In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 3, 2020. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 914) entitled 

‘‘An Act to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, to clarify the authority of the 

Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to post-storm assessments, and to 

require the establishment of a National Water Center, and 

for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Co3 ordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2020’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF INTEGRATED COASTAL AND 

OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM ACT OF 2009 

Sec. 101. Purposes. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

Sec. 103. Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System. 

Sec. 104. Financing and agreements. 

Sec. 105. Reports to Congress. 

Sec. 106. Public-private use policy. 

Sec. 107. Repeal of independent cost estimate. 

Sec. 108. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 109. Reports and research plans. 

Sec. 110. Strategic research plan. 

Sec. 111. Stakeholder input on monitoring. 

Sec. 112. Research activities. 
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TITLE II—NAMED STORM EVENT MODEL AND POST-STORM 

ASSESSMENTS 

Sec. 201. Named Storm Event Model and post-storm assessments. 

TITLE III—WATER PREDICTION AND FORECASTING 

Sec. 301. Water prediction and forecasting. 

1 TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF 

2 INTEGRATED COASTAL AND 

3 OCEAN OBSERVATION SYS4 TEM ACT OF 2009 

5 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

6 Section 12302 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Ob7 servation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3601) is amended 

8 to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 12302. PURPOSES. 

10 ‘‘The purposes of this subtitle are— 

11 ‘‘(1) to establish and sustain a national inte12 grated System of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ob13 serving systems, comprised of Federal and non-Fed14 eral components coordinated at the national level by 

15 the Council and at the regional level by a network of 

16 regional coastal observing systems, and that includes 

17 in situ, remote, and other coastal and ocean observa18 tion and modeling capabilities, technologies, data 

19 management systems, communication systems, and 

20 product development systems, and is designed to ad21 dress regional and national needs for ocean and 

22 coastal information, to gather specific data on key 
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1 ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes variables, and to en2 sure timely and sustained dissemination and avail3 ability of these data— 

4 ‘‘(A) to the public; 

5 ‘‘(B) to support national defense, search 

6 and rescue operations, marine commerce, navi7 gation safety, weather, climate, and marine fore8 casting, energy siting and production, economic 

9 development, ecosystem-based marine, coastal, 

10 and Great Lakes resource management, public 

11 safety, and public outreach and education; 

12 ‘‘(C) to promote greater public awareness 

13 and stewardship of the Nation’s ocean, coastal, 

14 and Great Lakes resources and the general public 

15 welfare; 

16 ‘‘(D) to provide easy access to ocean, coast17 al, and Great Lakes data and promote data 

18 sharing between Federal and non-Federal sources 

19 and promote public data sharing; 

20 ‘‘(E) to enable advances in scientific under21 standing to support the sustainable use, con22 servation, management, and understanding of 

23 healthy ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources 

24 to ensure the Nation can respond to opportuni-
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1 ties to enhance food, economic, and national se2 curity; and 

3 ‘‘(F) to monitor and model changes in the 

4 oceans and Great Lakes, including with respect 

5 to chemistry, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, 

6 water levels, and other phenomena; 

7 ‘‘(2) to improve the Nation’s capability to meas8 ure, track, observe, understand, and predict events re9 lated directly and indirectly to weather and climate, 

10 natural climate variability, and interactions between 

11 the oceanic and atmospheric environments, including 

12 the Great Lakes; 

13 ‘‘(3) to sustain, upgrade, and modernize the Na14 tion’s ocean and Great Lakes observing infrastructure 

15 to detect changes and ensure delivery of reliable and 

16 timely information; and 

17 ‘‘(4) to authorize activities— 

18 ‘‘(A) to promote basic and applied research 

19 to develop, test, and deploy innovations and im20 provements in coastal and ocean observation 

21 technologies, including advanced observing tech22 nologies such as unmanned maritime systems 

23 needed to address critical data gaps, modeling 

24 systems, other scientific and technological capa25 bilities to improve the understanding of weather 
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1 and climate, ocean-atmosphere dynamics, global 

2 climate change, and the physical, chemical, and 

3 biological dynamics of the ocean, coastal, and 

4 Great Lakes environments; and 

5 ‘‘(B) to conserve healthy and restore de6 graded coastal ecosystems.’’. 

7 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

8 Section 12303 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Ob9 servation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3602) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 7902’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘section 8932’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘integrated 

14 into the System and are managed through States, re15 gional organizations, universities, nongovernmental 

16 organizations, or the private sector’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘managed through States, regional organizations, 

18 universities, nongovernmental organizations, or the 

19 private sector and integrated into the System by a re20 gional coastal observing system, the National Oceanic 

21 and Atmospheric Administration, or the agencies par22 ticipating in the Interagency Ocean Observation 

23 Committee’’; 

24 (3) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol25 lows: 
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1 ‘‘(6) REGIONAL COASTAL OBSERVING SYSTEM.— 

2 The term ‘regional coastal observing system’ means 

3 an organizational body that is certified or established 

4 by contract or memorandum by the lead Federal 

5 agency designated in section 12304(c)(3) and coordi6 nates State, Federal, local, tribal, and private inter7 ests at a regional level with the responsibility of en8 gaging the private and public sectors in designing, 

9 operating, and improving regional coastal observing 

10 systems in order to ensure the provision of data and 

11 information that meet the needs of user groups from 

12 the respective regions.’’; and 

13 (4) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘National Oce14 anic and Atmospheric Administration’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘Administrator’’. 

