[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4533 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4533

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to include the Coast Guard in 
     the requirement to buy certain articles from American sources.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2026

  Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to include the Coast Guard in 
     the requirement to buy certain articles from American sources.

    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 Personnel Equipment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR COAST GUARD TO BUY CERTAIN ARTICLES FROM 
              AMERICAN SOURCES.

    Section 4862 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Department of 
        Defense'' and inserting ``Department of Defense or any branch 
        of the Armed Forces'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``the Secretary of the 
        military department concerned'' and inserting ``the Secretary 
        concerned'';
            (3) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Department of 
                Defense'' and inserting ``Department of Defense or any 
                branch of the Armed Forces''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``The 
                Secretary of Defense'' and inserting ``The Secretary of 
                Defense or, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is 
                not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security'';
            (4) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``Secretary of 
                Defense'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense or, with 
                respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as 
                a service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Secretary of 
                Defense'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security,''; and
            (5) in subsection (k), by striking ``or of the military 
        department concerned'' and inserting ``or the Secretary 
        concerned''.
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