§714 Arctic Maritime Domain Awareness

Summary

The Commandant must make the Coast Guard better at tracking and understanding ships and activities in the Arctic. To do that, the Commandant must work with other U.S. departments, partner with foreign and joint forces, and make it easier to share Arctic information, intelligence, and data. The Commandant must try to coordinate with DHS, Defense, Transportation, State, Interior, NASA, NOAA, EPA, NSF, the Arctic Research Commission, and any other federal agency or State chosen. The Commandant and those agencies may share people, services, equipment, and facilities by agreement, paid or unpaid. By January 1, 2016, and every 5 years after, the Commandant must send a 5-year plan to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to guide this cooperation. "Arctic" means what is defined in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).