HI HCR200

Urges President Trump to restore the proposed $1.3 billion cut to the United States Coast Guard's budget, which represents an 11.8 percent decrease from the Coast Guard's $9.1 billion budget.

Notes that the Honolulu-based Coast Guard District Fourteen covers over 12.2 million square miles with 1,150 active duty, 150 reserve, 80 civilian, and 400 auxiliary personnel.

Argues the budget cuts contradict the Trump administration's stated priorities of enhancing border security, preventing illegal immigration, fighting terrorism, and enforcing the law, all of which the Coast Guard performs.

Cites budget constraints since 2010 that have negatively impacted Coast Guard operations and delayed recapitalization efforts for nine new cutters to replace aging vessels from the 1960s.

Notes that the Coast Guard interdicted 416,000 pounds of illegal drugs worth $5.6 billion in 2016 through maritime enforcement.