AVIATION CAPABILITY.

SEC. 225. AVIATION CAPABILITY. 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.