Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2017 budget requests $150 million in acquisition funding for a new polar icebreaker that the Coast Guard wants...
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ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc855901 2023-05-15T14:59:32+02:00 Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress Fiscal Year 2017 O'Rourke, Ronald United States 2016-05-27 50 pages. Text http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc855901/ English eng Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. crs: RL34391 local-cont-no: RL34391_2016May27 http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc855901/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc855901 Arctic regions Coast guard -- U.S Environmental protection Science policy Ships Transportation Report 2016 ftunivnotexas 2016-08-13T22:11:42Z This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2017 budget requests $150 million in acquisition funding for a new polar icebreaker that the Coast Guard wants to begin building in FY2020. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration's FY2017 acquisition funding request for a new polar icebreaker, and, more generally, whether to approve, reject, or modify the Coast Guard's overall plan for sustaining and modernizing the polar icebreaking fleet. Report Arctic University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library Arctic |
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This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet. The Coast Guard's proposed FY2017 budget requests $150 million in acquisition funding for a new polar icebreaker that the Coast Guard wants to begin building in FY2020. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration's FY2017 acquisition funding request for a new polar icebreaker, and, more generally, whether to approve, reject, or modify the Coast Guard's overall plan for sustaining and modernizing the polar icebreaking fleet. |
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