Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024
What changed between versions
Section 216 (Adjustment of liability limits for natural gas deepwater ports) was removed entirely. This provision would have allowed the Secretary to lower oil pollution liability limits for deepwater ports used in connection with natural gas transportation to as low as $1,000,000 and for oil to as low as $50,000,000.
New section 330 (Articulated tug-barge manning) was added to Subtitle C on Vessel Safety, addressing manning requirements for articulated tug-barge configurations.
New section 354 (Anchorages) was added to Subtitle D on Other Matters.
The provision on 'Modification to career intermission program' (formerly section 226) was removed from the bill. The GAO housing report provision was renumbered from section 227 to section 226.
Section 103 now includes a new paragraph (3) authorizing $216,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 for the acquisition of 2 Fast Response Cutters, a new vessel procurement not present in the Introduced version.
The retired pay authorization in section 101 was increased from $1,147,244,000 to $1,210,840,000 for fiscal year 2025, an increase of approximately $63.6 million.
New section 217 (Additional Pribilof Island transition completion actions) requires the Secretary to include in quarterly reports the status of use of renovated housing, food preparation, and maintenance facilities on St. Paul Island, Alaska, plus a detailed plan for acquiring and constructing a helicopter hangar near St. Paul airport.
New section 513 (Coast Guard Academy room reassignment) was added to Title V.
New section 512 (Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial) was added to Title V, establishing that a conviction for a sex offense can be grounds for denial of certain Coast Guard actions.
Section 209 (Consideration of life-cycle cost estimates for acquisition and procurement) was recodified from title 46 (Shipping) as section 1138 to title 14 (Coast Guard) as section 1139, correcting the statutory placement.
