Coast Guard civil engineering units may not be reduced without a new statute
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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Coast Guard civil engineering units may not be reduced without a new statute
The document says “may not”Who acts: Commandant of the Coast GuardHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“none of the funds provided in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.”
Section 217. The section allows funds to be used to alter operations within the Coast Guard's civil engineering program nationwide, including its units, design and construction centers, logistics commands and the Coast Guard Academy, but bars any reduction of operations within a civil engineering unit unless a statute passed after this Act specifically allows it.
What the document actually says
“none of the funds provided in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.”
That sentence, in plain words
This money may not be used to cut work at a building unit. Only a new law could allow that.
What this is about
These units design and build for the Coast Guard. Work may be shifted around. It may not be cut back.
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Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026., Public Law 119-86, sec. 5, 140 Stat. 774 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ86/html/PLAW-119publ86.htm
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“Coast Guard civil engineering units may not be reduced without a new statute,” Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026., section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/homeland-security-further-additional-continuing/proposal/sec05-sec217-civil-engineering-units/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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