An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 111-311 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Transportation Secretary, to study whether there is a continued need for a supplemental air and maritime navigation system as a backup to GPS.

1. Adds SEC. __. SUPPLEMENTAL POSITIONING SYSTEM at the end of title II

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   Inserted: SEC. __. SUPPLEMENTAL POSITIONING SYSTEM.

   Inserted: (a) Study Required.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and other heads of appropriate Federal departments, shall conduct a study to determine whether there is a continued need for a supplemental air and maritime navigation system as a backup to the Global Positioning System.

   Inserted: (b) Study Components.--The study shall--

   Inserted: (1) analyze the impact of the termination of a supplemental system may have on maritime and aviation safety, including general aviation;

   Inserted: (2) review national navigational capabilities available in the event of a loss of the Global Positioning System;

   Inserted: (3) investigate the capabilities of currently available radionavigational technologies and systems, including the LORAN-C program currently operated by the Coast Guard as well as modernized LORAN systems, and costs and infrastructure requirements necessary to establish a supplemental system nationwide; and

   Inserted: (4) include recommendations for future courses of action.

   Inserted: (c) Public Comment.--The Secretary shall--

   Inserted: (1) publish in the Federal Register a draft report containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations from the study required by subsection (a);

   Inserted: (2) accept public comments regarding such draft report for a period of not less than 60 days after the date the draft report is published in the Federal Register; and

   Inserted: (3) consider any such public comments in the preparation of a final report under subsection (d).

   Inserted: (d) Final Report.--The Secretary shall submit a final report, including the findings and recommendations, of the study required under subsection (a) and responses to comments gathered under subsection (c) to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 1 year after the enactment of this Act.

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   Inserted: (e) Secretary Defined.--As used in this section, the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.

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   At the end of title II, add the following:

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