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112146 1 (1980-04-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadymk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:30 A.M. EST WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1980 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES SENATE 112146 ON rADEQUACY OF COAST GUARD'S RESOURCES TO S.PERFORM ITS MISSIONS. MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE: WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS OUR APRIL 3, 1980, REPORT ENTITLED THE COAST GUARD--LIMITED RESOURCES CURTAIL ABILITY TO MEET RESPONSIBILITIES (CED-80-76). OUR REVIEW, WHICH WAS MADE AT YOUR REQUEST, SHOWED THAT RECENT LEGISLATION, MAINLY IN THE AREAS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, VESSEL SAFETY, AND MARINE ENVIRON- MENTAL PROTECTION, HAS PLACED INCREASED DEMANDS ON THE COAST GUARD. THERE HAS BEEN NO CURTAILMENT, HOWEVER, OF ESTABLISHED RESPONSIBILITIES NOR HAS THE ADMINISTRATION REQUESTED AN ACCOM- PANYING INCREASE IN RESOURCES SUCH AS VESSELS AND PERSONNEL. THE COAST GUARD FISCAL YEAR 1980 APPROPRIATION WAS $1.7 BILLION AND FISCAL YEAR 1981 BUDGET IS $1.8 BILLION. IN ADDITION, THE COAST GUARD IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH (1) OPERATING EXIS- TING VESSELS, (2) RETAINING EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL, AND (3) MAIN- TAINING AND REPLACING SOME SHORE FACILITIES. 6W7 cj?