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Creates multiple Coast Guard pilot programs and staffing requirements to expand behavioral health care for service members, directs many Coast Guard studies and reports on maritime safety (ports, buoys, Arctic traffic), tightens oil-pollution and marine-fire response rules, updates Coast Guard Academy sexual-harassment and safety policies, and makes technical and operational changes to NOAA fleet and officer rules. The bill sets deadlines, reporting requirements to Congress, and several time-limited pilot programs and protections (many ending or requiring reports by 2028).
Strikes "Federal Register" and inserts "the Federal Register" in subsection (b)(1).
Amends subsection (b): in paragraph (1) strikes "terrorism cyber" and inserts "terrorism, cyber"; and in paragraph (2) inserts a comma after specified text (text as provided).
Amends subsection (a) by striking and inserting references to "section 70051" and "section 70116(b)" (replaces earlier cross-references as provided).
Amends paragraph (2) by striking and inserting references to "section 70051" and "section 70116(b)" (replaces earlier cross-references as provided).
Redesignates subsections (l) and (m) as subsections (m) and (n), respectively.
Amends paragraph (2) by striking "section 1" and inserting "section 101".
Amends subparagraph (b)(1)(D) by striking "section 93(c)" and inserting "section 504(c)".
In the analysis for subtitle VII, strikes the period after specified item in the item relating to chapter 700 (editorial/table-of-contents change as provided).
In the analysis for chapter 700, strikes the item relating to section 70006 and inserts a revised item (text as provided); makes additional editorial changes in chapter 700 analysis headings for subchapters IV and VI.
Amends subsection (e)(1) by striking existing text and inserting a reference to "section 60105".
And 80 more affected sections...
Received in the House
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced February 11, 2025 by Rafael Edward Cruz · Last progress March 10, 2025
Held at the Desk
Received in the House
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1521-1568; text: CR S1522-1568)