nominee River, Muskegon River, Kalamazoo River, 
and Saint Lawrence River to the Canadian bor-
der).’’. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 212. RESPONSES OF COMMANDANT OF THE COAST 
GUARD TO SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 721. Responses to safety recommendations 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
submission to the Commandant of the Coast Guard of a 
recommendation by the National Transportation Safety 
Board relating to transportation safety, the Commandant 
shall submit to the Board a written response to each rec-
ommendation, which shall include whether the Com-
mandant— 
‘‘(1) concurs with the recommendation; 
‘‘(2) partially concurs with the recommendation; 
or 
‘‘(3) does not concur with the recommendation. 
‘‘(b) EXPLANATION OF CONCURRENCE.—A response 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) with respect to a recommendation to which 
the Commandant concurs, an explanation of the ac-
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tions the Commandant intends to take to implement 
such recommendation; 
‘‘(2) with respect to a recommendation to which 
the Commandant partially concurs, an explanation 
of the actions the Commandant intends to take to 
implement the portion of such recommendation with 
which the Commandant partially concurs; and 
‘‘(3) with respect to a recommendation to which 
the Commandant does not concur, the reasons why 
the Commandant does not concur with such rec-
ommendation. 
‘‘(c) FAILURE TO RESPOND.—If the Board has not 
received the written response required under subsection 
(a) by the end of the time period described in such sub-
section, the Board shall notify the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate that such response has not 
been received.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 7 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 720 the following: 
‘‘721. Responses to safety recommendations.’’. 
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SEC. 213. CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD VESSELS FOR 
PUBLIC PURPOSES. 
(a) REDESIGNATION AND TRANSFER.—Section 914 
of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–281) is transferred to chapter 5 of title 14, 
United States Code, inserted after section 508, and redes-
ignated as section 509. 
(b) CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD VESSELS FOR 
PUBLIC PURPOSES.—Section 509 of title 14, United 
States Code (as redesignated under subsection (a)), is 
amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the Com-
mandant, the Administrator of the General Services Ad-
ministration may transfer ownership of a Coast Guard 
vessel or aircraft to an eligible entity for use for edu-
cational, cultural, historical, charitable, recreational, or 
other public purposes if such transfer is authorized by 
law.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘as if such a request 
were being processed’’ after ‘‘vessels’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, as in effect on the 
date of enactment of the Coast Guard Au-
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thorization Act of 2021’’ after ‘‘Code of 
Federal Regulations’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘, as in 
effect on the date of enactment of the Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2021’’ after ‘‘such 
title’’. 
SEC. 214. ACQUISITION LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTIMATES. 
Section 1132(e) of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) TYPES OF ESTIMATES.—For each Level 1 
or Level 2 acquisition project or program, in addi-
tion to life-cycle cost estimates developed under 
paragraph (1), the Commandant shall require that— 
‘‘(A) such life-cycle cost estimates be up-
dated before— 
‘‘(i) each milestone decision is con-
cluded; and 
‘‘(ii) the project or program enters a 
new acquisition phase; and 
‘‘(B) an independent cost estimate or inde-
pendent cost assessment, as appropriate, be de-
veloped to validate such life-cycle cost estimates 
developed under paragraph (1).’’. 
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