[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2546 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2546

  To establish the position of Secretary of the Coast Guard, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2025

  Mr. Ezell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish the position of Secretary of the Coast Guard, 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 ``Secretary of the Coast Guard Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. SECRETARY OF THE COAST GUARD.

    (a) Secretary of the Coast Guard.--Subtitle I of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 106 as section 107;
            (2) by inserting after section 105 the following:
``Sec. 106. Secretary of the Coast Guard defined
    ``In this title, the term `Secretary of the Coast Guard' means the 
Secretary of the Coast Guard established in section 201.''; and
            (3) by inserting after section 107, as so redesignated, the 
        following:

               ``CHAPTER 2--SECRETARY OF THE COAST GUARD

``201. Secretary of the Coast Guard.
``Sec. 201. Secretary of the Coast Guard
    ``(a) In General.--There is a Secretary of the Coast Guard, 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate.
    ``(b) Powers.--Subject to the authority, direction, and control of 
the Secretary, the Secretary of the Coast Guard shall exercise the 
powers of the Secretary in section 501, and other duties as may be 
prescribed by law or by the President or Secretary, in directing the 
Coast Guard.
    ``(c) Reporting.--The Secretary of the Coast Guard shall report 
directly to the Secretary without being required to report through any 
other official of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.
    ``(d) Commandant Reporting.--The Commandment shall report directly 
to the Secretary of the Coast Guard.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1 of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
106 and inserting the following:

``106. Secretary of the Coast Guard defined.
``107. Commandant defined.''.
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