Public Law 91–49

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft and construction of shore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

vessels For procurement, increasing capability and extension of service life of vessels, $56,584,000. A. Procurement: (1) three high endurance cutters; (2) one coastal buoy tender; (3) vessel design. None of the vessels authorized herein shall be procured from other than shipyards and facilities within the United States. B. Increasing capability: (1) modify balloon tracking radar for high endurance cutters to improve target acquisition; (2) install tactical navigational equipment on two high endurance cutters; (3) increase fuel capacity and improve habitability on three hundred and twenty-seven foot high endurance cutters; (4) modernize and improve selected buoy tenders. C. Extension of service life: (1) Re-engine two ferryboats.

aircraft For procurement and extension of service life of aircraft, $17,188,000. A. Procurement: (1) nine medium range helicopters. B. Extension of service life: (1) replace center wing box beam of six HC–130 aircraft.

construction For establishment or development of installations and facilities by acquisition, construction, conversion, extension, or installation of permanent or temporary public works, including the preparation of sites and furnishing of appurtenances, utilities, and equipment for the following, $57,378,000. (1) San Francisco, California: radio station; (2) Air station, Brooklyn, New York: barracks, messing; (3) Station, Scituate, Massachusetts: improve facilities; (4) Base, Boston, Massachusetts: improve facilities; (5) Station, Barnegat, New Jersey: improve facilities; (6) New London, Connecticut: relocate and consolidate facilities; (7) Base, Portsmouth, Virginia: relocate and consolidate facilities; (8) Base, San Francisco (Yerba Buena Island), California: improve facilities; (9) Base, San Juan, Puerto Rico: improve facilities; (10) Station, Grays Harbor, Westport, Washington: improve facilities; (11) Station, Neah Bay, Washington: improve facilities; (12) Loran Station, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii: bulkhead; (13) Air Station, Saint Petersburg, Florida: helicopter support facilities; (14) Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii: improve facilities; (15) Base, Mayport, Florida: improve facilities; (16) Station, Cape May, New Jersey: shop building; (17) Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland: consolidate and modify buildings, and recondition gantry cranes; (18) Various locations: sewage and oil collection; fuel and water catchment systems; (19) Cape Charles City, Virginia: establish Station; (20) Houston, Texas: permanent Station; (21) Channel Islands Harbor, California: multipurpose Station; (22) Kodiak, Alaska: moorings; (23) Various locations: automatic fixed station oceanographic sensor systems; (24) Lower Mississippi River, Kentucky and Tennessee: improve facilities for performance of buoyage function; (25) Offshore structure, Portland, Maine: structure to replace lightship; (26) Various locations: automate light stations; (27) Various locations: miscellaneous urgent and selected aids to navigation projects; (28) Academy, New London, Connecticut: library center; (29) Academy, New London, Connecticut: cadet barracks extension; (30) Training Center, Alameda, California: enlisted barracks; (31) Training Center, Yorktown, Virginia: fire station, operations, and medical-dental buildings; (32) Base, Governors Island, New York: reserve training center building; (33) Air Station, Mobile, Alabama: synthetic flight training system; (34) Various locations: public family quarters; and (35) Various locations: advance planning, survey, design, and architectural services; and acquire sites in connection with projects not otherwise authorized by law.

bridge alterations For payment to bridge owners for the cost of alteration of railroad and public highway bridges to permit free navigation of the navigable waters of the United States, $12,650,000.

Approved July 22, 1969.