# 119-s-407: Ensuring Coast Guard Readiness Act

119-s-407, Ensuring Coast Guard Readiness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-407
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Coast Guard Readiness Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Creates a limited, criteria-based pathway to let allied foreign shipyards build Coast Guard vessels.** It sets specific conditions and oversight for when the President may permit construction abroad. - Eligible foreign shipyards must be located in a NATO country or an Indo-Pacific country that is party to a mutual defense treaty with the United States and meet the bill's cost test. - The President must transmit notice to Congress and contracts cannot be awarded until a 30-day period after that notice. Before construction begins the Commandant must certify the shipyard is not owned or operated by a Chinese company or by a multinational company domiciled in the People’s Republic of China. - The bill adds a conforming change to a related defense procurement statute so the new exception is reflected in existing law.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limited foreign construction for Coast Guard: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the President allow some Coast Guard ships to be built abroad in tightly limited cases. The yard must be in a NATO country or an Indo‑Pacific country that has a mutual defense treaty with the U.S. The President would have to find the exception is in the national secur…

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## Sources
- [119-s-407 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/407)

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- [119-s-2968: Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2968)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4429)
- [119-s-1321: Moab UMTRA Project Transition Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1321)
- [119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-587)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-407 (as of 2026-09-10).