Pacific Ready Coast Guard Act

(a) In general. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the feasibility of establishing a standing Indo-Pacific maritime group, modeled after the Standing NATO Maritime Groups, to conduct humanitarian and law enforcement missions in the Indo-Pacific region.

(b) Contents. The Commandant shall include in the report required under subsection (a)—

(1) findings on how such maritime group could enable the Coast Guard to work more effectively with partner countries in the Indo-Pacific region on—

(A) multilateral humanitarian missions;

(B) anti-piracy missions;

(C) emergency responses;

(D) maritime domain awareness issues; and

(E) the prevention of unregulated and unreported fishing efforts; and

(2) any other matters as determined relevant by the Commandant.