Miscellaneous Coast Guard Legislation

Considers two private bills, H.R. 1452, to authorize a sale of certain artifacts from a former light station in Scituate, Mass.; and S. 513, to authorize the Treasury Dept to provide coastwise trade documentation for a ship, the Acadia of Port Clyde, Maine. Also considers. S. 881 and related S. 205, to authorize the Treasury Dept to document ships of former U.S. registry subsequently sold to foreign concerns. S. 833, to expand the Federal Boating Act of 1958 to include Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. H.R. 2292 and H.R. 8719, to revise Coast Guard discharge and temporary appointment and promotion authority. S. 1289 and related H.R. 4744, to revise export manifest oath requirements. H.R. 4229, to authorize application of commissioned officer service in the Coast and Geodetic Survey towards civil service retirement benefits. H.R. 8152, to implement the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil of 1954 provisions.

Considers. H.R. 7855 and related bills, to authorize procurement of patrol vessels and helicopters for the Coast Guard. H.R. 727 and H.R. 7965, to provide for the administration of the Coast Guard Band. H.R. 7779 and H.R. 8851, to provide for the retirement of enlisted members of the Coast Guard Reserve. H.R. 8761 and related bills, to provide an increase in the retired pay of former Lighthouse Service members. H.R. 725, to clarify the responsibility for marking obstructions in navigable waters. H.R. 722, to amend provisions of existing law concerning the relationship of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Army and Navy so they will apply with similar effect to the Air Force. H.R. 956, to amend the inland, Great Lakes, and western rivers rules concerning sailing vessels and vessels under sixty-five feet in length. H.R. 5217 and H.R. 2137, to permit vessels Little Nancy and Janice Vee to be documented for use in U.S. fisheries and coastwise trade. H.R. 3351, to provide for the measurement of gross and net tonnages for vessels having two or more decks. H.R. 2471 and related bills, to improve and clarify certain laws of the Coast Guard, relating to Commandant and Assistant Commandant retirement, civilian teachers and number of cadets at the Coast Guard Academy, aviation cadet training program; and merchant marine officer procurement, retirement, and recall to service.

Aonsiders legislation to make lighthouse service pension system comparable to civil service system. H.R. 13366, and S. 2047, to prohibit Coast Guard from applying inspection laws to cannery tender vessels transporting fish, material, and personnel to canneries in Alaska. H.R. 2193 and 10 similar bills, to permit documentation of following ships as U.S. vessels privileged to engage in coastwise trade: Eugene II; Northwind; Ocean Delight; Annie B.; Car-Lo; Marpole; and Cap'n Frank. H.R. 15714, identical H.R. 15950, similar H.R. 15580, and companion S. 3102, to delay the date by which the ship Delta Queen must comply with new safety regulations. H.R. 16127, to increase the maximum number of Coast Guard officers from 4,000 to 5,000. Also reviews FAA's contract with Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) to perform airport obstruction surveys, including cost of contract and effect on ESSA's ability to perform other assigned functions on schedule.