Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Improvement Act

Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Improvement Act

This bill addresses U.S. Coast Guard shore infrastructure.

The bill directs the Coast Guard to (1) develop a plan to standardize its facility assessments; (2) establish shore infrastructure performance goals, measures, and baselines to track the effectiveness of maintenance and repair investments; (3) develop a process to routinely align its shore infrastructure portfolio with mission needs; (4) establish guidance for planning boards to document inputs, deliberations, and project prioritization decisions for infrastructure maintenance projects; (5) employ models for its infrastructure asset lines; (6) include details about competing project alternatives and report tradeoffs in congressional budget requests and related reports; and (7) explore the development of real property management expertise within its workforce.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3210 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3210

 To require the Commandant of the Coast Guard to take certain steps to 
   improve Coast Guard shore infrastructure, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2019

     Ms. Mucarsel-Powell (for herself and Mr. Graves of Louisiana) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Commandant of the Coast Guard to take certain steps to 
   improve Coast Guard shore infrastructure, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. SHORE INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall--
            (1) develop a plan to standardize Coast Guard facility 
        condition assessments;
            (2) establish shore infrastructure performance goals, 
        measures, and baselines to track the effectiveness of 
        maintenance and repair investments and provide feedback on 
        progress made;
            (3) develop a process to routinely align the Coast Guard 
        shore infrastructure portfolio with mission needs, including 
        disposing of unneeded assets;
            (4) establish guidance for planning boards to document 
        inputs, deliberations, and project prioritization decisions for 
        infrastructure maintenance projects;
            (5) employ models for Coast Guard infrastructure asset 
        lines for--
                    (A) predicting the outcome of investments in shore 
                infrastructure;
                    (B) analyzing tradeoffs; and
                    (C) optimizing decisions among competing 
                investments;
            (6) include supporting details about competing project 
        alternatives and report tradeoffs in congressional budget 
        requests and related reports; and
            (7) explore the development of real property management 
        expertise within the Coast Guard workforce, including members 
        of the Senior Executive Service.
    (b) Briefing.--Not later than December 31, 2020, the Commandant of 
the Coast Guard shall brief the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the status of 
the actions required under subsection (a).
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