Sec. 819. ACQUISITION PLAN FOR INLAND WATERWAY AND RIVER TENDERS AND BAY-CLASS ICEBREAKERS

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## SEC. 819 ACQUISITION PLAN FOR INLAND WATERWAY AND RIVER TENDERS AND BAY-CLASS ICEBREAKERS ###

(a)Acquisition Plan Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a plan to replace or extend the life of the Coast Guard fleet of inland waterway and river tenders, and the Bay-class icebreakers. ###

(b)Contents The plan under subsection

(a)shall include— ####

(1)an analysis of the work required to extend the life of vessels described in subsection (a); ####

(2)recommendations for which, if any, such vessels it is cost effective to undertake a ship-life extension or enhanced maintenance program; ####

(3)an analysis of the aids to navigation program to determine if advances in navigation technology may reduce the needs for physical aids to navigation; ####

(4)recommendations for changes to physical aids to navigation and the distribution of such aids that reduce the need for the acquisition of vessels to replace the vessels described in subsection (a); ####

(5)a schedule for the acquisition of vessels to replace the vessels described in subsection (a), including the date on which the first vessel will be delivered; ####

(6)the date such acquisition will be complete; ####

(7)a description of the order and location of replacement vessels; ####

(8)an estimate of the cost per vessel and of the total cost of the acquisition program of record; and ####

(9)an analysis of whether existing vessels can be used.