Change of homeports or air stations

Section 910 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 910. Change of homeports or air stations (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating when not operating as a service in the Navy may not permanently— (1) close any Coast Guard station or unit; or (2) change the homeport of any cutters or the air station to which any aircraft is assigned. (b) Notification to Congress (1) In general Not later than 6 months before taking any permanent action under subsection (a)(1), or 90 days before taking any permanent action under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating when not operating as a service in the Navy shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, in writing, of such a closure or change. (2) Contents The Secretary shall include in any notification under paragraph (1) an evaluation of the impacts of such a closure or change on— (A) spending from the Coast Guard; (B) the Operations and Support Account; (C) the Procurement, Construction, and Improvement Account; (D) the Environmental Restoration Account; (E) Coast Guard operations; and (F) the ability of the infrastructure of receiving communities, if any, to support forces, missions, and personnel as a result of such closure or change. (c) Limitation This section shall not apply to the closure of a Coast Guard station or unit or a realignment with respect to a Coast Guard station or unit, if the President certifies to the Congress in writing that such closure or change is implemented for reasons of national security. (d) Public comment Before taking any closure or change action under this section, temporary or otherwise, the Commandant shall provide an opportunity for public comment and for public meetings in the area of the Coast Guard station or unit with regard to the decision to close such station or subunit. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Coast Guard station or unit The term Coast Guard station or unit means a base, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship or cutter, or other facility under the jurisdiction of the of Coast Guard, including any leased facility, which is located within any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Guam. (2) Closure; change The terms closure or change includes any action which both reduces and relocates functions and civilian personnel positions, but does not include a reduction in force resulting from workload adjustments, reduced personnel or funding levels, or skill imbalances for a period of more than 30 days in a calendar year..