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 cutter readi-
ness and reduce lost patrol days through the deployment 
of commercially developed condition-based program stand-
ards 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 cur-
rently operating under the direction of Military Sea-
lift Command); 
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(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 Trans-
portation of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives— 
(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 sub-
section (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 devel-
oped condition-based program standards for cut-
ter maintenance to Coast Guard cutters; and 
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(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 Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a detailed description of the 
strategy of the Coast Guard to implement unmanned sys-
tems across mission areas, including— 
(1) the steps taken to implement actions rec-
ommended in the consensus study report of the Na-
tional Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine 
published 
on 
November 
12, 
2020, 
titled 
‘‘Leveraging Unmanned Systems for Coast Guard 
Missions: A Strategic Imperative’’; 
(2) the strategic goals and acquisition strategies 
for proposed uses and procurements of unmanned sys-
tems; 
(3) a strategy to sustain competition and inno-
vation for procurement of unmanned systems and 
services for the Coast Guard, including defining op-
portunities for new and existing technologies; and 
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