16 SEC. 103. INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION 

17 SYSTEM. 

18 (a) SYSTEM ELEMENTS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 12304(b) of the Inte20 grated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 

21 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3603(b)) is amended by striking 

22 paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to fulfill the pur24 poses of this subtitle, the System shall be national in 

25 scope and consist of— 
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1 ‘‘(A) Federal assets to fulfill national and 

2 international observation missions and prior3 ities; 

4 ‘‘(B) non-Federal assets, including a net5 work of regional coastal observing systems iden6 tified under subsection (c)(4), to fulfill regional 

7 and national observation missions and prior8 ities; 

9 ‘‘(C) observing, modeling, data manage10 ment, and communication systems for the timely 

11 integration and dissemination of data and infor12 mation products from the System, including re13 views of data collection procedures across regions 

14 and programs to make recommendations for data 

15 collection standards across the System to meet 

16 national ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes obser17 vation, applied research, and weather forecasting 

18 needs; 

19 ‘‘(D) a product development system to 

20 transform observations into products in a format 

21 that may be readily used and understood; and 

22 ‘‘(E) a research and development program 

23 conducted under the guidance of the Council, 

24 consisting of— 
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1 ‘‘(i) basic and applied research and 

2 technology development— 

3 ‘‘(I) to improve understanding of 

4 coastal and ocean systems and their re5 lationships to human activities; and 

6 ‘‘(II) to ensure improvement of 

7 operational assets and products, in8 cluding related infrastructure, observ9 ing technologies such as unmanned 

10 maritime systems, and information 

11 and data processing and management 

12 technologies; 

13 ‘‘(ii) an advanced observing technology 

14 development program to fill gaps in tech15 nology; 

16 ‘‘(iii) large scale computing resources 

17 and research to advance modeling of ocean, 

18 coastal, and Great Lakes processes; 

19 ‘‘(iv) models to improve regional 

20 weather forecasting capabilities and re21 gional weather forecasting products; and 

22 ‘‘(v) reviews of data collection proce23 dures across regions and programs to make 

24 recommendations for data collection stand25 ards across the System to meet national 
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1 ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observation, 

2 applied research, and weather forecasting 

3 needs.’’. 

4 (2) AVAILABILITY OF DATA.—Section 

5 12304(b)(3) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 3603(b)(3)) is 

6 amended by inserting ‘‘for research and for use in the 

7 development of products to address societal needs’’ be8 fore the period at the end. 

9 (b) POLICY OVERSIGHT, ADMINISTRATION, AND RE10 GIONAL COORDINATION.—Section 12304(c) of the Integrated 

11 Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 

12 U.S.C. 3603(c)) is amended by striking paragraphs (2), (3), 

13 and (4), and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) INTERAGENCY OCEAN OBSERVATION COM15 MITTEE.— 

16 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Council shall 

17 establish or designate a committee, which shall 

18 be known as the ‘Interagency Ocean Observation 

19 Committee’. 

20 ‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The Interagency Ocean Ob21 servation Committee shall— 

22 ‘‘(i) prepare annual and long-term 

23 plans for consideration and approval by the 

24 Council for the integrated design, operation, 

25 maintenance, enhancement, and expansion 
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1 of the System to meet the objectives of this 

2 subtitle and the System Plan; 

3 ‘‘(ii) develop and transmit to Congress, 

4 along with the budget submitted by the 

5 President to Congress pursuant to section 

6 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, an 

7 annual coordinated, comprehensive budg8 et— 

9 ‘‘(I) to operate all elements of the 

10 System identified in subsection (b); 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(II) to ensure continuity of data 

13 streams from Federal and non-Federal 

14 assets; 

15 ‘‘(iii) establish requirements for obser16 vation data variables to be gathered by both 

17 Federal and non-Federal assets and iden18 tify, in consultation with regional coastal 

19 observing systems, priorities for System ob20 servations; 

21 ‘‘(iv) establish and define protocols and 

22 standards for System data processing, man23 agement, collection, configuration stand24 ards, formats, and communication for new 
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1 and existing assets throughout the System 

2 network; 

3 ‘‘(v) develop contract requirements for 

4 each regional coastal observing system— 

5 ‘‘(I) to establish eligibility for in6 tegration into the System; 

7 ‘‘(II) to ensure compliance with 

8 all applicable standards and protocols 

9 established by the Council; and 

10 ‘‘(III) to ensure that regional ob11 servations are integrated into the Sys12 tem on a sustained basis; 

13 ‘‘(vi) identify gaps in observation cov14 erage or needs for capital improvements of 

15 both Federal assets and non-Federal assets; 

16 ‘‘(vii) subject to the availability of ap17 propriations, establish through 1 or more 

18 Federal agencies participating in the Inter19 agency Ocean Observation Committee, in 

20 consultation with the System advisory com21 mittee established under subsection (d), a 

22 competitive matching grant or other pro23 grams— 

24 ‘‘(I) to promote intramural and 

25 extramural research and development 
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1 of new, innovative, and emerging ob2 servation technologies including testing 

3 and field trials; and 

4 ‘‘(II) to facilitate the migration of 

5 new, innovative, and emerging sci6 entific and technological advances from 

7 research and development to oper8 ational deployment; 

9 ‘‘(viii) periodically— 

10 ‘‘(I) review the System Plan; and 

11 ‘‘(II) submit to the Council such 

12 recommendations as the Interagency 

13 Ocean Observation Committee may 

14 have for improvements to the System 

15 Plan; 

16 ‘‘(ix) ensure collaboration among Fed17 eral agencies participating in the Inter18 agency Ocean Observation Committee; and 

19 ‘‘(x) perform such additional duties as 

20 the Council may delegate. 

