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 102 STAT. 1846

PUBLIC LAW 100-448—SEPT. 28, 1988

developed by the Navy, on how ASW equipment will be installed and used on Coast Guard cutters. SEC. 20. CLARIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL.

46 USC 13110 note.

OF NATIONAL

BOATING

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 13110(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking "members from" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "representatives o f. (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall carry out the amendments made by subsection (a) as vacancies in the membership of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council occur. SEC. 21. DRAWBRIDGE OPENINGS.

Highways.

Section 5(a) of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes", approved August 18, 1894 (33 U.S.C. 499), is amended by adding at the end the following: "Any rules and regulations made in pursuance of this section shall, to the extent practical and feasible, provide for regularly scheduled openings of drawbridges during seasons of the year, and during times of the day, when scheduled openings would help reduce motor vehicle traffic delays and congestion on roads and highways linked by drawbridges.". SEC. 22. MOBILE LAW ENFORCEMENT BASE.

Reports.

The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of acquisition by the Coast Guard of a mobile semisubmersible law enforcement base. Not later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report the results of such evaluation to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the (Dommittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives.

President of U.S. SEC. 23. ICEBREAKER STUDY. Defense and The President shall review existing national needs for polar icenational breakers with respect to all appropriate national security, scientific, security. Reports. economic, and environmental interests of the United States. Not

later than October 1, 1988, the President shall submit a report on such review to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives. Such report may be in the form of an update of the Polar Icebreaker Requirements Study of 1984 and shall include— (1) an assessment of the number and capabilities of polar icebreaking vessels required in the national interest with respect to national security, scientific, economic, and environmental requirements; (2) a comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of acquiring polar icebreaking vessels built in whole or in part in foreign shipy£u*ds as opp^ed to acquiring polar icebreaking vessels built in whole or in part in domestic shipyards, including any national security risks and economic costs and benefits; (3) a comparison of the operational and economic costs and benefits that can be derived from leasing polar icebreaking

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