(5) Applicable aviation guidance from the De-
partment, including the DHS Aviation Concept of 
Operations. 
(6) Other strategic and acquisition guidance 
promulgated by the Federal Government as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
(c) AUDIT AND REPORT.—The Inspector General of 
the Department shall biennially audit the deployment of 
new assets within U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s 
Office of Air and Marine and submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the compliance of 
the Department with the requirements of this section. 
SEC. 103. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CO-LOCATING OPER-
ATIONAL ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For all locations in which U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine 
operates that are within 25 miles of locations where any 
other Department agency also operates air and marine as-
sets, the Secretary shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis to 
consider the potential cost savings from co-locating avia-
tion and maritime operational assets of the different agen-
cies of the Department. In analyzing the potential cost 
savings achieved by sharing aviation and maritime facili-
ties, the study shall consider at a minimum the following 
factors: 
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(1) Potential enhanced cooperation derived 
from Department personnel being co-located. 
(2) Potential cost savings derived through 
shared maintenance and logistics facilities and ac-
tivities. 
(3) Joint use of base and facility infrastructure, 
such as runways, hangars, control towers, operations 
centers, piers and docks, boathouses, and fuel de-
pots. 
(4) Short term moving costs required in order 
to co-locate facilities. 
(5) Acquisition and infrastructure costs for en-
larging current facilities as needed. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report sum-
marizing the results of the cost-benefit analysis required 
under subsection (a) and any planned actions based upon 
such results. 
SEC. 104. STUDY OF MARITIME SECURITY REDUNDANCIES. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
by not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act— 
(1) conduct a review of port security and mari-
time law enforcement operations within the Depart-
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ment to identify initiatives and programs with dupli-
cative, overlapping, or redundant goals and activi-
ties, including the cost of such duplication; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the findings of the study, in-
cluding— 
(A) recommendations for consolidation, 
elimination, or increased cooperation to reduce 
unnecessary duplication found in the study; and 
(B) an analysis of personnel, maintenance, 
and operational costs related to unnecessarily 
duplicative, overlapping, or redundant goals and 
activities found in the study. 
SEC. 105. ACQUISITION AND STRATEGIC SOURCING OF MA-
RINE AND AVIATION ASSETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Before initiating the acquisition 
of any new boat or aviation asset, the Secretary shall co-
ordinate across the agencies of the Department, as appro-
priate, to— 
(1) identify common mission requirements be-
fore initiating a new acquisition program; and 
(2) standardize, to the extent practicable, 
equipment purchases, streamline the acquisition 
process, and conduct best practices for strategic 
sourcing to improve control, reduce cost, and facili-
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tate oversight of asset purchases prior to issuing a 
Request for Proposal. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF AVIATION AND MARITIME 
COORDINATION MECHANISM.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall establish a coordinating mechanism for aviation and 
maritime issues, including issues related to the acquisi-
tion, administration, operations, maintenance, and joint 
management across the Department, in order to decrease 
procurement and operational costs and increase effi-
ciencies. 
(c) SPECIAL RULE.—For the purposes of this section, 
a boat shall be considered any vessel less than 65 feet in 
length. 
SEC. 106. PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. 
(a) DETERMINATION
OF
APPLICATIONS.—Section 
70107(g) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Any entity’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any entity’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall, not later 
than 60 days after the date on which an applicant 
submits a complete application for a grant under 
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this section, either approve or disapprove the appli-
cation.’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF COST SHARE DETERMINA-
TIONS.—Section 70107(c)(2) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
following: 
‘‘(D) COST
SHARE
DETERMINATIONS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
later than 60 days after the date on which an 
applicant submits a complete application for a 
matching requirement (other than a project 
specified in paragraph (1)), the Secretary shall 
either approve or disapprove the application.’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION
OF
EXTENSIONS.—Section 
70107(i) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after paragraph (4) the following: 
‘‘(5) EXTENSION DETERMINATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not later than 
60 days after the date on which an applicant sub-
mits a complete application for a grant extension, 
the Secretary shall either approve or disapprove the 
application.’’. 
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