21 ‘‘(3) LEAD FEDERAL AGENCY.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The National Oceanic 

23 and Atmospheric Administration shall function 

24 as the lead Federal agency for the implementa25 tion and administration of the System. 
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1 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In car2 rying out this paragraph, the Administrator 

3 shall consult with the Council, the Interagency 

4 Ocean Observation Committee, other Federal 

5 agencies that maintain portions of the System, 

6 and the regional coastal observing systems. 

7 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out this 

8 paragraph, the Administrator shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) establish and operate an Inte10 grated Ocean Observing System Program 

11 Office within the National Oceanic and At12 mospheric Administration that— 

13 ‘‘(I) utilizes, to the extent nec14 essary, personnel from Federal agencies 

15 participating in the Interagency Ocean 

16 Observation Committee; and 

17 ‘‘(II) oversees daily operations 

18 and coordination of the System; 

19 ‘‘(ii) implement policies, protocols, and 

20 standards approved by the Council and del21 egated by the Interagency Ocean Observa22 tion Committee; 

23 ‘‘(iii) promulgate program guide24 lines— 
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1 ‘‘(I) to certify and integrate re2 gional associations into the System; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(II) to provide regional coastal 

5 and ocean observation data that meet 

6 the needs of user groups from the re7 spective regions; 

8 ‘‘(iv) have the authority to enter into 

9 and oversee contracts, leases, grants, or co10 operative agreements with non-Federal as11 sets, including regional coastal observing 

12 systems, to support the purposes of this sub13 title on such terms as the Administrator 

14 deems appropriate; 

15 ‘‘(v) implement and maintain a merit16 based, competitive funding process to sup17 port non-Federal assets, including the devel18 opment and maintenance of a national net19 work of regional coastal observing systems, 

20 and develop and implement a process for 

21 the periodic review and evaluation of the re22 gional associations; 

23 ‘‘(vi) provide opportunities for com24 petitive contracts and grants for demonstra25 tion projects to design, develop, integrate, 
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1 deploy, maintain, and support components 

2 of the System; 

3 ‘‘(vii) establish and maintain efficient 

4 and effective administrative procedures for 

5 the timely allocation of funds among con6 tractors, grantees, and non-Federal assets, 

7 including regional coastal observing sys8 tems; 

9 ‘‘(viii) develop and implement a proc10 ess for the periodic review and evaluation of 

11 the regional coastal observing systems; 

12 ‘‘(ix) formulate an annual process by 

13 which gaps in observation coverage or needs 

14 for capital improvements of Federal assets 

15 and non-Federal assets of the System are— 

16 ‘‘(I) identified by the regional as17 sociations described in the System 

18 Plan, the Administrator, or other 

19 members of the System; and 

20 ‘‘(II) submitted to the Interagency 

21 Ocean Observation Committee; 

22 ‘‘(x) develop and be responsible for a 

23 data management and communication sys24 tem, in accordance with standards and pro25 tocols established by the Interagency Ocean 
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1 Observation Committee, by which all data 

2 collected by the System regarding ocean and 

3 coastal waters of the United States includ4 ing the Great Lakes, are processed, stored, 

5 integrated, and made available to all end6 user communities; 

7 ‘‘(xi) not less frequently than once each 

8 year, submit to the Interagency Ocean Ob9 servation Committee a report on the accom10 plishments, operational needs, and perform11 ance of the System to contribute to the an12 nual and long-term plans prepared pursu13 ant to paragraph (2)(B)(i); 

14 ‘‘(xii) develop and periodically update 

15 a plan to efficiently integrate into the Sys16 tem new, innovative, or emerging tech17 nologies that have been demonstrated to be 

18 useful to the System and which will fulfill 

19 the purposes of this subtitle and the System 

20 Plan; and 

21 ‘‘(xiii) work with users and regional 

22 associations to develop products to enable 

23 real-time data sharing for decision makers, 

24 including with respect to weather fore25 casting and modeling, search and rescue op-
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1 erations, corrosive seawater forecasts, water 

2 quality monitoring and communication, 

3 and harmful algal bloom forecasting. 

