Sec. 7271. Report on Coast Guard search and rescue operations
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through fiscal year 2030, the Commandant 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 detailing the search and rescue operations at impacted Coast Guard facilities and of the assets assigned to such facilities that contains the following: The number, location of, and assets assigned to impacted Coast Guard facilities.
The number of active Coast Guard facilities operating as scheduled mission stations and the assets assigned to such stations. The steps taken to implement the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office report titled Coast Guard Actions Needed to Close Stations Identified as Overlapping and Unnecessarily Duplicative , and issued in October 2017 (2017 GAO Report 18-9). Whether the impacted Coast Guard facilities were identified as overlapping or unnecessarily duplicative in any previous Coast Guard report, including the cost savings and efficiencies identified with closing that the impacted Coast Guard facility.
Beginning in fiscal year 2021 and accounted for annually thereafter through fiscal 2030— the number of search and rescue, watch stander, and other personnel at each impacted Coast Guard facility and the personnel allowance list associated with each assignment year to such location beginning in 2021; the average response time for all search and rescue operations at each impacted Coast Guard facility; each of the number of lives lost, saved, and assisted during search and rescue operations at each impacted Coast Guard facility and by each asset assigned to the that facility; and the number of vessel safety checks administered by an impacted Coast Guard facility or asset assigned to that facility.
The number of search and rescue incidents, including ice rescues, in which a facility or asset assigned to such facility responded to a search and rescue incident in an area previously covered by an impacted Coast Guard facility but was unable to fulfill the mission, including— the distance traveled to the destination of each incident; and the duration time traveled to reach the destination of each incident to include if total response time exceeded two-hours from time of notification of the Coast Guard until the time of arrival on scene, including 30 minutes of preparation time (a total of 90 minutes from underway to on-scene).
A description of active and past first responder cooperative agreements made between each impacted Coast Guard facility and local law enforcement or first responders related to search and rescue operations. The area of responsibility covered by each impacted Coast Guard facility, including a map overview of each area of responsibility. Any other metrics determined to be relevant by the Commandant to convey the changes to search and rescue operations at impacted Coast Guard facilities.
In this section, the term impacted Coast Guard facility means a facility or station that was designated as a schedule mission station or closed under either the Assignment Year 2024 Force Alignment Initiative or the Assignment Year 2025 Force Alignment Initiative.