(b) TERMINATION.—The interim policy established 
under subsection (a) shall remain in effect until the date 
on which the Commandant issues a permanent behavior 
health policy for members of the Coast Guard which is, 
to the extent practicable, equivalent to such section 5.28. 
SEC. 205. IMPROVING REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND 
OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES AMONG 
COAST GUARD ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard shall— 
(1) determine which recommendations in the 
RAND representation report can practicably be im-
plemented to promote improved representation in the 
Coast Guard of— 
(A) women; and 
(B) racial and ethnic minorities; and 
(2) submit to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report on the actions 
the Commandant has taken, or plans to take, to im-
plement such recommendations. 
(b) 
CURRICULUM
AND
TRAINING.—The 
Com-
mandant shall update, to reflect actions described under
subsection (a)(2), the curriculum and training materials 
used at— 
(1) officer accession points, including the Coast 
Guard Academy and the Leadership Development 
Center; 
(2) enlisted member accession at the United 
States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in 
Cape May, New Jersey; and 
(3) the officer, enlisted member, and civilian 
leadership courses managed by the Leadership De-
velopment Center. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘RAND 
representation report’’ means the report titled ‘‘Improving 
the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minori-
ties Among U.S. Coast Guard Active-Duty Members’’ 
issued by the Homeland Security Operational Analysis 
Center of the RAND Corporation on August 11, 2021. 
Subtitle B—Operational Matters 
SEC. 206. PILOT PROJECT FOR ENHANCING COAST GUARD 
CUTTER READINESS THROUGH CONDITION- 
BASED MAINTENANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard shall conduct a pilot project to enhance cut-
ter readiness and reduce lost patrol days through the de-
ployment of commercially developed condition-based pro-
gram standards for cutter maintenance, in accordance 
with the criteria set forth in subsection (b). 
(b) CRITERIA FOR CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCE 
EVALUATION.—In conducting the pilot project under sub-
section (a), the Commandant shall— 
(1) select at least 1 legacy cutter asset and 1 
class of cutters under construction with respect to 
which the application of the pilot project would en-
hance readiness; 
(2) use commercially developed condition-based 
program standards similar to those applicable to pri-
vately owned and operated vessels or vessels owned 
or operated by other Federal agencies (such as those 
currently operating under the direction of Military 
Sealift Command); 
(3) create and model a full ship digital twin for 
the cutters selected under paragraph (1); 
(4) install or modify instrumentation capable of 
producing full hull, mechanical, and electrical data 
necessary to analyze cutter operational conditions 
with active maintenance alerts; and 
(5) deploy artificial intelligence, prognostic- 
based integrated maintenance planning modeled 
after standards described in paragraph (2).
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Commandant shall 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives— 
(1) an interim report not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act on the 
progress in carrying out the pilot project described 
in subsection (a); and 
(2) a final report not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act on the results of 
the pilot project described in subsection (a) that in-
cludes— 
(A) options to integrate commercially de-
veloped condition-based program standards for 
cutter maintenance to Coast Guard cutters; and 
(B) plans to deploy commercially developed 
condition-based program standards for cutter 
maintenance to Coast Guard cutters. 
SEC. 207. UNMANNED SYSTEMS STRATEGY. 
(a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,