(viii) enlistment and reenlistment bo-
nuses; 
(ix) officer and enlisted full civilian 
clothing allowances; 
(x) an exception to the policy allowing 
a third hazardous duty pay for explosive 
ordnance disposal-qualified officers and en-
listed; and 
(xi) parachutist hazardous duty pay; 
(B) research, development, test, and eval-
uation; 
(C) procurement; 
(D) other transaction agreements; 
(E) operations and support; and 
(F) overseas contingency operations. 
SEC. 217. PRIBILOF ISLAND TRANSITION COMPLETION AC-
TIONS. 
(a) EXTENSIONS.—Section 524 of the Pribilof Island 
Transition Completion Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 
120)— 
(1) in subsection (b)(5) by striking ‘‘5 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘6 years’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(3) by striking ‘‘60 days’’ 
and inserting ‘‘120 days’’. 
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(b) ACTUAL USE AND OCCUPANCY REPORTS.—Not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, and quar-
terly thereafter, the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report de-
scribing— 
(1) the degree to which Coast Guard personnel 
and equipment are deployed to St. Paul Island, 
Alaska, in actual occupancy of the facilities, as re-
quired under section 524 of the Pribilof Island 
Transition Completion Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114–120); and 
(2) the status of the activities described in sub-
sections (c) and (d) until such activities have been 
completed. 
(c) AIRCRAFT HANGER.—The Secretary may— 
(1) enter into a lease for a hangar to house de-
ployed Coast Guard aircraft if such hanger was pre-
viously under lease by the Coast Guard for purposes 
of housing such aircraft; and 
(2) may enter into an agreement with the lessor 
of such a hanger in which the Secretary may carry 
out repairs necessary to support the deployment of 
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such aircraft and the cost such repairs may be offset 
under the terms of the lease. 
(d) FUEL TANK.— 
(1) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall determine whether the fuel tank located 
on St. Paul Island, Alaska, that is owned by the 
Coast Guard is needed for Coast Guard operations. 
(2) TRANSFER.—Subject to paragraph (3), if 
the Secretary determines such tank is not needed for 
operations, the Secretary shall, not later than 90 
days after making such determination, transfer such 
tank to the Alaska Native Village Corporation for 
St. Paul Island, Alaska. 
(3) FAIR
MARKET
VALUE
EXCEPTION.—The 
Secretary may only carry out a transfer under para-
graph (2) if the fair market value of such tank is 
less than the aggregate value of any lease payments 
for the property on which the tank is located that 
the Coast Guard would have paid to the Alaska Na-
tive Village Corporation for St. Paul Island, Alaska, 
had such lease been extended at the same rate. 
(e) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to limit any rights of the Alaska Native Vil-
lage Corporation for St. Paul to receive conveyance of all 
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or part of the lands and improvements related to Tract 
43 under the same terms and conditions as prescribed in 
section 524 of the Pribilof Island Transition Completion 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–120). 
SEC. 218. NOTIFICATION OF COMMUNICATION OUTAGES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report that— 
(1) contains a plan for the Coast Guard to no-
tify mariners of radio outages for towers owned and 
operated by the Coast Guard in District 17; 
(2) address in such plan how the Coast Guard 
in District 17 will— 
(A) disseminate outage updates regarding 
outages on social media at least every 48 hours; 
(B) provide updates on a publicly acces-
sible website at least every 48 hours; 
(C) develop methods for notifying mariners 
where cellular connectivity does not exist; 
(D) generate receipt confirmation and ac-
knowledgment of outages from mariners; and 
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(E) develop and advertise a web-based 
communications update hub on AM/FM radio 
for mariners; and 
(3) identifies technology gaps necessary to im-
plement the plan and provide a budgetary assess-
ment necessary to implement the plan. 
TITLE III—MARITIME 
Subtitle A—Shipping 
SEC. 301. NONOPERATING INDIVIDUAL. 
Section 8313(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283) is amended by striking ‘‘the date 
that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2025’’. 
SEC. 302. OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report detailing the total number of vessels 
known or estimated to operate or to have operated under 
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