Sec. 1808. EVALUATION OF COAST GUARD DEPLOYABLE SPECIALIZED FORCES

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## SEC. 1808 EVALUATION OF COAST GUARD DEPLOYABLE SPECIALIZED FORCES ###

(a)In General Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on the state of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Specialized Forces (referred to in this section as DSF). ###

(b)Contents The report shall include, at a minimum, the following: ####

(1)For each of the past 3 fiscal years, and for each type of DSF, the following: #####

(A)A cost analysis, including training, operating, and travel costs. #####

(B)The number of personnel assigned. #####

(C)The total number of units. #####

(D)The total number of operations conducted. #####

(E)The number of operations requested by each of the following: ######

(i)Coast Guard. ######

(ii)Other components or offices of the Department of Homeland Security. ######

(iii)Other Federal departments or agencies. ######

(iv)State agencies. ######

(v)Local agencies. #####

(F)The number of operations fulfilled in support of each entity described in clauses

(i)through

(v)of subparagraph (E). ####

(2)An examination of alternative distributions of deployable specialized forces, including the feasibility, cost (including cost savings), and impact on mission capability of such distributions, including at a minimum the following: #####

(A)Combining deployable specialized forces, primarily focused on counterdrug operations, under one centralized command. #####

(B)Distributing counter-terrorism and anti-terrorism capabilities to deployable specialized forces in each major United States port. ###

(c)Definition of Deployable Specialized Forces or DSF In this section, the term “deployable specialized forces” or “DSF” means the deployable specialized forces established under section 70106 of title 46, United States Code.