Coast Guard Arctic Implementation Capabilities

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COAST GUARD ARCTIC IMPLEMENTATION
CAPABILITIES
(114–49)
HEARING
BEFORETHE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON
COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION
OFTHE
COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
JULY 12, 2016
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COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman
DON YOUNG, Alaska PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon
JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee, ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of
Vice Chair Columbia
JOHN L. MICA, Florida JERROLD NADLER, New York
FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey CORRINE BROWN, Florida
SAM GRAVES, Missouri EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
DUNCAN HUNTER, California RICK LARSEN, Washington
ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California
BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois
BOB GIBBS, Ohio STEVE COHEN, Tennessee
RICHARD L. HANNA, New York ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey
DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland
JEFF DENHAM, California JOHN GARAMENDI, California
REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana
THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky JANICE HAHN, California
MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota
SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona
RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois DINA TITUS, Nevada
MARK SANFORD, South Carolina SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York
ROB WOODALL, Georgia ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut
TODD ROKITA, Indiana LOIS FRANKEL, Florida
JOHN KATKO, New York CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois
BRIAN BABIN, Texas JARED HUFFMAN, California
CRESENT HARDY, Nevada JULIA BROWNLEY, California
RYAN A. COSTELLO, Pennsylvania
GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana
MIMI WALTERS, California
BARBARA COMSTOCK, Virginia
CARLOS CURBELO, Florida
DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina
LEE M. ZELDIN, New York
MIKE BOST, Illinois
SUBCOMMITTEE ON COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION
DUNCAN HUNTER, California, Chairman
DON YOUNG, Alaska JOHN GARAMENDI, California
FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
BOB GIBBS, Ohio CORRINE BROWN, Florida
MARK SANFORD, South Carolina JANICE HAHN, California
GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana LOIS FRANKEL, Florida
CARLOS CURBELO, Florida JULIA BROWNLEY, California
DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon (Ex Officio)
LEE M. ZELDIN, New York
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania (Ex Officio)
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CONTENTS
Page
Summary of Subject Matter .................................................................................... iv
TESTIMONY
Admiral Charles D. Michel, Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard .................... 4
Allison Stiller, Principal Civilian Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, U.S. Navy, Department
of Defense ............................................................................................................. 4
Jennifer Grover, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, U.S. Government
Accountability Office ............................................................................................ 4
Ronald O’Rourke, Specialist in Naval Affairs, Congressional Research Service 4
Heather A. Conley, Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic,
Center for Strategic and International Studies ................................................. 4
Matthew O. Paxton, President, Shipbuilders Council of America ....................... 4
PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES
Admiral Charles D. Michel ..................................................................................... 47
Allison Stiller ........................................................................................................... 55
Jennifer Grover ........................................................................................................ 58
Ronald O’Rourke ...................................................................................................... 77
Heather A. Conley ................................................................................................... 96
Matthew O. Paxton .................................................................................................. 103
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD
Admiral Charles D. Michel, Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard:
Responses to requests for information from the following Representatives:
Hon. John Garamendi of California.........................................................18, 34
Hon. Duncan Hunter of California .......................................................... 36
Responses to questions for the record from the following Representatives:
Hon. Don Young of Alaska ....................................................................... 52
Hon Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Hon. Janice Hahn of Cali-
fornia ....................................................................................................... 53
Allison Stiller, Principal Civilian Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, U.S. Navy, Department
of Defense:
Responses to requests for information from the following Representatives:
Hon. John Garamendi of California ......................................................... 20
Hon. Don Young of Alaska ....................................................................... 40
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