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House Panelists Complain Coast Guard Again Tardy With Investment Plan

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 8th, 2018

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House Panelists Complain Coast Guard Again Tardy With Investment Plan

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The Coast Guard was five months late last year with its capital investment outlook, making it difficult for Congress carry out its budgeting and policy functions, and is overdue again for delivering the Capital Investment Plan (CIP), leaders on a House committee that oversees the Coast Guard said on Wednesday.“Unfortunately, the Coast Guard submits the CIP late every year, precluding its use to properly inform appropriations and authorization legislation,” Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure…

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