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Omnibus Bill Will Add To Coast Guard’s Fast Response Cutter Program

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

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Omnibus Bill Will Add To Coast Guard’s Fast Response Cutter Program

The 47th fast response cutter, Clarence Sutphin, was delivered Jan. 6, 2022, to the Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. It is the final FRC that will be stationed in Manama, Bahrain. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

An omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2022 would add $130 million for two Coast Guard fast response cutters (FRCs), continuing the program beyond its planned buy of 64 vessels that are the mainstay of the service’s multi-mission operations in the littorals. If the appropriations bill is agreed to by Congress and signed by the president, it will mark the second time Congress has added to the program of record for the Coast Guard’s current…

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