Sec. 1810. Duplication of efforts in the maritime domain
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— conduct an analysis of all operations in the applicable location of— the Air and Marine Operations of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and any other agency of the Department of Homeland Security that operates air and marine assets; in conducting the analysis under paragraph (1)— examine the extent to which the Air and Marine Operations is synchronizing and deconflicting any duplicative flight hours or patrols with the agencies described in paragraph (1)(B); and include a sector-by-sector analysis of any potential costs savings or other benefits that would be derived through greater coordination of flight hours and patrols; and submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the analysis, including any recommendations.
Not later than 180 days after the date the report is submitted under subsection (a)(3), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on what actions the Secretary plans to take in response to the findings of the analysis and recommendations of the Comptroller General. In this section, the term applicable location means any location in which the Air and Marine Operations of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection is based within 45 miles of a location in which any other agency of the Department of Homeland Security also operates air and marine assets.