1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Offshore Wind Opportunity Act . 2. GAO study (a) In general Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall initiate a study described in subsection (c). (b) Submission The Comptroller General shall submit to appropriate congressional committees, including the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the results of the study under subsection (a). (c) Contents of study In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall include— (1) an outline of policy and regulatory options that could be adopted to increase the role of United States built vessels, flagged vessels, and mariners in offshore wind turbine installation to meet the goal of developing 30 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030; (2) an outline of any potential ways to— (A) increase the role of United States crews on vessels that are subject to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and not subject to chapters 121 and 551 of title 46, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Jones Act ; and (B) domestically manufacture vessels described in subparagraph (A); (3) an assessment of the workforce needs that would be required to build an United States mariner workforce for offshore wind construction, operations, and maintenance to meet the 30 gigawatt goal in subsection (1), specifically— (A) the number of such workers needed to crew the offshore wind vessels necessary to meet the goal of developing 30 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030; (B) the number of workers needed to manufacture, build, operate, maintain, and support offshore wind projects