Us Code § 5101 - Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request

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§ 5101. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request

(a) In General.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget for a fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a Coast Guard authorization request with respect to such fiscal year.

(b) Coast Guard Authorization Request Defined.—In this section, the term "Coast Guard authorization request" means a proposal for legislation that, with respect to the Coast Guard for the relevant fiscal year—

(1) recommends end strengths for personnel for that fiscal year, as described in section 4903;

(2) recommends authorizations of appropriations for that fiscal year, including with respect to matters described in section 4901; and

(3) addresses any other matter that the Secretary determines is appropriate for inclusion in a Coast Guard authorization bill.

(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, §216(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3035, §662a; renumbered §2901 and amended Pub. L. 114–120, title I, §101(d)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 31; renumbered §5101 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§122(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4239, 4240.)


Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282, §122(b), renumbered section 2901 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–282, §123(b)(2), substituted "section 4903" for "section 2703".

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–282, §123(b)(2), substituted "section 4901" for "section 2701".

2016—Pub. L. 114–120, §101(d)(1)(A), (B), renumbered section 662a of this title as this section.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 114–120, §101(d)(1)(C)(i), substituted "described in section 2703" for "described in section 661".

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–120, §101(d)(1)(C)(ii), substituted "described in section 2701" for "described in section 662".

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