1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accelerating Networking, Cyberinfrastructure, and Hardware for Oceanic Research Act or the ANCHOR Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Director The term Director means the Director of the National Science Foundation. (2) Oceanographic research vessel The term oceanographic research vessel has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code. (3) U.S. Academic Research Fleet The term U.S Academic Research Fleet means the United States-flagged vessels that— (A) have been accepted into, and are actively participants administered within, the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System; (B) are operated as oceanographic research vessels by research universities and laboratories; (C) receive funding from the National Science Foundation; and (D) have achieved designation as a member vessel of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet through the standard U.S. Academic Research Fleet evaluation process. 3. Plan to improve cybersecurity and telecommunications of U.S. Academic Research Fleet (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director , in consultation with other Federal agency owners heads of other Federal agencies and the head of any university or laboratory that owns or operates a vessel of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the U.S. Senate and the Committee on Space, Science, and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives a plan to improve the cybersecurity and telecommunications of the Academic Research Fleet. (b) Elements The plan required by subsection (a) shall include— (1) an assessment of the telecommunications and networking needs of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet, consistent with the typical scientific mission of each vessel