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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1237 

To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act 

of 2009 to establish an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board, to expand 

and improve the research on Ocean Acidification and Coastal Acidification, to establish and maintain a data archive system for Ocean Acidification data and Coastal Acidification data, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2019 

Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. PINGREE, and Mr. POSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 

Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and 

Monitoring Act of 2009 to establish an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board, to expand and improve the research 

on Ocean Acidification and Coastal Acidification, to establish and maintain a data archive system for Ocean 

Acidification data and Coastal Acidification data, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal and Ocean 

3 Acidification Stressors and Threats Research Act of 

4 2019’’ or the ‘‘COAST Research Act of 2019’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12402(a) of the Federal 

7 Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 

8 (33 U.S.C. 3701(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

11 (A), by striking ‘‘development and coordina12 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘coordination and imple13 mentation’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

15 ‘‘acidification on marine organisms’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘acidification and coastal acidification on 

17 marine organisms’’; and 

18 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘es19 tablish’’ and all that follows before the semi20 colon and inserting ‘‘maintain and advise an 

21 interagency research, monitoring, and public 

22 outreach program on ocean acidification and 

23 coastal acidification’’; 

24 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘establish25 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘maintenance’’; 


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1 (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and coastal 

2 acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’; and 

3 (4) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and coastal 

4 acidification that take into account other environ5 mental and anthropogenic stressors’’ after ‘‘ocean 

6 acidification’’. 

7 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

8 Section 12402 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re9 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3701(a)) 

10 is amended by striking ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—’’. 

11 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

12 Section 12403 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re13 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3702) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of the 

16 Earth’s oceans’’ and all that follows before the pe17 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘and changes in the 

18 water chemistry of the Earth’s oceans, coastal estu19 aries, and waterways caused by carbon dioxide from 

20 the atmosphere and the breakdown of organic mat21 ter’’; 

22 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Joint Sub23 committee on Ocean Science and Technology of the 

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1 serting ‘‘National Science and Technology Council 

2 Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology’’; 

3 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 

4 (3) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; 

5 (4) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re6 designated, the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(1) COASTAL ACIDIFICATION.—The term 

8 ‘coastal acidification’ means the combined decrease 

9 in pH and changes in the water chemistry of coastal 

10 oceans, estuaries, and other bodies of water from 

11 chemical inputs (including carbon dioxide from the 

12 atmosphere), freshwater inputs, and excess nutrient 

13 run-off from land and coastal atmospheric pollution 

14 that result in processes that release carbon dioxide, 

15 acidic nitrogen, and sulfur compounds as byprod16 ucts.’’; and 

17 (5) by adding at the end the following new 

18 paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

20 the State of the United States, the District of Co21 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Amer22 ican Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

23 Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the 

24 United States, and any other territory or possession 

25 of the United States.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 

2 Section 12404 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re3 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SUB6 COMMITTEE’’ and inserting ‘‘WORKING GROUP’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Joint 

9 Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Tech10 nology of the National Science and Technology 

11 Council shall coordinate Federal activities on 

12 ocean acidification and’’ and insert ‘‘Sub13 committee shall’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Wildlife 

15 Service,’’ and inserting ‘‘Wildlife Service, the 

16 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the En17 vironmental Protection Agency, the Department 

18 of Agriculture, the Department of State, the 

19 Department of Energy, the Department of the 

20 Navy, the National Park Service, the Bureau of 

21 Indian Affairs, the National Institute of Stand22 ards and Technology, the Smithsonian Institu23 tion,’’; and 

24 (C) in paragraph (3), in the heading, by 

25 striking ‘‘CHAIRMAN’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAIR’’; 

26 (3) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in2 cluding the efforts of the National Oceanic and 

3 Atmospheric Administration to facilitate such 

4 implementation’’ after ‘‘of the plan’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

7 ‘‘and coastal acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean 

8 acidification’’; and 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

10 ‘‘and coastal acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean 

11 acidification’’; 

12 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

13 and inserting a semicolon; 

