To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2294 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2294

To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act
                                of 2009.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2025

Mr. Ezell (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Dingell,
  Mrs. Radewagen, and Mr. Davis of Illinois) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in
  addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act
                                of 2009.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION
              SYSTEM ACT OF 2009.

    The Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33
U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Council'' each place it appears and
        inserting ``Committee'';
            (2) in section 12303 (33 U.S.C. 3602)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``Council''
                        and inserting ``Committee''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``National Ocean Research
                        Leadership Council'' and inserting ``Ocean
                        Policy Committee''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``conduct
                operational oceanography measurements and'' after ``in
                order to'';
            (3) in section 12304 (33 U.S.C. 3603)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and ocean'' after ``weather''
                each place it appears; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in the heading of paragraph (1), by
                        striking ``Council'' and inserting
                        ``Committee''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                                    (I) by redesignating clauses (vi)
                                through (x) as clauses (vii) through
                                (xi), respectively; and
                                    (II) by inserting after clause (v)
                                the following:
                            ``(vi) develop requirements and processes
                        for regional offices and federally funded
                        projects of the agencies of the Interagency
                        Ocean Observation Committee to collaborate with
                        the regional coastal observing systems for data
                        sharing at regional levels;''; and
            (4) in section 12311 (33 U.S.C. 3610)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) $56,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through
        2030.''.
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