 The ship's already been authorized. Now it's a matter of the funding. Coast Guard asked for $55 million from the president's 2024 budget, only received $20 million. The James Amendment will add money to move the process forward. The Lake Carriers Association said with only one heavy Great Lakes icebreaker out there right now and a seriously aging fleet of smaller icebreakers, the Coast Guard's approaching a compounding problem of keeping the supply chain moving forward.