115th Congress
Coordinated Ocean Monitoring and Research Act
Purpose
A bill to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, and for other purposes.
Summary of Selected Provisions
Provisions in both bills
- Authorizes the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to stagger the terms of members of the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee
Provisions in the House bill
- Reauthorizes the Integrated Ocean Observation System (IOOS) through fiscal year 2022 and authorizes an annual funding level of $36 million
Provisions in the Senate bill
- Reauthorizes IOOS through fiscal year 2021 and authorizes an annual funding level of $40 million
- Directs IOOS to implement a process by which observations are transformed into more easily used information products
- Requires submission to Congress of an Ocean Chemistry Coastal Community Vulnerability Assessment every five years
Primary Sponsors
Co-sponsors by Party
R
5
D
6
I
0
Actions
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01/08/2018Passed by Senate
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06/22/2017Introduced in Senate