Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-02-11
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025” Read the full text
Transportation and Public Works
What it does
The bill authorizes Coast Guard funding and staffing through fiscal year 2026, updates vessel, mariner, and port safety rules, and creates an abandoned-vessel removal process. It requires new Coast Guard policies on sexual assault and harassment reporting, evidence retention, and victim protections, plus various GAO studies on facilities and staffing. It also revises Coast Guard Academy oversight, changes NOAA Corps leadership and fleet management, and updates the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act and Exxon Valdez oil spill fund management.
Written by AI from the complete official bill text and independently fact-checked against it. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-02-11
In the Senate.
Passed the Senate · 2025-03-05
House floor vote · next
Official documents
The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
4
sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
OCEAN CONSERVANCYvia OCEAN CONSERVANCY
7 filingsROBERTSON MONAGLE & EASTAUGH PC (ON BEHALF OF CITY OF SEWARD AK)via BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
7 filingsTDX CORPvia BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
7 filingsBERING STRAITS NATIVE CORPORATIONvia BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
6 filingsCHENIERE ENERGY, INC.via BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
6 filingsDNV USA INC.via BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
6 filingsINTERNATIONAL MARINE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONvia BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
6 filingsPORT OF SEATTLEvia ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
6 filingsFrom 198 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Held at the Desk (2025-03-10).