Sec. 213. Great Lakes snowmobile acquisition plan
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The Commandant shall develop a plan to expand snowmobile procurement for Coast Guard units at which snowmobiles may improve ice rescue response times while maintaining the safety of Coast Guard personnel engaged in search and rescue. The plan must include consideration of input from Officers in Charge, Commanding Officers, and Commanders of impacted units. The plan required by subsection
(a)shall include— a consideration of input from officers in charge, commanding officers, and commanders of affected Coast Guard units; a detailed description of the estimated costs of procuring, maintaining, and training members of the Coast Guard at affected units to use snowmobiles; and an assessment of— the degree to which snowmobiles may improve ice rescue response times while maintaining the safety of Coast Guard personnel engaged in search and rescue; the operational capabilities of a snowmobile, as compared to an airboat, and a force laydown assessment with respect to the assets needed for effective operations at Coast Guard units conducting ice rescue activities; and the potential risks to members of the Coast Guard and members of the public posed by the use of snowmobiles by members of the Coast Guard for ice rescue activities. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall finalize the plan required by subsection
(a)and make the plan available on a publicly accessible internet website of the Coast Guard.