4 ‘‘(4) REGIONAL COASTAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A regional coastal ob6 serving system described in the System Plan as 

7 a regional association may not be certified or es8 tablished under this subtitle unless it— 

9 ‘‘(i) has been or shall be certified or es10 tablished by contract or agreement by the 

11 Administrator; 

12 ‘‘(ii) meets— 

13 ‘‘(I) the certification standards 

14 and compliance procedure guidelines 

15 issued by the Administrator; and 

16 ‘‘(II) the information needs of 

17 user groups in the region while adher18 ing to national standards; 

19 ‘‘(iii) demonstrates an organizational 

20 structure, that under funding limitations is 

21 capable of— 

22 ‘‘(I) gathering required System 

23 observation data; 

24 ‘‘(II) supporting and integrating 

25 all aspects of coastal and ocean observ-
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1 ing and information programs within 

2 a region; and 

3 ‘‘(III) reflecting the needs of State, 

4 local, and tribal governments, commer5 cial interests, and other users and 

6 beneficiaries of the System and other 

7 requirements specified under this sub8 title and the System Plan; 

9 ‘‘(iv) identifies— 

10 ‘‘(I) gaps in observation coverage 

11 needs for capital improvements of Fed12 eral assets and non-Federal assets of 

13 the System; and 

14 ‘‘(II) other recommendations to 

15 assist in the development of the annual 

16 and long-term plans prepared pursu17 ant to paragraph (2)(B)(i) and trans18 mits such information to the Inter19 agency Ocean Observation Committee 

20 through the Program Office established 

21 under paragraph (3)(C)(i); 

22 ‘‘(v) develops and operates under a 

23 strategic plan that will ensure the efficient 

24 and effective administration of programs 

25 and assets to support daily data observa-
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1 tions for integration into the System, pur2 suant to the standards approved by the 

3 Council; 

4 ‘‘(vi) works cooperatively with govern5 mental and nongovernmental entities at all 

6 levels to identify and provide information 

7 products of the System for multiple users 

8 within the service area of the regional coast9 al observing system; and 

10 ‘‘(vii) complies with all financial over11 sight requirements established by the Ad12 ministrator, including requirements relat13 ing to audits. 

14 ‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION.—For the purposes of 

15 this subtitle, employees of Federal agencies are 

16 permitted to be members of the governing body 

17 for the regional coastal observing systems and 

18 may participate in the functions of the regional 

19 coastal observing systems.’’. 

20 (c) SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 12304(d) 

21 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System 

22 Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3603(d)) is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or the Inter24 agency Ocean Observing Committee.’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘or the Council under this subtitle’’; and 
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1 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 

3 data sharing,’’ after ‘‘data management’’; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

5 at the end; 

6 (C) by striking subparagraph (D) and in7 serting the following: 

8 ‘‘(D) additional priorities, including— 

9 ‘‘(i) a national surface current map10 ping network designed to improve fine scale 

11 sea surface mapping using high frequency 

12 radar technology and other emerging tech13 nologies to address national priorities, in14 cluding Coast Guard search and rescue op15 eration planning and harmful algal bloom 

16 forecasting and detection that— 

17 ‘‘(I) is comprised of existing high 

18 frequency radar and other sea surface 

19 current mapping infrastructure oper20 ated by national programs and re21 gional coastal observing systems; 

22 ‘‘(II) incorporates new high fre23 quency radar assets or other fine scale 

24 sea surface mapping technology assets, 

25 and other assets needed to fill gaps in 
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1 coverage on United States coastlines; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(III) follows a deployment plan 

4 that prioritizes closing gaps in high 

5 frequency radar infrastructure in the 

6 United States, starting with areas 

7 demonstrating significant sea surface 

8 current data needs, especially in areas 

9 where additional data will improve 

10 Coast Guard search and rescue models; 

11 ‘‘(ii) fleet acquisition for unmanned 

12 maritime systems for deployment and data 

13 integration to fulfill the purposes of this 

14 subtitle; 

15 ‘‘(iii) an integrative survey program 

16 for application of unmanned maritime sys17 tems to the real-time or near real-time col18 lection and transmission of sea floor, water 

19 column, and sea surface data on biology, 

20 chemistry, geology, physics, and hydrog21 raphy; 

22 ‘‘(iv) remote sensing and data assimi23 lation to develop new analytical methodolo24 gies to assimilate data from the System into 

25 hydrodynamic models; 
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1 ‘‘(v) integrated, multi-State moni2 toring to assess sources, movement, and fate 

3 of sediments in coastal regions; 

4 ‘‘(vi) a multi-region marine sound 

5 monitoring system to be— 

6 ‘‘(I) planned in consultation with 

7 the Interagency Ocean Observation 

8 Committee, the National Oceanic and 

9 Atmospheric Administration, the De10 partment of the Navy, and academic 

11 research institutions; and 

12 ‘‘(II) developed, installed, and op13 erated in coordination with the Na14 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad15 ministration, the Department of the 

16 Navy, and academic research institu17 tions; and 

18 ‘‘(E) any other purpose identified by the 

19 Administrator or the Council.’’; 

20 (D) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ‘‘The 

21 Administrator may stagger the terms of the Sys22 tem advisory committee members.’’ before ‘‘Mem23 bers’’; and 

24 (E) in paragraph (4)— 
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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘and the Interagency Ocean Observing 

3 Committee’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

5 ‘‘Observing’’ and inserting ‘‘Observation’’. 

6 (d) CIVIL LIABILITY.—Section 12304(e) of the Inte7 grated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 

8 (33 U.S.C. 3603(e)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘information coordination enti10 ty’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘coastal ob11 serving system’’; and 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘contract, lease, grant, or cooper13 ative agreement under subsection (c)(3)(D)’’ and in14 serting ‘‘a memorandum of agreement of certification 

15 under subsection (c)(3)(C)(iii)’’. 

16 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Integrated 

17 Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 

18 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘regional infor19 mation coordination entities’’ each place it appears and in20 serting ‘‘regional coastal observing systems’’. 

