Sec. 231. MODERNIZATION OF NATIONAL DISTRESS AND RESPONSE SYSTEM

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## SEC. 231 MODERNIZATION OF NATIONAL DISTRESS AND RESPONSE SYSTEM ###

(a)Report Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 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 on the implementation of the Rescue 21 project in Alaska and in Coast Guard sectors Upper Mississippi River, Lower Mississippi River, and Ohio River Valley. ###

(b)Contents The report required under subsection

(a)shall— ####

(1)describe what improvements are being made to the distress response system in the areas specified in subsection (a), including information on which areas will receive digital selective calling and direction finding capability; ####

(2)describe the impediments to installing digital selective calling and direction finding capability in areas where such technology will not be installed; ####

(3)identify locations in the areas specified in subsection

(a)where communication gaps will continue to present a risk to mariners after completion of the Rescue 21 project; ####

(4)include a list of all reported marine accidents, casualties, and fatalities occurring in the locations identified under paragraph

(3)since 1990; and ####

(5)provide an estimate of the costs associated with installing the technology necessary to close communication gaps in the locations identified under paragraph (3).