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Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-83

§5116 Status of Overdue Reports

Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATIONS AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS › Chapter 51— REPORTS › § 5116

Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commandant must send a report to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation no later than 60 days after this is enacted and then every year by March 1. The report must list each required report or briefing still not delivered, give its due date and how many days it is late, provide a detailed plan and schedule to finish each one, name the federal officials (with job title and agency) who wrote, reviewed, edited, or approved it and how long each has had responsibility after receiving it, and name the flag officer responsible for completing it.

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Title 14, §5116

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(a)Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, and not later than March 1 of each year thereafter, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the status of reports or briefings required under this chapter that have not been delivered to Congress.
(b)The report required under section (a) shall contain the following:
(1)The status of each required report or briefing that has not been delivered to Congress, including the date the report or briefing is due, and if applicable, the number of days the Coast Guard has exceeded the required completion date.
(2)A detailed written plan and timeline for the next steps to be taken to complete such outstanding reports or briefings.
(3)The name, position, and agency of each Federal official responsible for writing, reviewing, editing, and approving the report, as well as the responsibility of such official in regard to the report, and how long that report has been under the responsibility with such Federal official after being received from the previous Federal official responsible.
(4)The name of the flag officer responsible for the completion of each report or briefing.

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The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 119–60, which was approved Dec. 18, 2025.

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Citation

14 U.S.C. § 5116

Title 14 — Coast Guard

Last Updated

Apr 18, 2026

Release point: 119-83