---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 1159"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "1159"
heading: "Floating drydock for United States Coast Guard Yard"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/1159"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration"
  - "Chapter 11 — Acquisitions"
  - "Subchapter III — Procurement"
---

# §1159. Floating drydock for United States Coast Guard Yard

- (a) **In General.—** Except as provided in [subsection (b)](#b), the Commandant, using funds appropriated pursuant to [section 1181](/usc/14/1181.md), may not acquire, procure, or construct a floating dry dock for the Coast Guard Yard.
- (b) **Permissible Acquisition, Procurement, or Construction Methods.—** Notwithstanding [subsection (a)](#a) of this section and [section 1105(a)](/usc/14/1105.md?p=a), the Commandant may—
  - (1) provide for an entity other than the Coast Guard to contract for the acquisition, procurement, or construction of a floating drydock by contract, purchase, or other agreement;
  - (2) construct a floating drydock at the Coast Guard Yard; or
  - (3) acquire or procure a commercially available floating drydock.
- (c) **Design Standards and Construction Practices.—** To the extent practicable, a floating drydock acquired, procured, or constructed under this section shall reflect commercial design standards and commercial construction practices that are consistent with the best interests of the Federal Government.
- (d) **Berthing Requirement.—** Any floating drydock acquired, procured, or constructed under [subsection (b)](#b) shall be berthed at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland, when lifting or maintaining vessels.
- (e) **Floating Drydock Defined.—** In this section, the term “floating drydock” means equipment that is—
  - (1) constructed in the United States; and
  - (2) capable of meeting the lifting and maintenance requirements of an Offshore Patrol Cutter or a National Security Cutter.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7214(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1695.)