Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 and makes a broad set of changes to Coast Guard acquisition, personnel, sexual misconduct response, academy oversight, shipping and vessel safety, oil spill response, and reporting requirements.

• Amends Title 14 to set Coast Guard funding levels of about $11.3 billion for fiscal year 2025 and $11.9 billion for fiscal year 2026, and raises authorized military end strength levels
• Requires new policies and reports on sexual assault and sexual harassment handling, victim transfers, retention of evidence, and a safe-to-report policy for minor collateral misconduct
• Modifies merchant mariner credentialing, vessel safety, anchorage, and oil pollution response rules, and creates a Coast Guard Academy student advisory board
• Requires numerous briefings, GAO studies, and Coast Guard reports to Congress on acquisitions, icebreaking, polar cutters, housing, and training facilities

• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)

Transportation and Public Works