Sec. 219. Notification of communication outages
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that— contains a plan for the Coast Guard to notify mariners of radio outages for towers owned and operated by the Coast Guard in District 17; address in such plan how the Coast Guard in District 17 will— disseminate outage updates regarding outages on social media at least every 48 hours; provide updates on a publicly accessible website at least every 48 hours; develop methods for notifying mariners where cellular connectivity does not exist; generate receipt confirmation and acknowledgment of outages from mariners; and develop and advertise a web-based communications update hub on AM/FM radio for mariners; and identifies technology gaps necessary to implement the plan and provide a budgetary assessment necessary to implement the plan.