Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Deepwater program is a 20- to 25-year acquisition effort to replace or modernize 93 aging Coast Guard ships and 207 aging Coast Guard aircraft. The program's estimated total acquisition cost is $19 billion to $24 billion. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2006 budget requests $966 million for the program. On March 25, 2005, the Coast Guard submitted to Congress a revised implementation plan for the program. Some Members of Congress have criticized the plan on several grounds. On May 4, 2005, the Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee criticized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Coast Guard's parent agency, for being insufficiently responsive to the subcommittee's requests for comprehensive information on the Deepwater program. Because of this, the subcommittee recommended reducing the program's FY2006 funding request to $500 million. The FY2006 DHS appropriations bill as reported by the House Appropriations Committee on May 10, 2005, includes this recommended reduction. This report will be updated as events warrant.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 12, 2005
Accession Number
ADA472604

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Coast Guard
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Maritime Security
  • National Security
  • Port Security
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting