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FYI
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Bill
117th Congress
Department of Energy Coastal Research Initiative Act
Purpose
To establish a coastal zone research initiative at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Summary of Selected Provisions
  • Directs the Department of Energy to launch a Coastal Zone Research Initiative that would create an “integrated system of geographically diverse field research sites” to improve observational data concerning major land-water interfaces of the U.S., such as the Great Lakes region, coastlines, and the Arctic
  • Instructs DOE to carry out the initiative in consultation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other relevant agencies
Primary Sponsors
Co-sponsors by Party
R
0
D
1
I
0
Actions
  • 07/29/2021
    Introduced in House