Sec. 212. COMMUNICATIONS
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## SEC. 212 COMMUNICATIONS **[**[6 U.S.C. 194 note](/us/usc/t6/s194)**]** ###
(a)In General If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that there are at least two communications systems described under paragraph (1)(B) and certified under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall establish and carry out a pilot program across not less than three components of the Department of Homeland Security to assess the effectiveness of a communications system that— ####
(1)provides for— #####
(A)multiagency collaboration and interoperability; and #####
(B)wide-area, secure, and peer-invitation- and-acceptance-based multimedia communications; ####
(2)is certified by the Department of Defense Joint Interoperability Test Center; and ####
(3)is composed of commercially available, off-the-shelf technology. ###
(b)Assessment Not later than 6 months after the date on which the pilot program is completed, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of the pilot program, including the impacts of the program with respect to interagency and Coast Guard response capabilities. ###
(c)Strategy The pilot program shall be consistent with the strategy required by the Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act (Public Law 114-29). ###
(d)Timing The pilot program shall commence within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act or within 60 days after the completion of the strategy required by the Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act (Public Law 114-29), whichever is later.
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