AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991.

SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991. Funds are authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1991, as follows: (1) Operation and maintenance.—For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, $2,381,500,000. (2) Acquisition and construction.—For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including related equipment, $501,800,000, to remain available until expended. 103 STAT. 1909 (3) Research and development.—For research, development, test, and evaluation, $29,000,000, to remain available until expended. (4) Retirement benefits.—For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose and payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and for payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, $451,200,000, to remain available until expended. (5) Alteration or removal of bridges.—For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation, $7,500,000.