Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act

Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to deliver a report within 180 days analyzing how Coast Guard personnel—especially those with engineering, navigation, heavy equipment operation, and maintenance backgrounds—could transfer their skills to the U.S. dredging industry, which keeps Federal and strategically important channels open. The report must outline outreach and recruitment plans to connect separating or retiring Coast Guard personnel with jobs in dredging, evaluate the potential for credentialing or certification programs to recognize Coast Guard skills for dredging employment, and describe coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies to facilitate such transitions. The overarching aim is to bolster the workforce maintaining critical waterways tied to national security and economic prosperity.