PROCUREMENT OF TACTICAL MARITIME SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS.

SEC. 7218. PROCUREMENT OF TACTICAL MARITIME SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS. (a) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), subject to the availability of appropriations and if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that there is a need, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall— (1) procure a tactical maritime surveillance system, or similar technology, for use by the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the areas of operation of— (A) Coast Guard Sector San Diego in California; (B) Coast Guard Sector San Juan in Puerto Rico; and (C) Coast Guard Sector Key West in Florida; and (2) for purposes of data integration and land-based data access, procure for each area of operation described in paragraph (1) and for Coast Guard Station South Padre Island a land-based maritime domain awareness system capable of sharing data with the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection— (A) to operate in conjunction with— (i) the system procured under section 11266 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 4063) for Coast Guard Station South Padre Island; and (ii) the tactical maritime surveillance system procured for each area of operation under paragraph (1); and (B) to be installed in the order in which the systems described in subparagraph (A) are installed. (b) Study; Limitation.— (1) Study required.—Prior to the procurement or operation of a tactical maritime surveillance system, or similar technology, that is deployed from a property owned by the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall complete a study, in coordination with Secretary of Defense, analyzing the potential impacts to the national security of the United States of such operation. (2) Limitation.—If it is determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense through the study required under paragraph (1) that the placement or installation of a system described in subsection (a) negatively impacts the national security of the United States, such system shall not be procured or installed.