• Introduced the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment Implementation Act to direct the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to work with the International Maritime Organization to establish agreements among the US, Russia, Canada, and other Arctic nations to coordinate shipping infrastructure such as navigation aids, icebreaking escort, tug and salvage, oil spill prevention and response, maritime domain awareness, vessel tracking and search and rescue.
• Introduced the Arctic Deep Water Port Act to direct the Secretary of Defense to determine the feasibility of building a deep water port in the Arctic.
• Convened a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security field hearing, which included as a witness Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Allen, on the strategic importance of the Arctic and U.S. Arctic Policy and to highlight the infrastructure needs in the Arctic.
• In the Homeland Security Appropriation bill, Senator Murkowski obtained an appropriation of $32.5 million to enhance United States’ polar icebreaker capability (Polar Star)
• Introduced the Hydrographic Services Improvements Act  to authorize funding to adequately map the Arctic Ocean and improve navigation and to help delineate our extended continental shelf.”

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