PRE-POSITIONING INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AT INTERAGENCY OPERATIONAL CENTERS.

SEC. 824. PRE-POSITIONING INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AT INTERAGENCY OPERATIONAL CENTERS. Section 70107A of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:124 STAT. 3004 “(e) Deployment of Interoperable Communications Equipment at Interagency Operational Centers.—The Secretary, subject to the availability of appropriations, shall ensure that interoperable communications technology is deployed at all interagency operational centers established under subsection (a) and that such technology and equipment has been tested in live operational environments before deployment.”.