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(12) Within 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, a report on any 
Coast Guard mission performance gap 
due to the removal of Deepwater Program 
assets from service. The report shall in-
clude the following: 
(A) A description of the mission 
performance gap detailing the geo-
graphic regions and Coast Guard ca-
pabilities affected. 
(B) An analysis of factors affect-
ing the mission performance gap that 
are unrelated to the Deepwater Pro-
gram, including deployment of Coast 
Guard assets overseas and continuous 
vessel shortages. 
(C) A description of measures 
being taken in the near term to fill the 
mission performance gap, including 
what those measures are and when 
they will be implemented. 
(D) A description of measures 
being taken in the long term to fill the 
mission performance gap, including 
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what those measures are and when 
they will be implemented. 
(E) A description of the potential 
alternatives to fill the mission per-
formance gap, including any acquisi-
tion or lease considered and the rea-
sons they were not pursued. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED ON ACCEPTANCE OF 
DELIVERY OF INCOMPLETE ASSET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary ac-
cepts delivery of an asset after the date of 
enactment of this Act for which a contrac-
tually required certification cannot be 
achieved within 30 days after the date of 
delivery or with any system that is not 
fully functional for the mission for which 
it was intended, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the 
United States Senate within 30 days after 
accepting delivery of the asset a report ex-
plaining why acceptance of the asset in 
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such a condition is in the best interests of 
the United States Government. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall— 
(A) specify the systems that are not 
able to achieve contractually required 
certifications within 30 days after the 
date of delivery and the systems that 
are not fully functional at the time of 
delivery for the missions for which 
they were intended; 
(B) identify milestones for the 
completion of required certifications 
and to make all systems fully func-
tional; and 
(C) identify when the milestones 
will be completed, who will complete 
them, and the cost to complete them. 
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SEC. 807. USE OF THE NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND, THE 
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, AND THE 
SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS COM-
MAND TO ASSIST THE COAST GUARD IN EXER-
CISING TECHNICAL AUTHORITY FOR THE 
DEEPWATER PROGRAM AND OTHER COAST 
GUARD ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the 
Coast Guard’s use of the technical, contrac-
tual, and program management oversight ex-
pertise of the Department of the Navy in ship 
and aircraft production complements and 
augments the Coast Guard’s organic expertise 
as it procures assets for the Deepwater Pro-
gram. 
(b) 
INTER-SERVICE
TECHNICAL
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary may enter into a memo-
randum of understanding or a memorandum 
of agreement with the Secretary of the Navy to 
provide for the use of the Navy Systems Com-
mands to assist the Coast Guard with the over-
sight of Coast Guard major acquisition pro-
grams. Such memorandum of understanding 
or memorandum of agreement shall, at a min-
imum provide for— 
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(1) the exchange of technical assist-
ance and support that the Coast Guard 
Chief Engineer and the Coast Guard Chief 
Information Officer, as Coast Guard Tech-
nical Authorities, may identify; 
(2) the use, as appropriate, of Navy 
technical expertise; and 
(3) the temporary assignment or ex-
change of personnel between the Coast 
Guard and the Navy Systems Commands 
to facilitate the development of organic 
capabilities in the Coast Guard. 
(c) TECHNICAL
AUTHORITIES.—The Coast 
Guard Chief Engineer, Chief Information Offi-
cer, and Chief Acquisition Officer shall adopt, 
to the extent practicable, procedures that are 
similar to those used by the Navy Senior Acqui-
sition Official to ensure the Coast Guard Tech-
nical Authorities, or designated Technical 
Warrant Holders, approve all technical re-
quirements. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, 
may coordinate with the Secretary of the Navy, 
acting through the Chief of Naval Operations, 
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to develop processes by which the assistance 
will be requested from the Navy Systems Com-
mands and provided to the Coast Guard. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act and every 
twelve months thereafter, the Commandant of 
the Coast Guard shall report to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-
ate on the activities undertaken pursuant to 
such memorandum of understanding or memo-
randum of agreement. 
SEC. 808. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) DEEPWATER
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘Deepwater Program’’ means the Inte-
grated Deepwater Systems Program de-
scribed by the Coast Guard in its report to 
Congress entitled ‘‘Revised Deepwater Im-
plementation Plan 2005’’, dated March 25, 
2005. The Deepwater Program primarily 
involves the procurement of cutter and 
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aviation assets that operate more than 50 
miles offshore. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating. 
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Union Calendar No. 317 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2830 
[Report No. 110–338, Parts I, II, and III] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard 
for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 29, 2008 
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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