Sec. 3524. GAO REPORT ON ICEBREAKING CAPABILITY IN UNITED STATES

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## SEC. 3524 GAO REPORT ON ICEBREAKING CAPABILITY IN UNITED STATES ###

(a)Requirement Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the current state of the United States Federal icebreaking fleet. ###

(b)Contents The report required under subsection

(a)shall include— ####

(1)an analysis of the icebreaking assets in operation in the United States and a description of the missions completed by such assets; ####

(2)an analysis of how such assets and the capabilities of such assets are consistent, or inconsistent, with the icebreaking mission requirements described in the 2013 Department of Homeland Security Mission Need Statement, the Naval Operations Concept 2010, and other military and civilian governmental missions in the United States; ####

(3)an analysis of the gaps in icebreaking capability of the United States based on the expected service life of the fleet of United States icebreaking assets; ####

(4)a list of countries that are allies of the United States that have the icebreaking capacity to exercise missions during any identified gap in United States icebreaking capacity; and ####

(5)a description of the policy, financial, and other barriers that have prevented timely recapitalization of the Coast Guard icebreaking fleet and recommendations to overcome such barriers, including potential international fee-based models used to compensate governments for icebreaking escorts or maintenance of maritime routes. ###

(c)Appropriate Committees of Congress In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. ## Subtitle B Pribilof Islands Transition Completion