14 (D) in paragraph (5)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘developed’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘and coastal acidification developed’’; 

17 and 

18 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

19 and inserting ‘‘and coastal acidification; 

20 and’’; and 

21 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(6) ensure that each of the Federal agencies 

24 represented on the interagency working group— 


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1 ‘‘(A) participates in the Ocean Acidifica2 tion Information Exchange established under 

3 paragraph (5); and 

4 ‘‘(B) delivers data and information to sup5 port the data archive system established under 

6 section 12406(d).’’; 

7 (4) in subsection (c), in paragraph (2)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘, and to the Office of 

9 Management and Budget,’’ after ‘‘House of 

10 Representatives’’; and 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 

12 interagency research’’ and inserting ‘‘inter13 agency strategic research’’; 

14 (5) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub15 section (d); and 

16 (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(c) ADVISORY BOARD.— 

19 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Chair of the Sub20 committee shall establish an Ocean Acidification Ad21 visory Board. 

22 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Advisory Board shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) not later than 180 days after the 

24 Subcommittee submits the most recent report 

25 under subsection (d)(2) to Congress— 


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1 ‘‘(i) review such report; and 

2 ‘‘(ii) submit an analysis of such report 

3 to the Subcommittee, the Committee on 

4 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

5 the Senate, the Committee on Science, 

6 Space, and Technology of the House of 

7 Representatives, and the Committee on 

8 Natural Resources of the House of Rep9 resentatives; 

10 ‘‘(B) not later than 180 days after the 

11 Subcommittee submits the most recent strategic 

12 research plan under subsection (d)(3) to Con13 gress— 

14 ‘‘(i) review such plan; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) submit an analysis of such plan 

16 and the implementation thereof to the Sub17 committee, the Committee on Commerce, 

18 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 

19 the Committee on Science, Space, and 

20 Technology of the House of Representa21 tives, and the Committee on Natural Re22 sources of the House of Representatives; 

23 ‘‘(C) provide ongoing advice to the Sub24 committee and the interagency working group 


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1 on matters related to Federal activities on 

2 ocean acidification and coastal acidification; 

3 ‘‘(D) advise the Subcommittee and the 

4 interagency working group on— 

5 ‘‘(i) efforts to coordinate research and 

6 monitoring activities related to ocean acidi7 fication and coastal acidification; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the best practices for the stand9 ards developed for data archiving under 

10 section 12406(e); 

11 ‘‘(E) publish in the Federal Register the 

12 charter required under section 9(c) of the Fed13 eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.); 

14 ‘‘(F) provide the Library of Congress 

15 with— 

16 ‘‘(i) the charter described under sub17 paragraph (E); 

18 ‘‘(ii) any schedules and minutes for 

19 meetings of the Advisory Board; 

20 ‘‘(iii) any documents described in sub21 sections (b) and (c) of section 9 of the 

22 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

23 App.) that are created by the Advisory 

24 Board; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) any reports prepared by the Ad2 visory Board; and 

3 ‘‘(G) establish a publicly accessible web 

4 page on the website of the National Oceanic 

5 and Atmospheric Administration, that contains 

6 the information described in clause (i) through 

7 (iv) of subparagraph (F). 

8 ‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Board shall 

9 consist of 21 members as follows: 

10 ‘‘(A) 2 representatives of the shellfish and 

11 crab industry. 

12 ‘‘(B) 1 representative of the finfish indus13 try. 

14 ‘‘(C) 1 representative of seafood proc15 essors. 

16 ‘‘(D) 3 representatives from academia, in17 cluding both natural and social sciences. 

18 ‘‘(E) 1 representative of recreational fish19 ing. 

20 ‘‘(F) 1 representative of relevant non21 governmental organizations. 

22 ‘‘(G) 6 representatives from relevant State, 

23 local, and Tribal governments. 