21 SEC. 104. FINANCING AND AGREEMENTS. 

22 Section 12305(a) of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean 

23 Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3604(a)) is 

24 amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce may 

2 execute an agreement, on a reimbursable or nonreimburs3 able basis, with any State or subdivision thereof, any Fed4 eral agency, any public or private organization, or any in5 dividual to carry out activities under this subtitle.’’. 

6 SEC. 105. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

7 Section 12307 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Ob8 servation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3606) is amended 

9 to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 12307. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

11 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 30, 2022, 

12 and every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall pre13 pare, and the President acting through the Council shall 

14 approve and transmit to Congress, a report on progress 

15 made in implementing this subtitle. 

16 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report required under sub17 section (a) shall include— 

18 ‘‘(1) a description of activities carried out under 

19 this subtitle and the System Plan; 

20 ‘‘(2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Sys21 tem, including an evaluation of progress made by the 

22 Council to achieve the goals identified under the Sys23 tem Plan; 

24 ‘‘(3) the identification of Federal and non-Fed25 eral assets as determined by the Council that have 
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1 been integrated into the System, including assets es2 sential to the gathering of required observation data 

3 variables necessary to meet the respective missions of 

4 Council agencies; 

5 ‘‘(4) a review of procurements, planned or initi6 ated, by each department or agency represented on the 

7 Council to enhance, expand, or modernize the observa8 tion capabilities and data products provided by the 

9 System, including data management and communica10 tion subsystems; 

11 ‘‘(5) a summary of the existing gaps in observa12 tion infrastructure and monitoring data collection, 

13 including— 

14 ‘‘(A) priorities considered by the System ad15 visory committee; 

16 ‘‘(B) the national sea surface current map17 ping network; 

18 ‘‘(C) coastal buoys; 

19 ‘‘(D) ocean chemistry monitoring; 

20 ‘‘(E) marine sound monitoring; and 

21 ‘‘(F) unmanned maritime systems tech22 nology gaps; 

23 ‘‘(6) an assessment regarding activities to inte24 grate Federal and non-Federal assets, nationally and 

25 on the regional level, and discussion of the perform-
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1 ance and effectiveness of regional coastal observing 

2 systems to coordinate regional observation operations; 

3 ‘‘(7) a description of benefits of the program to 

4 users of data products resulting from the System (in5 cluding the general public, industries, scientists, re6 source managers, emergency responders, policy mak7 ers, and educators); 

8 ‘‘(8) recommendations, if any, concerning— 

9 ‘‘(A) modifications to the System; and 

10 ‘‘(B) funding levels for the System in subse11 quent fiscal years; and 

12 ‘‘(9) the results of a periodic external inde13 pendent programmatic audit of the System.’’. 

14 SEC. 106. PUBLIC-PRIVATE USE POLICY. 

15 Section 12308 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Ob16 servation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3607) is amended 

17 to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 12308. PUBLIC-PRIVATE USE POLICY. 

19 ‘‘The Council shall maintain a policy that defines 

20 processes for making decisions about the roles of the Federal 

21 Government, the States, regional coastal observing systems, 

22 the academic community, and the private sector in pro23 viding to end-user communities environmental information, 

24 products, technologies, and services related to the System. 

25 The Administrator shall ensure that the National Oceanic 
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1 and Atmospheric Administration adheres to the decision 

2 making process developed by the Council regarding the roles 

3 of the Federal Government, the States, the regional coastal 

4 observing systems, the academic community, and the pri5 vate sector in providing end-user communities environ6 mental information, data products, technologies, and serv7 ices related to the System.’’. 

8 SEC. 107. REPEAL OF INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Integrated Coastal and Ocean 

10 Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) 

11 is amended by striking section 12309 (33 U.S.C. 3608). 

12 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

13 contents in section 1(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Man14 agement Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 991) 

15 is amended by striking the item related to section 12309. 

16 SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 Section 12311 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Ob18 servation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3610) is amended 

19 to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 12311. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

21 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec22 retary of Commerce to support the integrated oceans obser23 vations under this subtitle— 

24 ‘‘(1) $48,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

25 ‘‘(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
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1 ‘‘(3) $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

2 ‘‘(4) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 

3 ‘‘(5) $56,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.’’. 

4 SEC. 109. REPORTS AND RESEARCH PLANS. 

5 Section 12404(c) of the Federal Ocean Acidification 

6 Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703(c)) 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(4) ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY REPORT.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

10 after the date of the enactment of the Coordi11 nated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 

12 2020, and every 6 years thereafter, the Sub13 committee shall transmit to the appropriate com14 mittees of Congress a report that— 

15 ‘‘(i) is named the ‘Ocean Chemistry 

16 Coastal Community Vulnerability Assess17 ment’; 

18 ‘‘(ii) identifies gaps in ocean acidifica19 tion monitoring by public, academic, and 

20 private assets in the network of regional 

21 coastal observing systems; 

22 ‘‘(iii) identifies geographic areas which 

23 have gaps in ocean acidification research; 

24 ‘‘(iv) identifies United States coastal 

25 communities, including island communities, 
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1 fishing communities, low-population rural 

2 communities, tribal and subsistence commu3 nities, and island communities, that may be 

4 impacted by ocean acidification; 

5 ‘‘(v) identifies impacts of changing 

6 ocean carbonate chemistry on the commu7 nities described in clause (iv), including 

