Coast Guard Miscellaneous Legislation

Book excerpt: 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.