# 119-hr-4952: Ensuring Coast Guard Readiness Act

119-hr-4952, Ensuring Coast Guard Readiness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT); status in_committee (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4952
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Coast Guard Readiness Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-08-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Limited, alliance-based exceptions for Coast Guard shipbuilding.** This bill would let the President authorize building Coast Guard vessels in certain foreign shipyards when doing so is in the national security interest and costs less than building in a U.S. yard. - It lets the President approve exceptions to the rule barring foreign construction if two conditions are met: national security justification and lower cost than domestic construction. - Only shipyards in NATO countries or in Indo-Pacific countries that are party to a mutual defense treaty would qualify, and the Coast Guard Commandant must certify the shipyard is not owned or operated by a Chinese company or by a multinational domiciled in the People’s Republic of China. - The President must notify Congress of any exception and contracts cannot be made until after a 30-day waiting period. The bill also adds a cross-reference to this new subsection in 10 U.S.C. 8679(a).

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Narrow exceptions to build Coast Guard ships abroad: mixed, low. If enacted, the President could let some Coast Guard ships be built in foreign shipyards when it helps national security. The yard would have to be in a NATO country or an Indo-Pacific treaty ally, and the build would have to cost less than in the United States. Before construction starts, the Coas…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4952 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4952)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4952 (as of 2026-04-21).