Hello, Fellow Chiefs and Enlisted Members,

Below, you will find current bills that directly impact our Coast Guard. By clicking the link below, you may contact your Senators and Representative. We will soon have available under each bill prewritten comments to either support or oppose the bill listed. You will only need to cut and paste the subject line and body of the text into the appropriate fields.  You may, of course, also write your message or modify the message we have provided to you. I want to warn you that when you go to Democracy.io to send your message, you will only want to select your Senators or Representative, depending on if the Bill is (S)enate or (H)ouse (R)esolution. 

We thank you for voicing your opinion on any or all of these Bills.

Best Regards,

BMCS Jon Ostrowski, USCG Ret.

Chairman, CPOA Legislative Committee

H.R.1542 — 119th Congress (2025-2026)Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2025

Sponsor: Scholten, Hillary J. [Rep.-D-MI-3] (Introduced 02/24/2025) Cosponsors: (21)

Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure

Latest Action: House - 02/24/2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. (All Actions)

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H.R.2351 — 119th Congress (2025-2026)To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to update the policy of the Coast Guard regarding the use of medication to treat drug overdose and for other purposes.

Sponsor: McDowell, Addison [Rep.-R-NC-6] (Introduced 03/26/2025) Cosponsors: (2)

Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure

Latest Action: House - 04/02/2025 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. (All Actions)

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H.R.2546 — 119th Congress (2025-2026) Secretary of the Coast Guard Act of 2025

Sponsor: Ezell, Mike [Rep.-R-MS-4] (Introduced 04/01/2025) Cosponsors: (4)

Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure

Latest Action: House - 04/01/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (All Actions)

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H.R.2051 — 119th Congress (2025-2026) Coast Guard Sustained Funding Act of 2025

Sponsor: Green, Mark E. [Rep.-R-TN-7] (Introduced 03/11/2025) Cosponsors: (1)

Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure

Latest Action: House - 03/11/2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. (All Actions)

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H.R.2200 — 119th Congress (2025-2026)To amend title 14, United States Code, to require the retention of certain enlisted members of the Coast Guard who have completed 18 or more, but less than 20, years of service, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Kiggans, Jennifer A. [Rep.-R-VA-2] (Introduced 03/18/2025) Cosponsors: (10)

Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure

Latest Action: House - 03/18/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (All Actions)

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