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 105 STAT. 2208 PUBLIC LAW 102-241 —DEC. 19, 1991 Dec. 19, 1991 [H.R. 1776] Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991. Maritime affairs. Public Law 102-241 102d Congress An Act To authorize for fiscal year 1992 the United States Coast Guard Budget. 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 Authorization Act of 1991". SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Funds are authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for Fiscal Year 1992, as follows: (a) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, $2,570,000,000, of which $500,000 shall be used to implement the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-646), and $35,000,000 shall be expended from the Boat Safety Account. (b)(1) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, sonar simulators, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $466,000,000, of which $29,000,000 shall be used to acquire a command and control aircraft, to remain available until expended. (2) Funds authorized to be appropriated for the construction of a new seagoing buoy tender (WLB) may not be expended for the acquisition of oil recovery systems unless those systems are manufactured in the United States and only pursuant to competitive bidding based on performance specification and cost. (3)(A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may submit a request for reprogramming of funds to purchase, lease, or lease with option to purchase a replacement command and control aircraft for the Coast Guard during fiscal year 1992. The request shall be in accordance with the existing procedures for congressional review of appropriations reprogramming requests. Subject to those reprogramming procedures— (i) the Coast Guard may enter into a multiyear lease agreement for a replacement aircraft and may utilize operating expenses for a multiyear lease but not for the purchase of aircraft; and (ii) funds may be reprogrammed, pursuant to the request, from any subaccount of the acquisition, construction, and improvements appropriation. (B) The Coast Guard may transfer the current command and control aircraft to the vendor of a replacement aircraft in exchangfe for an equitable reduction in the cash price of an aircraft to be acquired, or in lieu of exchange, the current aircraft may be sold and the proceeds applied toward a purchase, lease, or lease with option to purchase. 69-189 0-91(241)

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