service in the Navy. 2 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (4) M |
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| 393 | 393 | | ODIFICATION.—The Secretary of Home-3 |
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| 394 | 394 | | land Security, in consultation with the appropriate 4 |
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| 395 | 395 | | committees of Congress, may modify or revise any 5 |
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| 396 | 396 | | part of the plan required by this subsection until the 6 |
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| 397 | 397 | | date on which the plan becomes effective in accord-7 |
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| 398 | 398 | | ance with date set forth under paragraph (2)(E). 8 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (5) A |
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| 400 | 400 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 9 |
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| 401 | 401 | | DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro-10 |
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| 402 | 402 | | priate committees of Congress’’ means— 11 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 12 |
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| 404 | 404 | | and Transportation, the Committee on Home-13 |
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| 405 | 405 | | land Security and Governmental Affairs, and 14 |
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| 406 | 406 | | the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 15 |
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| 407 | 407 | | and 16 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (B) the Committee on Transportation and 17 |
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| 409 | 409 | | Infrastructure, the Committee on Homeland Se-18 |
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| 410 | 410 | | curity, and the Committee on Appropriations of 19 |
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| 411 | 411 | | the House of Representatives. 20 |
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