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Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act
To require a report on Coast Guard personnel skills transfer to the dredging sector and the importance of certain waterways to national security, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report within 180 days analyzing Coast Guard personnel skills (engineering, navigation, heavy equipment operation, maintenance) transferable to the dredging industry.
- Requires the report to include a plan for recruitment and outreach strategies to connect separating or retiring Coast Guard personnel with dredging industry employment opportunities.
- Requires the report to evaluate potential credentialing or certification programs to validate Coast Guard personnel skills for employment in the dredging industry.
- Requires the report to describe existing or planned coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies to facilitate transition of Coast Guard personnel into the dredging industry.
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Sponsor (1)
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![Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/H001077.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Higgins, Clay (R-LA) [#3]
1 cosponsor
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![Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/E000235.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Ezell, Mike (R-MS) [#4]
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Clay Higgins’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- Employer not reported $14,100
- SAFESOURCE DIRECT $10,500
- THE PICARD GROUP $8,300
- WINN CORRECTIONAL $6,666
- PHI, INC. $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Clay Higgins → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Jun 24, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. · house
- Jun 23, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Jun 23, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 23, 2025
Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Ezell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To require a report on Coast Guard personnel skills transfer to the dredging sector and the importance of certain waterways to national security, 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 “Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act”.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON COAST GUARD PERSONNEL SKILLS TRANSFER TO THE DREDGING SECTOR AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CERTAIN WATERWAYS TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
Recognizing the critical role of Federal channels and other channels determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be strategically important in supporting national security and economic prosperity, and the essential function of the United States dredging industry in maintaining such waterways, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that includes the following:
(1) An analysis of the skills and experience of Coast Guard personnel, particularly such personnel with backgrounds in engineering, navigation, heavy equipment operation, and maintenance, that are directly transferable to the dredging industry, which is vital for the upkeep of Federal channels and other channels determined by the Secretary to be strategically important.
(2) A plan for developing and implementing targeted outreach and recruitment strategies to connect separating or retiring Coast Guard personnel with employment opportunities in the dredging industry, thereby strengthening the workforce that supports national security interests.
(3) An evaluation of the potential for establishing credentialing or certification programs to recognize and validate the skills of Coast Guard personnel for employment in the dredging industry, ensuring a skilled workforce for maintaining Federal channels and other channels determined by the Secretary to be strategically important.
(4) A description of any existing or planned coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers and other relevant agencies to facilitate the transition of Coast Guard personnel into the dredging industry, reinforcing the capacity of the United States to ensure the readiness and reliability of Federal channels and other channels determined by the Secretary to be strategically important. <all>
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