Detailed Summary

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2010 for the Coast Guard.

Authorizes FY2010 levels of Coast Guard active duty military personnel and average military training student loads.

Sets forth various provisions relating to Coast Guard personnel matters.

Authorizes grants to international maritime organizations.

Establishes the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee.

Requires the Coast Guard Commandant to establish certain programs involving minority serving institutions and their students.

Sets forth various provisions, including provisions related to shipping and navigation, law enforcement (including with respect to drug law enforcement), liability limits for natural gas deepwater ports, claims against the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, ship emission reduction technology, vessels supporting oil and gas development, Arctic marine shipping, and the enhanced Loran (eLORAN) supplemental positioning system.

Great Lakes Icebreaker Replacement Act - Authorizes appropriations for the design, acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity on the Great Lakes.

Coast Guard Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 - Revises Coast Guard acquisition requirements.

Maritime Workforce Development Act - Requires maritime career training loans to students and authorizes competitive grants to maritime training institutions.

Coast Guard Modernization Act of 2009 - Revises provisions concerning the organization of the Coast Guard and takes a variety of steps regarding maritime safety.

Maritime Safety Act of 2009 - Regulates vessel size limits, the rebuilding or replacing of vessels, fishery management in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area or the Gulf of Alaska, maritime safety, oil fuel tank protection, merchant mariners' documents, vessel staffing requirements, and the Navigation Safety Advisory Council.

Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009 - Establishes passenger vessel requirements for security and safety and for crew crime scene preservation training.

United States Mariner and Vessel Protection Act of 2009 - Shields an owner, operator, time charterer, master, or mariner who uses force to defend a vessel of the United States against piracy from liability for any related injury or death.

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 11/2/2009: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 195.

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