Coast Guard bill addresses veterans, EPA, icebreaking

摘要

House transportation leaders in February introduced legislation that would make many regulatory and policy changes at the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 would also give statutory backbone to the development of a National Maritime Strategy by requiring the Maritime Administration to create a plan that would assure the future of the U.S. merchant marine. "This bill ensures the men and women of the Coast Guard have the tools they need to carry out their critical missions, enforce our laws on U.S. waters and on the high seas, and safeguard our nation's maritime interests around the world," Bill Shuster, R-Pa., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said in a statement.