H.R. 4375

[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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