8 impacts from changes in ocean and coastal 

9 marine resources that are not managed by 

10 the Federal Government; 

11 ‘‘(vi) identifies gaps in understanding 

12 of the impacts of ocean acidification on eco13 nomically or commercially important spe14 cies, particularly those which support 

15 United States commercial, recreational, and 

16 tribal fisheries and aquaculture; 

17 ‘‘(vii) identifies habitats that may be 

18 particularly vulnerable to corrosive sea 

19 water, including areas experiencing mul20 tiple stressors such as hypoxia, sedimenta21 tion, and harmful algal blooms; 

22 ‘‘(viii) identifies areas in which exist23 ing National Integrated Coastal and Ocean 

24 Observation System assets, including un25 manned maritime systems, may be lever-
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1 aged as platforms for the deployment of new 

2 sensors or other applicable observing tech3 nologies; 

4 ‘‘(ix) is written in collaboration with 

5 Federal agencies responsible for carrying 

6 out this subtitle, including representatives 

7 of— 

8 ‘‘(I) the National Marine Fish9 eries Service and the Office for Coastal 

10 Management of the National Oceanic 

11 and Atmospheric Administration; 

12 ‘‘(II) regional coastal observing 

13 systems established under section 

14 12304(c)(4); 

15 ‘‘(III) regional ocean acidification 

16 networks; and 

17 ‘‘(IV) sea grant programs (as de18 fined in section 203 of the National 

19 Sea Grant College Program Act (33 

20 U.S.C. 1122)); and 

21 ‘‘(x) is written in consultation with ex22 perts, including subsistence users, academia, 

23 and stakeholders familiar with the eco24 nomic, social, ecological, geographic, and re-
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1 source concerns of coastal communities in 

2 the United States. 

3 ‘‘(B) FORM OF REPORT.— 

4 ‘‘(i) INITIAL REPORT.—The initial re5 port required under subparagraph (A) shall 

6 include the information described in clauses 

7 (i) through (viii) of that subparagraph on a 

8 national level. 

9 ‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Each 

10 report required under subparagraph (A) 

11 after the initial report— 

12 ‘‘(I) may describe the information 

13 described in clauses (i) through (viii) 

14 of that subparagraph on a national 

15 level; or 

16 ‘‘(II) may consist of separate re17 ports for each region of the National 

18 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra19 tion. 

20 ‘‘(iii) REGIONAL REPORTS.—If the 

21 Subcommittee opts to prepare a report re22 quired under subparagraph (A) as separate 

23 regional reports under clause (ii)(II), the 

24 Subcommittee shall submit a report for each 

25 region of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
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1 pheric Administration not less frequently 

2 than once during each 6-year reporting pe3 riod. 

4 ‘‘(C) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON5 GRESS DEFINED.—In this paragraph and in 

6 paragraph (5), the term ‘appropriate committees 

7 of Congress’ means the Committee on Commerce, 

8 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the 

9 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 

10 the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

11 on Natural Resources of the House of Represent12 atives. 

13 ‘‘(5) MONITORING PRIORITIZATION PLAN.—Not 

14 later than 180 days after the date of the submission 

15 of the initial report under paragraph (4)(A), the Sub16 committee shall transmit to the appropriate commit17 tees of Congress a report that develops a plan to de18 ploy new sensors or other applicable observing tech19 nologies such as unmanned maritime systems— 

20 ‘‘(A) based on such initial report; 

21 ‘‘(B) prioritized by— 

22 ‘‘(i) the threat to coastal economies and 

23 ecosystems; 

24 ‘‘(ii) gaps in data; and 

25 ‘‘(iii) research needs; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) that leverage existing platforms, where 

2 possible.’’. 

3 SEC. 110. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN. 

4 (a) CONTENTS.—Section 12405(b) of the Federal 

5 Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 

6 (33 U.S.C. 3704(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(10) make recommendations for research to be 

13 conducted, including in the social sciences and eco14 nomics, to address the key knowledge gaps identified 

15 in the Ocean Chemistry Coastal Community Vulner16 ability Assessment conducted under section 

17 12404(c)(4).’’. 

18 (b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Section 12405(c) of the 

19 Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act 

20 of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3704(c)) is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following: 

22 ‘‘(6) Research to understand the combined im23 pact of changes in ocean chemistry and other 

24 stressors, including sediment delivery, hypoxia, and 

25 harmful algal blooms, on each other and on living 
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1 marine resources, including aquaculture and coastal 

2 ecosystems. 

3 ‘‘(7) Applied research to identify adaptation 

4 strategies for species impacted by changes in ocean 

5 chemistry including vegetation-based systems, shell re6 cycling, species and genetic diversity, applied tech7 nologies, aquaculture methodologies, and management 

8 recommendations.’’. 

9 (c) PARTICIPATION.—Section 12405(e) of the Federal 

10 Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 

11 (33 U.S.C. 3704(e)) is amended in the first sentence by in12 serting ‘‘, tribal governments, and subsistence users’’ after 

13 ‘‘groups’’. 

14 (d) REVISED STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN.—Not later 

15 than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

16 the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology 

17 of the National Science and Technology Council shall sub18 mit to Congress a revised strategic research plan under sec19 tion 12405 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research And 

20 Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3704) that includes the 

21 matters required by the amendments made by this section. 

