1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act of 2017 . 2. Findings The Congress finds the following: (1) The United States Coast Guard was founded on August 4, 1790, as the Revenue Cutter Service under the United States Department of the Treasury. (2) Congress created the Coast Guard on January 28, 1915, by merging the Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Lifesaving Service, was moved to the Department of Transportation in 1967, and on February 25, 2003, became part of the Department of Homeland Security. (3) Although the smallest of the uniformed services, today the United States Coast Guard conducts a wide variety of missions to protect the public, the environment, and the United States economic and security interests in any maritime region, including international waters and America’s coasts, ports, and inland waterways. (4) Every day, the United States Coast Guard plays a broad and important role in homeland security, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine environmental pollution response, and the maintenance of river, intra-coastal and offshore aids to navigation (ATON). (5) The United States Coast Guard is our Nation’s oldest seagoing military service, staying true to their motto, Semper Paratus or Always Ready , for 227 years. (6) The United States Coast Guard is supported by over 55,000 Active Duty, Reserve, and Civilian personnel, who in 2016 responded to 16,304 search and rescue cases saving 5,221 lives, conducted 47,418 waterborne patrols of critical maritime infrastructure, escorted over 2671 high-capacity passenger vessels, conducted 7022 security boardings in and around United States ports, removed $5.7 billion worth of illegal drugs, interdicted 6,346 undocumented migrants attempting to illegally enter the United States, and maintained 45,114 navigation aids that support $3.2 trillion in economic activity on our Nation’s waterways. (7) Section 213 of Public Law 108–293 states that The Commandant may establish a National Coast Guard