The Maritime Executive reports the Coast Guard Authorization for 2013 and 2014 has been signed into law, authorizing expenditure of $8.6B in 2013 and $8.7 in 2014. Note in our Byzantine budgeting system, this is not the same as having a budget for those years. In fact we are already well into 2013, and I think we have a budget.

It does authorize a number of changes in the way the CG interacts with the public.