AUTHORIZATION OF COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS (115–9) HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION APRIL 4, 2017 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( Available online at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ committee.action?chamber=house&committee=transportation U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 24–911 PDF WASHINGTON : 2017 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Sep 08, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\HEARINGS\115\CG\4-4-20~1\24911.TXT JEAN COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee, ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Vice Chair Columbia FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey JERROLD NADLER, New York SAM GRAVES, Missouri EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas DUNCAN HUNTER, California ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas RICK LARSEN, Washington LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California BOB GIBBS, Ohio DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida STEVE COHEN, Tennessee JEFF DENHAM, California ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky JOHN GARAMENDI, California MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, JR., Georgia SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota MARK SANFORD, South Carolina DINA TITUS, Nevada ROB WOODALL, Georgia SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York TODD ROKITA, Indiana ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut, Vice JOHN KATKO, New York Ranking Member BRIAN BABIN, Texas LOIS FRANKEL, Florida GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois BARBARA COMSTOCK, Virginia JARED HUFFMAN, California DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina JULIA BROWNLEY, California MIKE BOST, Illinois FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida RANDY K. WEBER, SR., Texas DONALD M. PAYNE, JR., New Jersey DOUG LAMALFA, California ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California BRUCE WESTERMAN, Arkansas BRENDA L. LAWRENCE, Michigan LLOYD SMUCKER, Pennsylvania MARK DESAULNIER, California PAUL MITCHELL, Michigan JOHN J. FASO, New York A. DREW FERGUSON IV, Georgia BRIAN J. MAST, Florida JASON LEWIS, Minnesota SUBCOMMITTEE ON COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION DUNCAN HUNTER, California, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska JOHN GARAMENDI, California FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana RICK LARSEN, Washington DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina JARED HUFFMAN, California RANDY K. WEBER, SR., Texas ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California BRIAN J. MAST, Florida ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JASON LEWIS, Minnesota, Vice Chair Columbia BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania (Ex Officio) PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon (Ex Officio) (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Sep 08, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\115\CG\4-4-20~1\24911.TXT JEAN CONTENTS Page Summary of Subject Matter .................................................................................... iv WITNESSES Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, accompanied by Master Chief Steven W. Cantrell, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 5 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 41 Responses to questions for the record from the following Representatives: Hon. Duncan Hunter of California .......................................................... 45 Hon. Don Young of Alaska ....................................................................... 49 Hon. Michael A. Khouri, Acting Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 5 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 57 Responses to questions for the record from Hon. Duncan Hunter of Cali- fornia .............................................................................................................. 63 Joel Szabat, Executive Director, Maritime Administration: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 5 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 69 Responses to questions for the record from Hon. Duncan Hunter of Cali- fornia .............................................................................................................. 77 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Hon. John Garamendi of California ....................................................................... 37 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Hon. John Garamendi, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali- fornia, submission of the following documents: Report from Hon. Garamendi’s Maritime Advisory Committee, ‘‘Priorities of the Northern California Maritime Industry,’’ April 25, 2016 ............... 78 Written statement of General Darren W. McDew, U.S. Air Force and Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, from the March 30, 2017, hearing of the House Armed Services Committee ...................................... 101 ‘‘Federal Maritime Commission 55th Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016,’’ submitted by Hon. Michael A. Khouri, Acting Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission 1 1 The 59-page ‘‘Federal Maritime Commission 55th Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016’’ can be found online on the Federal Maritime Commission’s website at http://www.fmc.gov/ assets/1/Page/55AnnualReport.pdf. (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Sep 08, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\115\CG\4-4-20~1\24911.TXT JEAN iv <Commtttrr on <rrmt~port.uion nnll 3lnfrnstrmllln U~. J!)ousc of l'cprcscnt.lti\Jcs j!ltll~btmtt Wa~l)lngton D<C 20515 llt~tt a.lllt;f.r,io qmrmm J.wing :llltmbtr JUdi~ w" DHrld: -l.l­SdO.itu.iut ~Sta:ffDil«b:: March 31,2017 SlJMMARY 01<' SUBJECT MATTER TO: Members, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation FROM: Staff, Subconunittce on Coast Guard and Maritime Transpot1ation RE: Hearing on the "Authoiization of Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs" PURPOSE The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation will meet on Tuesday, April4, 2017, at 2:00p.m., in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to examine the United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard or Service) and maritime transpot1ation programs. The Subcommittee will hear from the Coast Guard, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), and the Maiitime Administration (MARAD). BACKGROUND Each Congress the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transpot1ation moves an authorization bill principally to authorize appropiiatious for the Coast Guard and also the FMC. The last reauthorization bill (the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016, P.L. 114-120), provided a two-year authorization of appropriations for fiscal years (FY) 2016 and 2017, with $9.1 billion authorized for each year. This Congress, we will need to move another authorization bill. Such bill may include: provisions suggested by the Coast Guard to improve its operations and programs; stodies or reports to be conducted by the Government Accountability Office to review laws and regulations implemented by the Service; legislative changes to maritime laws; land conveyances; and miscellaneous maritime policy items. Historically, the Subcommittee works with the House Aln1ed Services Conunittee to authorize appropriations for MARAD in the National Defense Authorization bill which is passed each session of Congress. The Subcommittee retains jurisdiction over non-national secmily aspects of the merchant marine and when appropriate addresses relevant issues in authorization bills. VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Sep 08, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\115\CG\4-4-20~1\24911.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 1 here 24911.001 v United States Coast Guard The Coast Guard was established on January 28, 1915, through the consolidation of the Revenue Cutter Service (established in 1790) and the Lifesaving Service (established in 1848). The Coast Guard later assumed the duties of three other agencies: the Lighthouse Service (established in 1789), the Steamboat Inspection Service (established in 1838), and the Bureau of Navigation (established in 1884). Under section 2 of title 14, United States Code, the Coast Guard has primary responsibility to enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable federa1laws on, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction ofthc United States; to ensure safety of life and property at sea; to carry out domestic and international iccbrcaking activities; and, as one of the five armed forces of the United States, to maintain defense readiness to operate as a specialized service in the Navy upon the declaration of war or when the President directs. The Coast Guard is directed by a Connnandant, who is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate to a four-year term. On May 30,2014, President