Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 - Authorizes FY2012-FY2013 appropriations for the Coast Guard for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, aircraft, and related equipment; (3) research, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly related to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission in search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness; (4) retired pay, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and medical and dental care of retired personnel and dependents; (5) alteration or removal of bridges over U.S. navigable waters; (6) environmental compliance and restoration functions; and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve program. Authorizes, at specified levels for each such fiscal year, end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and average military training student loads. Requires the Coast Guard, subject …