22 SEC. 111. STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON MONITORING. 

23 Section 12406(a) of the Federal Ocean Acidification 

24 Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3705(a)) 

25 is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) includes an ongoing mechanism that allows 

7 industry members, coastal stakeholders, fishery man8 agement councils and commissions, non-Federal re9 source managers, community acidification networks, 

10 indigenous knowledge groups, and scientific experts to 

11 provide input on monitoring needs that are necessary 

12 to support on the ground management, decision mak13 ing, and adaptation related to ocean acidification 

14 and its impacts.’’. 

15 SEC. 112. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. 

16 Section 12407(a) of the Federal Ocean Acidification 

17 Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3706(a)) 

18 is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(a) RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—The Director of the Na20 tional Science Foundation shall continue to carry out re21 search activities on ocean acidification which shall support 

22 competitive, merit-based, peer-reviewed proposals for re23 search, observation, and monitoring of ocean acidification 

24 and its impacts, including— 
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1 ‘‘(1) impacts on marine organisms, including 

2 species cultured for aquaculture, and marine eco3 systems; 

4 ‘‘(2) impacts on ocean, coastal, and estuarine 

5 biogeochemistry; 

6 ‘‘(3) the development of methodologies and tech7 nologies to evaluate ocean acidification and its im8 pacts; and 

9 ‘‘(4) impacts of multiple stressors on ecosystems 

10 exhibiting hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, or sediment 

11 delivery, combined with changes in ocean chemistry.’’. 

12 TITLE II—NAMED STORM EVENT 

13 MODEL AND POST-STORM AS14 SESSMENTS 

15 SEC. 201. NAMED STORM EVENT MODEL AND POST-STORM 

16 ASSESSMENTS. 

17 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND

18 MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2009.—Section 12312 of the Omni19 bus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3611) 

20 is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the period 

23 at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, except 

24 that the term shall not apply with respect to a 
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1 State or territory that has an operational wind 

2 and flood loss allocation system.’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘sus4 tained’’ before ‘‘winds’’; and 

5 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘that 

6 threaten any portion of a coastal State’’ and in7 serting ‘‘for which post-storm assessments are 

8 conducted’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

12 (I) by striking ‘‘540 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of the Consumer 

14 Option for an Alternative System to 

15 Allocate Losses Act of 2012’’ and in16 serting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’; and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘by regulation’’; 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

19 ‘‘every’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; and 

20 (iii) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC REVIEW.—The Administrator 

23 shall seek input and suggestions from the public 

24 before the Named Storm Event Model, or any 
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1 modification to the Named Storm Event Model, 

2 takes effect.’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

5 and (C) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), re6 spectively; 

7 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

8 (A) the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) DATA COLLECTION.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Upon identifica11 tion of a named storm under subparagraph 

12 (A), and pursuant to the protocol estab13 lished under subsection (c), the Adminis14 trator may deploy sensors to enhance the 

15 collection of covered data in the areas in 

16 coastal States that the Administrator deter17 mines are at the highest risk of experiencing 

18 geophysical events that would cause indeter19 minate losses. 

20 ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—If the 

21 Administrator takes action under clause (i), 

22 that action may not be construed as indi23 cating that a post-storm assessment will be 

24 developed for any coastal State in which 

25 that action is taken. 
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1 ‘‘(C) IDENTIFICATION OF INDETERMINATE

2 LOSSES IN COASTAL STATES.—Not later than 30 

3 days after the first date on which sustained 

4 winds of not less than 39 miles per hour are 

5 measured in a coastal State during a named 

6 storm identified under subparagraph (A), the 

7 Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 

8 Administrator with respect to the existence of 

9 any indeterminate losses in that coastal State re10 sulting from that named storm.’’; 

11 (iii) in subparagraph (D), as so redes12 ignated— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘identification of a 

14 named storm under subparagraph (A)’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘confirmation of indeter16 minate losses identified under subpara17 graph (C) with respect to a named 

18 storm’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘assessment for 

20 such named storm’’ and inserting ‘‘as21 sessment for each coastal State that 

22 suffered such indeterminate losses as a 

23 result of the named storm’’; 

24 (iv) in subparagraph (E), as so redes25 ignated— 
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1 (I) by striking ‘‘an identification 

2 of a named storm is made under sub3 paragraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘any 

4 indeterminate losses are identified 

5 under subparagraph (C)’’; and 

6 (II) by striking ‘‘for such storm 

7 under subparagraph (B)’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘under subparagraph (D) for any 

9 coastal State that suffered such indeter10 minate losses’’; and 

11 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(F) SEPARATE POST-STORM ASSESSMENTS

13 FOR A SINGLE NAMED STORM.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

15 may conduct a separate post-storm assess16 ment for each coastal State in which inde17 terminate losses are identified under sub18 paragraph (C). 

19 ‘‘(ii) TIMELINE.—If the Administrator 

20 conducts a separate post-storm assessment 

21 under clause (i), the Administrator shall 

22 complete the assessment based on the dates 

23 of actions that the Administrator takes 

24 under subparagraph (D).’’; and 

25 (3) in subsection (c)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘540 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of the Consumer 

3 Option for an Alternative System to Allocate 

4 Losses Act of 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

5 2020’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, in the 

7 discretion of the Administrator,’’ after ‘‘of sen8 sors as may’’; and 

9 (C) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ‘‘and 

10 expend’’ after ‘‘receive’’. 

