S. 4533

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4533 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4533

To amend title 10, United States Code, to include the Coast Guard in 
the requirement to buy certain articles from American sources.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 14, 2026

Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to include the Coast Guard in 
the requirement to buy certain articles from American sources.

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 ``Coast Guard Personnel Equipment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR COAST GUARD TO BUY CERTAIN ARTICLES FROM 
AMERICAN SOURCES.

Section 4862 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Department of 
Defense'' and inserting ``Department of Defense or any branch 
of the Armed Forces'';
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``the Secretary of the 
military department concerned'' and inserting ``the Secretary 
concerned'';
(3) in subsection (g)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Department of 
Defense'' and inserting ``Department of Defense or any 
branch of the Armed Forces''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``The 
Secretary of Defense'' and inserting ``The Secretary of 
Defense or, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is 
not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security'';
(4) in subsection (h)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``Secretary of 
Defense'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense or, with 
respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as 
a service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Secretary of 
Defense'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security,''; and
(5) in subsection (k), by striking ``or of the military 
department concerned'' and inserting ``or the Secretary 
concerned''.
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