119-hr4375

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4375 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4375

 To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to submit to Congress a 
 strategy detailing how the Coast Guard will complete design and 
 construction of a Great Lakes Icebreaker, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 14, 2025

 Ms. McDonald Rivet (for herself, Mr. Wied, and Mr. Miller of Ohio) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Transportation and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to submit to Congress a 
 strategy detailing how the Coast Guard will complete design and 
 construction of a Great Lakes Icebreaker, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Great Lakes Icebreaker Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES ICEBREAKING.

    (a) Great Lakes Icebreaker.--

    (1) Strategy.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
 enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to the 
 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
 Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
 of the House of Representatives a strategy detailing how the 
 Coast Guard will complete design and construction of a Great 
 Lakes icebreaker at least as capable as the Coast Guard cutter 
 Mackinaw (WLBB-30) as expeditiously as possible after funding 
 is provided for such icebreaker, including providing a cost 
 estimate and an estimated delivery timeline that would 
 facilitate the expedited delivery detailed in the strategy.

    (2) Great lakes icebreaker pilot program.--
        (A) In general.--During the 5 ice seasons beginning 
 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant 
 shall conduct a pilot program to determine the extent 
 to which the Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreaking cutter 
 fleet is capable of maintaining tier one and tier two 
 waterways open 95 percent of the time during an ice 
 season.
        (B) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the end 
 of each of the 5 ice seasons beginning after the date 
 of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall submit 
 to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
 Representatives a report that details--
            (i) the results of the pilot program 
 required under subparagraph
        (A) ; and
            (ii) any relevant new performance measures 
 implemented by the Coast Guard, including the 
 measures described in pages 5 through 7 of the 
 report of the Coast Guard titled ``Domestic 
 Icebreaking Operations'' and submitted to 
 Congress on July 26, 2024, as required by 
 

section 11212

    (a)

    (3) of the Don Young Coast 
 Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 
 117-263), and the results of the implementation 
 of such measures.

    (b) Modification to Reporting Requirement Relating to Icebreaking 
Operations in Great Lakes.--

    (1) In general.--

Section 11213

    (f) of the Don Young Coast 
 Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-263) is amended 
 to read as follows:
 ``

    (f) Public Report.--Not later than July 1 after the first winter 
in which the Commandant has submitted the report required by paragraph

    (3) of 

section 11212

    (a) , the Commandant shall publish on a publicly 
accessible website of the Coast Guard a report on the cost to the Coast 
Guard of meeting the proposed standards described in paragraph

    (2) of 
such section.''.

    (2) Public report.--

Section 11272
            (c) of the James M. Inhofe 
 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 is 
 amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (7) Public report.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
 date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 
 of 2025, the Commandant shall brief the Committee on 
 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House or 
 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
 and Transportation of the Senate on the cost to the 
 Coast Guard of meeting the requirements of 

section 564 
 of title 14, United States Code, in fiscal year 2024.
 ``
        (B) Secondary briefings.--Not later than 
 November, 2025 and November, 1, 2026, the Commandant 
 shall brief the committees described in subparagraph
        (A) on the cost to the Coast Guard of meeting the 
 requirements of 

section 564 of title 14, United States 
 Code, in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, respectively.''.
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