House Passes FY 2012-2014 Coast Guard Authorization Bill
On November 15, 2011, the House passed H.R. 2838, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011, which would authorize appropriations for the U.S. Coast Guard for fiscal years 2012 through 2014. According to a House Transportation Committee press release, H.R. 2838 would, among other things, strengthen existing authorities against piracy and improve an existing training program to instruct mariners on acceptable use of force against pirates. It would authorize armed security on vessels carrying government impelled cargo through high risk waters, and it includes a report on ways to improve U.S. efforts to track ransom payments and the movement of money through Somali piracy networks.
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(Authorization legislation can establish, continue, or modify an agency or program for a fixed or indefinite period of time. It may also set forth the duties and functions of an agency or program, its organizational structure, and the responsibilities of agency or program officials. Authorizing legislation also authorizes the enactment of appropriations for an agency or program. However, separate appropriations legislation is needed to actually fund an agency and provide it with budget authority.)