AVIATION CAPABILITY.

SEC. 225. AVIATION CAPABILITY.(a) In General.—The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may—(1) request and accept through a direct military-to-military transfer under section 2571 of title 10, United States Code, such H–60 helicopters as may be necessary to establish a year-round operational capability in the Coast Guard’s Ninth District; and(2) use funds provided under section 101 of this Act to convert such helicopters to Coast Guard MH–60T configuration.(b) Prohibition.—(1) In general.—The Coast Guard may not—(A) close a Coast Guard air facility that was in operation on November 30, 2014; or(B) retire, transfer, relocate, or deploy an aviation asset from an air facility described in subparagraph (A) for the purpose of closing such facility.(2) Sunset.—This subsection is repealed effective January 1, 2016.