[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5341 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5341

To require the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating to delegate to the Commandant of the Coast Guard authority to 
      enter into intergovernmental support agreements relating to 
         installation-support services, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 6, 2026

   Mr. Murphy (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. King, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
Schiff, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
    Collins, Ms. Alsobrooks, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Kim, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Blunt Rochester, and Mrs. 
  Hyde-Smith) 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 require the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating to delegate to the Commandant of the Coast Guard authority to 
      enter into intergovernmental support agreements relating to 
         installation-support services, 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 ``Strengthening Coast Guard 
Communities Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. COAST GUARD INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') 
shall delegate to the Commandant of the Coast Guard (referred to in 
this section as the ``Commandant'') the authority of the Secretary 
under section 2679 of title 10, United States Code.
    (b) Notification.--Not later than 60 days after the date on which 
the Commandant exercises the authority of the Secretary under section 
2679 of title 10, United States Code, in accordance with subsection 
(a), the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a written 
notification of such exercise of authority.
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