Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Deepwater program is a 20- to 25-year, $19- to $24-billion acquisition program to replace or modernize 93 Coast Guard ships and 207 Coast Guard aircraft. The Coast Guard's 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. The House version of H.R. 2360, the FY2006 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill, reduces the FY2006 Deepwater funding request to $500 million; the Senate version reduces it to $905.6 million. This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 2005
Accession Number
ADA472606

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • 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.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Oceanography.