(A) Combining DSFs, primarily focused on 
counterdrug operations, under one centralized 
command. 
(B) Distributing counter-terrorism and 
anti-terrorism capabilities to DSFs in each 
major United States port. 
(b) DEPLOYABLE SPECIALIZED FORCE DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘Deployable Specialized Force’’ 
means a unit of the Coast Guard that serves as a quick 
reaction force designed to be deployed to handle counter- 
drug, counter-terrorism, and anti-terrorism operations or 
other maritime threats to the United States. 
SEC. 9. COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CO-LOCATING DHS AS-
SETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For any location in which U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine 
Operations is based within 45 miles of locations where any 
other Department of Homeland Security agency also oper-
ates air and marine assets, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis to consider the 
potential cost of and savings derived from co-locating avia-
tion and maritime operational assets of the Office of Air 
and Marine Operations at facilities where other agencies 
of the Department operate such assets. In analyzing such 
potential cost savings achieved by sharing aviation and 
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maritime facilities, such analysis shall consider, at a min-
imum, the following factors: 
(1) Potential enhanced cooperation derived 
from Department personnel being co-located. 
(2) Potential costs of, and savings derived 
through, shared maintenance and logistics facilities 
and activities. 
(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) Potential operational costs of co-locating 
aviation and maritime assets and personnel. 
(5) Short-term moving costs required in order 
to co-locate facilities. 
(6) 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 of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate a report summarizing the results of the cost- 
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benefit analysis required under subsection (a) and any 
planned actions based upon such results. 
SEC. 10. REPEAL OF INTERAGENCY OPERATIONAL CEN-
TERS FOR PORT SECURITY AND SECURE SYS-
TEMS OF TRANSPORTATION. 
Sections 70107A and 70116 of title 46, United 
States Code, are repealed. 
SEC. 11. CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) SECTIONS.—The following provisions of the Secu-
rity and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–347) are amended as follows: 
(1) By striking section 105. 
(2) By redesignating sections 106 and 107 as 
sections 105 and 106, respectively. 
(3) By striking section 108. 
(4) By redesignating sections 109 and 110 as 
sections 107 and 108, respectively. 
(5) In section 121 (6 U.S.C. 921)— 
(A) by striking subsections (c), (d), and 
(e); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), 
(h), and (i) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), 
respectively. 
(6) By striking sections 122 and 127 (6 U.S.C. 
922 and 927). 
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(7) By redesignating sections 123, 124, 125, 
126, and 128 as sections 122, 123, 124, 125, and 
126, respectively. 
(8) In section 233 (6 U.S.C. 983), by striking 
subsection (c). 
(9) By striking section 235 (6 U.S.C. 984). 
(10) By redesignating section 236 as section 
235. 
(11) By striking sections 701 and 708 (and the 
item relating to such section in the table of contents 
of such Act). 
(12) By redesignating sections 702, 703, 704, 
705, 706, 707, and 709 as sections 701, 702, 703, 
704, 705, 706, and 707, respectively. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
(1) SECURITY
AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR 
EVERY PORT ACT OF 2006.—The table of contents of 
the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–347) is amended as fol-
lows: 
(A) In the list of items relating to subtitle 
A of title I, by striking the items relating to 
sections 105 through 110 and inserting the fol-
lowing new items: 
‘‘Sec. 105. Prohibition of issuance of transportation security cards to persons 
convicted of certain felonies. 
‘‘Sec. 106. Long-range vessel tracking. 
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‘‘Sec. 107. Notice of arrival for foreign vessels on the Outer Continental Shelf. 
‘‘Sec. 108. Enhanced crewmember identification.’’. 
(B) In the list of items relating to subtitle 
C of title I, by striking the items relating to 
sections 122 through 128 and inserting the fol-
lowing new items: 
‘‘Sec. 122. Random searches of containers. 
‘‘Sec. 123. Work stoppages and employee-employer disputes. 
‘‘Sec. 124. Threat assessment screening of port truck drivers. 
‘‘Sec. 125. Border Patrol unit for United States Virgin Islands. 
‘‘Sec. 126. Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness.’’. 
(C) In the list of items relating to subtitle 
C of title II, by striking the items relating to 
sections 235 and 236 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 235. Information sharing relating to supply chain security cooperation.’’. 
(D) In the list of items relating to title 
VII, by striking the items relating to sections 
701 through 709 and inserting the following 
new items: 
‘‘Sec. 701. Disclosures regarding homeland security grants. 
‘‘Sec. 702. Trucking security. 
‘‘Sec. 703. Air and Marine Operations of the Northern Border Air Wing. 
‘‘Sec. 704. Phaseout of vessels supporting oil and gas development. 
‘‘Sec. 705. Coast Guard property in Portland, Maine. 
‘‘Sec. 706. Methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals. 
‘‘Sec. 707. Protection of health and safety during disasters.’’. 
(2) TITLE 46.—In the list of items relating to 
the analysis for chapter 701 of title 46, United 
States Code, by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 70107A and 70116. 
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