Sec. 608. REPORT ON STATUS OF TECHNOLOGY DETECTING PASSENGERS WHO HAVE FALLEN OVERBOARD

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## SEC. 608 REPORT ON STATUS OF TECHNOLOGY DETECTING PASSENGERS WHO HAVE FALLEN OVERBOARD Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that— ####

(1)describes the status of technology for immediately detecting passengers who have fallen overboard; ####

(2)includes a recommendation to cruise lines on the feasibility of implementing technology that immediately detects passengers who have fallen overboard, factoring in cost and the risk of false positives; ####

(3)includes data collected from cruise lines on the status of the integration of the technology described in paragraph

(2)on cruise ships, including— #####

(A)the number of cruise ships that have the technology to capture images of passengers who have fallen overboard; and #####

(B)the number of cruise lines that have tested technology that can detect passengers who have fallen overboard; and ####

(4)includes information on any other available technologies that cruise ships could integrate to assist in facilitating the search and rescue of a passenger who has fallen overboard.