24 ‘‘(H) 1 representative from the Alaska 

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1 ‘‘(I) 1 representative from the California 

2 Current Acidification Network. 

3 ‘‘(J) 1 representative from the Northeast 

4 Coastal Acidification Network. 

5 ‘‘(K) 1 representative from the Southeast 

6 Coastal Acidification Network. 

7 ‘‘(L) 1 representative from the Gulf of 

8 Mexico Coastal Acidification Network. 

9 ‘‘(M) 1 representative from the Mid-Atlan10 tic Coastal Acidification Network. 

11 ‘‘(4) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—The Chair 

12 of the Subcommittee shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) appoint members to the Advisory 

14 Board (taking into account the geographical in15 terests of each individual to be appointed as a 

16 member of the Advisory Board to ensure that 

17 an appropriate balance of geographical interests 

18 are represented by the members of the Advisory 

19 Board) who— 

20 ‘‘(i) represent the interest group for 

21 which each seat is designated; 

22 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate expertise on ocean 

23 acidification or coastal acidification and its 

24 scientific, economic, industry, cultural, and 

25 community impacts; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) have a record of distinguished 

2 service with respect to ocean acidification 

3 or coastal acidification, and such impacts 

4 thereof; 

5 ‘‘(B) give consideration to nominations and 

6 recommendations from the members of the 

7 interagency working group and the public for 

8 such appointments; and 

9 ‘‘(C) ensure that an appropriate balance of 

10 scientific, industry, and geographical interests 

11 are represented by the members of the Advisory 

12 Board. 

13 ‘‘(5) TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.—Each member of 

14 the Advisory Board— 

15 ‘‘(A) shall be appointed for a 5-year term; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) may be appointed to more than one 

18 term. 

19 ‘‘(6) CHAIR.—The Chair of the Subcommittee 

20 shall appoint one member of the Advisory Board to 

21 serve as the Chair of the Advisory Board. 

22 ‘‘(7) MEETINGS.—Not less than once each cal23 endar year, the Advisory Board shall meet at such 

24 times and places as may be designated by the Chair 

25 of the Advisory Board, in consultation with the 


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1 Chair of the Subcommittee and the Chair of the 

2 interagency working group. 

3 ‘‘(8) BRIEFING.—The Chair of the Advisory 

4 Board shall brief the Subcommittee and the inter5 agency working group on the progress of the Advi6 sory Board as necessary. 

7 ‘‘(9) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— 

8 The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply 

9 to the Advisory Board, except for subsections (b) 

10 and (c) of section 9 and subsections (a) through (d) 

11 of section 10 of such Act.’’. 

12 SEC. 5. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN. 

13 Section 12405 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re14 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3704) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘acidification’’ each place it 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘acidification and coastal 

19 acidification’’; 

20 (B) in the first sentence— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘, and not later than 

22 every 5 years thereafter’’ after ‘‘the date of 

23 enactment of this Act’’; 

24 (ii) by inserting ‘‘address the socio25 economic impacts of ocean acidification 


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1 and coastal acidification and to’’ after 

2 ‘‘mitigation strategies to’’; and 

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘marine ecosystems’’ 

4 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘eco5 systems’’; and 

6 (C) in the second sentence, by inserting 

7 ‘‘and recommendations made by the Advisory 

8 Board in the review of the plan required under 

9 subsection (e)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and so12 cial sciences’’ after ‘‘among the ocean sciences’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

15 ‘‘impacts’’ and inserting ‘‘impacts, includ16 ing trends of changes in ocean chemistry,’’; 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘improve the abil19 ity to assess the’’ and inserting ‘‘as20 sess the short-term and long-term’’; 

21 and 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the 

23 end and inserting a semicolon; 

24 (iii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 

25 read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(C) provide information for the— 

2 ‘‘(i) development of adaptation and 

3 mitigation strategies to address the socio4 economic impacts of ocean acidification 

5 and coastal acidification; 

6 ‘‘(ii) conservation of marine organisms 

7 and ecosystems; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) assessment of the effectiveness 

9 of such adaptation and mitigation strate10 gies;’’; and 

11 (iv) by adding at the end the following 

12 new subparagraph: 

