# 119-hr-3397: Pacific Ready Coast Guard Act

119-hr-3397, Pacific Ready Coast Guard Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] (R-MS); status in_committee (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3397
- Congress: 119
- Title: Pacific Ready Coast Guard Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-05-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] (R-MS)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Expand and institutionalize U.S. Coast Guard engagement across the Indo-Pacific.** It would create a new Center of Expertise, require annual Pacific plans and budget displays, and force reports on bases, attaches, and a standing multinational maritime group. - Coast Guard personnel and planners would get a new Center of Expertise to run education, training, and research and to help build regional state capacity. The Center could accept data, staff, and funding support from federal agencies and partner countries. - Indo-Pacific governments and navies would gain more U.S. training and coordination and new options for joint operations on humanitarian aid, anti-piracy, emergency response, and fisheries enforcement. The Act requires a report on forward operating bases with a timeline to establish bases by January 1, 2030. - Congress would get an annual, unclassified Pacific operations plan by December 31, 2025 and an annual budget display by February 15, 2026, each followed by briefings to specified committees. Plans must include 10-year demand projections and resource needs across procurement, research, operations, and personnel.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large] (R-MP), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Annual Pacific plan and budget report: benefit, medium. The Coast Guard would send a Pacific operations plan by December 31, 2025, and every year after. It would set goals, areas for more presence, a 10‑year demand forecast, and needed staff, gear, and facilities. The plan would be unclassified with an optional classified annex. The Commandant would bri…
- New Coast Guard Indo-Pacific training center: benefit, medium. This bill would create a Coast Guard Center of Expertise for Indo-Pacific maritime governance. The Center would offer training, education, and research to build partner capacity. Federal agencies could share data and loan staff to help. The Coast Guard would seek deals where partner countries provi…
- Study of Pacific forward operating bases: benefit, medium. The Coast Guard would report within 1 year on possible forward operating bases in the Indo-Pacific. It would list gaps, propose fixed and mobile base sites, and explain why. It would estimate costs, list needed approvals and agreements, and set a timeline to complete by January 1, 2030.
- Plan to expand Coast Guard attaches: benefit, low. Within 6 months, the Coast Guard would report on attaches in Indo-Pacific embassies. It would count current attaches and name embassies where more would help U.S. goals. It would include a plan to add attaches and the resources and approvals needed.
- Study for a regional maritime group: benefit, low. Within 120 days, the Coast Guard would report on forming a standing Indo-Pacific maritime group. It would review roles like humanitarian aid, anti‑piracy, emergency response, maritime domain awareness, and stopping unregulated fishing. The report could include other relevant issues.

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3397 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3397)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3397 (as of 2025-12-21).