Sec. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

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## SEC. 101 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2015 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows: ####

(1)For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, $6,981,036,000. ####

(2)For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $1,546,448,000, to remain available until expended. ####

(3)For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including personnel and training costs, equipment, and services, $140,016,000. ####

(4)For environmental compliance and restoration of Coast Guard vessels, aircraft, and facilities (other than parts and equipment associated with operation and maintenance), $16,701,000, to remain available until expended. ####

(5)To the Commandant of the Coast Guard for research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard’s mission with respect to search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness, $19,890,000. ####

(6)For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and administrative costs associated with the Alteration of Bridges Program, $16,000,000.