Sec. 11104. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL VESSELS

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## SEC. 11104 AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL VESSELS ###

(a)In General Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4902(2)(A)(ii) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 11101, for fiscal year 2023— ####

(1)$300,000,000 shall be authorized for the acquisition of a twelfth National Security Cutter; ####

(2)$420,000,000 shall be authorized for the acquisition of 6 Fast Response Cutters; ####

(3)$172,500,000 is authorized for the program management, design, and acquisition of 12 Pacific Northwest heavy weather boats that are at least as capable as the Coast Guard 52-foot motor surfboat; ####

(4)$167,200,000 is authorized for the third Polar Security Cutter; ####

(5)$150,000,000 is authorized for the acquisition or procurement of an available icebreaker (as such term is defined under section 11223); ####

(6)for fiscal year 2022, $350,000,000 shall be authorized for the acquisition of a Great Lakes icebreaker at least as capable as Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw (WLBB-30); ####

(7)in addition to amounts authorized under paragraph (6), $20,000,000 shall be authorized for the design and selection of icebreaking cutters for operation in the Great Lakes, the Northeastern United States, and the Arctic as appropriate, that are at least as capable as the Coast Guard 140-foot icebreaking tugs; and ####

(8)$650,000,000 is authorized for the continued acquisition of Offshore Patrol Cutters. ###

(b)Treatment of Acquired Cutter Any cutter acquired using amounts authorized under subsection

(a)shall be in addition to the National Security Cutters and Fast Response Cutters approved under the existing acquisition baseline in the program of record for the National Security Cutter and Fast Response Cutter.