Transportation Infrastructure Committee favorably reports Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, 60-0

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted to favorably report H.R. 4275, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, adopting an amendment in the nature of a substitute and related changes before a recorded vote showed 60 yeas and 0 nays. The committee agreed to send the bill to the full House for further consideration.

The bill would authorize Coast Guard funding for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 and includes provisions the committee said are intended to recapitalize cutters, upgrade shore facilities and information technology, and strengthen response capacity for maritime disasters and spills. Chairman Garret Graves said the measure “provides the men and women of the Coast Guard with the authorities and resources that they need to carry out their missions.”

Committee members described several substantive additions and changes adopted during markup. Lawmakers added language to establish a Coast Guard service secretary position; provisions aimed at modernizing the mariner credentialing and testing system to address merchant mariner shortages; and oversight measures tied to the service’s response to sexual assault and harassment, which members referenced as arising from the Operation Fouled Anchor accountability work.

The manager’s amendment, adopted as part of the package, included technical edits and member-requested provisions: reports on…