---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 5101"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "5101"
heading: "Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/5101"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Coast Guard Authorizations and Reports to Congress"
  - "Chapter 51 — Reports"
---

# §5101. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request

- (a) **In General.—** Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress a budget for a fiscal year pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a Coast Guard authorization request with respect to such fiscal year.
- (b) **Coast Guard Authorization Request Defined.—** In this section, the term “Coast Guard authorization request” means a proposal for legislation that, with respect to the Coast Guard for the relevant fiscal year—
  - (1) recommends end strengths for personnel for that fiscal year, as described in [section 4903](/usc/14/4903.md);
  - (2) recommends authorizations of appropriations for that fiscal year, including with respect to matters described in [section 4901](/usc/14/4901.md); and
  - (3) addresses any other matter that the Secretary determines is appropriate for inclusion in a Coast Guard authorization bill.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 216(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3035, § 662a; renumbered § 2901 and amended Pub. L. 114–120, title I, § 101(d)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 31; renumbered § 5101 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 122(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4239, 4240.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 122(b), renumbered section 2901 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 4903” for “section 2703”.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 4901” for “section 2701”.

2016—Pub. L. 114–120, § 101(d)(1)(A), (B), renumbered section 662a of this title as this section.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 114–120, § 101(d)(1)(C)(i), substituted “described in section 2703” for “described in section 661”.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–120, § 101(d)(1)(C)(ii), substituted “described in section 2701” for “described in section 662”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Oversight of Funds

Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXI, § 7116, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1669, provided that: “Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2025], and annually thereafter, the Commandant [of the Coast Guard] shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a detailed expenditure plan, including projected project timelines for each acquisition and procurement appropriated under section 1181 of title 14, United States Code, and a list of project locations to be funded under such section.”