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Coast Guard Personnel Equipment Act
To amend title 10, United States Code, to include the Coast Guard in the requirement to buy certain articles from American sources.
Summary
The Coast Guard Personnel Equipment Act amends federal law to extend "Buy American" requirements to the Coast Guard, requiring the service to purchase certain articles and equipment from American sources, consistent with requirements that already apply to the Department of Defense. The bill modifies the applicable statute to include the Coast Guard and establishes that the Secretary of Homeland Security has authority over Coast Guard procurement decisions when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy. The changes ensure that the Coast Guard's equipment purchasing follows the same American-source requirements as other military branches and establish coordination between the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Homeland Security for related policy matters.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- May 14, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- May 14, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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
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”. <all>
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