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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016 · Sec. 540

Sec. 540. REDUNDANT CAPABILITY

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## SEC. 540 REDUNDANT CAPABILITY ###
(a)In General Except as provided in subsection (b), section 681 of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this Act, shall not be construed to prohibit any transfer or conveyance of lands under this subtitle or any actions that involve the dismantling or disposal of infrastructure that supported the former LORAN system that are associated with the transfer or conveyance of lands under this subtitle. ###
(b)Continued Access to and Use of Facilities If the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating determines, within the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, that a facility on any of Tract 1, Tract 3, or Tract 4 that is transferred under this subtitle is subsequently required to provide a positioning, navigation, and timing system to provide redundant capability in the event GPS signals are disrupted, the Secretary may, for as long as such facility is needed to provide redundant capability— ####
(1)operate, maintain, keep, locate, inspect, repair, and replace such facility; and ####
(2)in carrying out the activities described in paragraph (1), enter, at any time, the facility without notice to the extent that it is not possible to provide advance notice.
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