[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6258 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6258

 To amend title 14, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
  the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enter into 
 certain contracts for the acquisition of vessels for the Coast Guard, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2016

  Mr. Hunter (for himself and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 14, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
  the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enter into 
 certain contracts for the acquisition of vessels for the Coast Guard, 
                        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 Acquisition Improvement 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 578. Contracting authority
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may enter into contracts described 
in subsection (b) for the acquisition for the Coast Guard of no less 
than--
            ``(1) three heavy polar icebreakers;
            ``(2) three medium polar icebreakers;
            ``(3) four Offshore Patrol Cutters; and
            ``(4) five Fast Response Cutters.
    ``(b) Authorized Methods.--Contracts referred to in subsection (a) 
are the following:
            ``(1) Block buys.
            ``(2) Leases.
            ``(3) Combined purchases, also known as economic order 
        quantity purchases, of--
                    ``(A) materials and components; and
                    ``(B) long lead time materials.
            ``(4) Advance construction funding.
            ``(5) Multiyear contracts entered into in accordance with 
        section 2306b of title 10.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 223 of the Howard Coble Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (14 U.S.C. 577 note) is 
repealed.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis at the beginning of such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such 
subchapter the following:

``578. Contracting authority.''.
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