11 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSUR12 ANCE ACT OF 1968.—Section 1337 of the National Flood 

13 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4057) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 

16 at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, except 

17 that the term shall not apply with respect to a 

18 State or territory that has an operational wind 

19 and flood loss allocation system.’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘sus21 tained’’ after ‘‘maximum’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘establish 

24 by rule’’ and inserting ‘‘publish for comment in 

25 the Federal Register’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 

2 ‘‘Elevation Certificate’’ the following: ‘‘, or other 

3 data or information used to determine a prop4 erty’s current risk of flood, as determined by the 

5 Administrator,’’; 

6 (3) in subsection (c)(3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘the 

7 issuance of the rule establishing the COASTAL For8 mula’’ and inserting ‘‘publication of the COASTAL 

9 Formula in the Federal Register as required by sub10 section (b)(1)’’; 

11 (4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 

12 12312(b)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

13 12312(b)(2)(E)’’; 

14 (5) in subsection (h)— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘that issues a standard 

16 flood insurance policy under the national flood 

17 insurance program’’ after ‘‘company’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘or the COASTAL For19 mula’’ and inserting ‘‘, the COASTAL Formula, 

20 or any other loss allocation or post-storm assess21 ment arising under the laws or ordinances of 

22 any State’’; 

23 (6) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘after the date 

24 on which the Administrator issues the rule estab25 lishing the COASTAL Formula under subsection (b)’’ 
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1 and inserting ‘‘60 days after publication of the 

2 COASTAL Formula in the Federal Register as re3 quired by subsection (b)(1)’’; and 

4 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(k) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec6 tion shall be construed to create a cause of action under 

7 this Act.’’. 

8 TITLE III—WATER PREDICTION 

9 AND FORECASTING 

10 SEC. 301. WATER PREDICTION AND FORECASTING. 

11 (a) NATIONAL WATER CENTER.— 

12 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of 

14 Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall es15 tablish a center— 

16 (i) to serve as the research and oper17 ational center of excellence for hydrologic 

18 analyses, forecasting, and related decision 

19 support services within the National Oce20 anic and Atmospheric Administration and 

21 the National Weather Service; and 

22 (ii) to facilitate collaboration across 

23 Federal and State departments and agen24 cies, academia, and the private sector on 

25 matters relating to water resources. 
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1 (B) DESIGNATION.—The center established 

2 under subparagraph (A) shall be known as the 

3 ‘‘National Water Center’’. 

4 (2) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the National 

5 Water Center shall include the following: 

6 (A) Improving understanding of water re7 sources, stakeholder needs regarding water re8 sources, and identifying science and services 

9 gaps relating to water resources. 

10 (B) Developing and implementing advanced 

11 water resources modeling capabilities. 

12 (C) Facilitating the transition of hydrologic 

13 research into operations. 

14 (D) Delivering analyses, forecasts, and in15 undation information and guidance for all hy16 drologic events in the United States, including 

17 flash flooding, riverine flooding, and water re18 sources outlooks. 

19 (E) In coordination with warning coordi20 nation meteorologists, providing decision-support 

21 services to inform emergency management and 

22 water resources decisions. 

23 (b) NATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

25 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
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1 retary, acting through the Director of the National 

2 Weather Service, shall make public an operations and 

3 services policy directive for the National Water Cen4 ter. 

5 (2) CONTENTS.—The directive required by para6 graph (1) shall include national instructions to per7 form the functions of the National Water Center, in8 cluding the following: 

9 (A) Operational staff responsibilities. 

10 (B) Guidelines for content, format, and pro11 vision of hydrologic and inundation products de12 veloped by the National Water Center. 

13 (C) Procedures for cooperation and coordi14 nation between the National Water Center, the 

15 National Weather Service National Centers for 

16 Environmental Prediction, National Weather 

17 Service River Forecast Centers, and National 

18 Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices. 

19 (c) TOTAL WATER PREDICTION.—The Under Sec20 retary, acting through the Director of the Office of Water 

21 Prediction of the National Weather Service, shall— 

22 (1) initiate and lead research and development 

23 activities to develop operational water resource pre24 diction and related decision support products; 
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1 (2) collaborate with, and provide decision sup2 port regarding total water prediction to— 

3 (A) the relevant Federal agencies rep4 resented on the National Science and Technology 

5 Council, Committee on Environment, Natural 

6 Resources, and Sustainability and the Sub7 committee on Disaster Reduction; 

8 (B) State water resource agencies; and 

9 (C) State and local emergency management 

10 agencies; and 

11 (3) in carrying out the responsibilities described 

12 in paragraphs (1) and (2), collaboratively develop ca13 pabilities necessary for total water predictive capac14 ity, including observations, modeling, data manage15 ment, supercomputing, social science, and commu16 nications. 

17 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

18 authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities 

19 under this section amounts as follows: 

20 (1) $44,500,000 for fiscal year 2021. 

21 (2) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

22 (3) $45,500,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

23 (4) $46,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

24 (e) DERIVATION OF FUNDS.—Funds to carry out this 

25 section shall be derived from amounts authorized to be ap-
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1 propriated to the National Weather Service and the Na2 tional Ocean Service that are enacted after the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 914 

AMENDMENT