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GAO and witnesses tell House panel Coast Guard shore infrastructure backlog tops $7 billion; housing and child care projects at risk
Summary
GAO testified that nearly half of Coast Guard shore infrastructure is beyond service life and the backlog totals at least $7 billion. Members raised specific local projects and asked whether unobligated appropriations could be rescinded under executive action.
Government Accountability Office witnesses told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee that the Coast Guard's shore infrastructure backlog totals at least $7,000,000,000 and that almost half of shore facilities have exceeded their service life.
"These shore infrastructure backlogs include items ranging from sinkholes at the Coast Guard yard, training facilities at Coast Guard Academy in Cape May, and housing units where service members and their families live," GAO Director Heather McLeod said. She told the committee that deferred maintenance increases long‑term costs and risks to safety,…
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