Congress’s Bill Allocates $8.6 Billion for Coast Guard Icebreakers to Boost Arctic Presence
United States Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker Polar Star (WAGB 10) in an undated photo in Antarctica. U.S. Coast Guard/Reuters Congress’s sweeping tax and spending bill, the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act, allocates more than $8.6 billion for the deployment of the Coast Guard’s icebreaker fleet in the Arctic, as the United States seeks to