S. 5468 · 118th Congress

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024

Introduced on Dec 10, 2024 by Maria Cantwell (D-WA). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 10, 2024): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 10, 2024
Cosponsors
3
2 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advisory bodies
  • Alaska
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Appropriations
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Aviation and airports
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Citizenship and naturalization
  • Civics education
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Coast guard
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Crime prevention
  • Crime victims
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Defense spending
  • Department of Commerce
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Employee leave
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Great Lakes
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health care quality
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health personnel
  • Higher education
  • Hunting and fishing
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • International law and treaties
  • Lakes and rivers
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
  • Mental health
  • Military education and training
  • Military facilities and property
  • Military history
  • Military medicine
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • Military procurement, research, weapons development
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • National Guard and reserves
  • Navigation, waterways, harbors
  • Neurological disorders
  • Oil and gas
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Personnel records
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Puerto Rico
  • Puget Sound
  • Research and development
  • School athletics
  • Sex offenses
  • Smuggling and trafficking
  • Student aid and college costs
  • Texas
  • Transportation costs
  • Transportation safety and security
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • User charges and fees
  • Veterans' medical care
  • Veterans' pensions and compensation
  • Virgin Islands
  • Water quality

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Maria CantwellD-WASponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Dec 10, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 10, 2024 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING$15M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION1 report
    $520K reported (all issues)
  3. American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group, Inc.1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER GROUP, INC$2.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  4. CHENIERE ENERGY INC.1 report
  5. FBB GOVERNMENT RELATIONS (FKALINDSAY HART LLP) ONBEHALFOF ALASKA CHADUX NETWORK1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  6. Fugro USA Marine, Inc.1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FUGRO USA MARINE, INC.$4.7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. International Group of P&I Clubs1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  8. International Marine Contractors Association1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  9. TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  10. Tanadgusix Corporation1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.