SEC. 3. ARCTIC MARINE SHIPPING ASSESSMENT IMPLE-
MENTATION. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en-
sure safe and secure maritime shipping in the Arctic in-
cluding the availability of aids to navigation, vessel es-
corts, spill response capability, and maritime search and 
rescue in the Arctic. 
(b) 
INTERNATIONAL
MARITIME
ORGANIZATION 
AGREEMENTS.—To carry out the purpose of this section, 
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating is encouraged to enter into negotiations 
through the International Maritime Organization to con-
clude and execute agreements to promote coordinated ac-
tion among the United States, Russia, Canada, Iceland, 
Norway, and Denmark and other seafaring and Arctic na-
tions to ensure, in the Arctic— 
(1) placement and maintenance of aids to navi-
gation; 
(2) appropriate marine safety, tug, and salvage 
capabilities; 
(3) oil spill prevention and response capability; 
(4) maritime domain awareness, including long- 
range vessel tracking; and 
(5) search and rescue. 
(c) COORDINATION BY COMMITTEE ON THE MARI-
TIME TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.—The Committee on the 
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Maritime Transportation System established under a di-
rective of the President in the Ocean Action Plan, issued 
December 17, 2004, shall coordinate the establishment of 
domestic transportation policies in the Arctic necessary to 
carry out the purpose of this section. 
(d) AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS.—The Secretary 
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 
may, subject to the availability of appropriations, enter 
into cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agree-
ments with, or make grants to individuals and govern-
ments to carry out the purpose of this section or any 
agreements established under subsection (b). 
(e) ICEBREAKING.—The Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating shall promote safe 
maritime navigation by means of icebreaking where need-
ed to carry out the purposes of this section. 
(f) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—The Secretary of 
Transportation may enter into cooperative agreements, 
contracts, or other agreements with, or make grants to— 
(1) 
individuals 
to 
conduct 
demonstration 
projects to reduce emissions (including black carbon 
and other emissions that could contribute to climate 
change) or discharges from vessels operating in the 
Arctic; and 
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(2) maritime training institutions to train mari-
ners for ice navigation (including navigation in bro-
ken ice conditions) and Arctic operations, including 
the prevention of discharges. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) to the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating— 
(A) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2015 for seasonal operations in 
the Arctic; and 
(B) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2012 through 2015 to carry out agreements es-
tablished under subsection (d); and 
(2) 
to 
the 
Secretary 
of 
Transportation 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015 to conduct demonstration projects under sub-
section (f). 
(h) ICEBREAKERS.— 
(1) ANALYSES.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act or the date of com-
pletion of the ongoing High Latitude Study to assess 
Arctic polar ice-breaking mission requirements, 
which ever occurs later, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard shall— 
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(A) conduct a comparative cost-benefit 
analysis of— 
(i) extending the service life of the ex-
isting fleet of icebreakers for operation by 
the Coast Guard, 
(ii) constructing new icebreakers for 
operation by the Coast Guard, and 
(iii) any combination of the activities 
described in clauses (i) and (ii) that is nec-
essary for the Coast Guard to carry out 
the Federal icebreaking missions of the 
United States; and 
(B) conduct an analysis of the impact on 
mission capacity and the ability of the United 
States to maintain a presence in the Arctic re-
gions through the year 2020 if recapitalization 
of the icebreaker fleet, either by constructing 
new icebreakers or extending the service life of 
the existing fleet of icebreakers, is not fully 
funded. 
(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act or the date of comple-
tion of the ongoing High Latitude Study to as-
sess Arctic ice-breaking mission requirements, 
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whichever occurs later, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard shall submit a report containing 
the results of the study, together with rec-
ommendations the Commandant deems appro-
priate under section 93(a)(24) of title 14, 
United States Code, to the Senate Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and 
the House of Representatives Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure. 
(B) Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall 
submit reports containing the results of the 
analyses required under subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of paragraph (1), together with rec-
ommendations the Commandant deems appro-
priate under section 93(a)(24) of title 14, 
United States Code, to the Senate Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and 
the House of Representatives Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure. 
SEC. 4. ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL COAST 
GUARD PRESENCE IN HIGH LATITUDE RE-
GIONS. 
Within 270 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
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Guard is operating shall submit a report to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives assessing the need for ad-
ditional Coast Guard prevention and response capability 
in the high latitude regions. The assessment shall address 
needs for all Coast Guard mission areas, including search 
and rescue, marine pollution response and prevention, 
fisheries enforcement, and maritime commerce. The Sec-
retary shall include in the report— 
(1) an assessment of the high latitude operating 
capabilities of all current Coast Guard assets, in-
cluding assets acquired under the Deepwater pro-
gram; 
(2) an assessment of projected needs for Coast 
Guard forward operating bases in the high latitude 
regions; 
(3) an assessment of shore infrastructure, per-
sonnel, logistics, communications, and resources re-
quirements to support Coast Guard forward oper-
ating bases in the high latitude regions; 
(4) an assessment of the need for high latitude 
icebreaking capability and the capability of the cur-
rent high latitude icebreaking assets of the Coast 
Guard, including— 
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(B) replace the Coast Guard’s existing 
high latitude icebreaking fleet. 
SEC. 5. ARCTIC DEFINITION. 
In this Act the term ‘‘Arctic’’ has the same meaning 
as in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act 
of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111). 
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