13 ‘‘(D) improve research on— 

14 ‘‘(i) ocean acidification and coastal 

15 acidification; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the effect of environmental 

17 stressors on each other, including research 

18 on the effect of changes in water chem19 istry, changes in sediment delivery, hy20 poxia, and harmful algal blooms, on ocean 

21 acidification and coastal acidification; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) the effect of environmental 

23 stressors on marine resources and eco24 systems;’’; 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (F), by inserting 

2 ‘‘and management’’ after ‘‘database devel3 opment’’; 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (H) by striking 

5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new subparagraphs: 

8 ‘‘(J) assessment of adaptation and mitiga9 tion strategies; and 

10 ‘‘(K) education and outreach activities;’’; 

11 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘set 

12 forth’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure an appropriate 

13 balance of contribution in establishing’’; 

14 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reports’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘the best available peer-reviewed 

16 scientific reports’’; 

17 (F) in paragraph (6)— 

18 (i) by inserting ‘‘and coastal acidifica19 tion’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘of the United States’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘within the United States’’; 

22 (G) in paragraph (7)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘outline budget re24 quirements’’ and inserting ‘‘estimate budg25 et requirements for each of the fiscal years 


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1 of the plan for full implementation of each 

2 element of the plan’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘over the course of 

4 10 years’’ after ‘‘under the plan’’; 

5 (H) in paragraph (8)— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘and coastal acidifica7 tion’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’ each place 

8 it appears; 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘its’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘their’’; and 

11 (iii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end 

12 and inserting a semicolon; 

13 (I) in paragraph (9), by striking the period 

14 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (J) by adding at the end the following new 

16 paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(10) describe monitoring needs necessary to 

18 support potentially affected industry members, 

19 coastal stakeholders, fishery management councils 

20 and commissions, non-Federal resource managers, 

21 and scientific experts on decision-making and adap22 tation related to ocean acidification and coastal 

23 acidification.’’; 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘sur2 face’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 

4 coastal acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean acidifica5 tion’’; 

6 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘input, and’’ and in8 serting ‘‘inputs,’’; 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, marine food webs,’’ 

10 after ‘‘marine ecosystems’’; and 

11 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, and modeling that 

12 supports fisheries management’’ after 

13 ‘‘marine organisms’’; 

14 (D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and 

15 coastal acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean acidifica16 tion’’; and 

17 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

18 paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(6) Research to understand related and cumu20 lative stressors and other biogeochemical processes 

21 occurring in conjunction with ocean acidification and 

22 coastal acidification.’’; and 

23 (4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(e) ADVISORY BOARD EVALUATION.—Not later 

2 than 60 days before a plan is submitted to Congress, the 

3 Subcommittee shall provide the Advisory Board estab4 lished under section 12404(c) a copy of the plan. 

5 ‘‘(f) PUBLICATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT.—Not 

6 later than 90 days before the strategic research plan, or 

7 any revision thereof, is submitted to Congress, the Sub8 committee shall publish the plan in the Federal Register 

9 and provide an opportunity for submission of public com10 ments for a period of not less than 60 days.’’. 

11 SEC. 6. NOAA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES. 

12 Section 12406 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re13 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3705) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

17 by inserting ‘‘coordination,’’ after ‘‘research, 

18 monitoring,’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

21 (I) by inserting ‘‘including the 

22 Integrated Ocean Observing System 

23 and the ocean observing assets of 

24 other Federal agencies,’’ after ‘‘ocean 

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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘and agency 

2 and department missions, prioritizing 

3 the location of monitoring instru4 ments, assets, and projects to maxi5 mize the efficiency of resources and to 

6 optimize understanding of socio7 economic impacts and ecosystem 

8 health’’ after ‘‘research program’’; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

10 (I) by striking ‘‘adaptation’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘adaptation and mitigation’’; 

12 and 

13 (II) by inserting ‘‘and supporting 

14 socioeconomically vulnerable commu15 nities and industries’’ after ‘‘marine 

16 ecosystems’’; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

18 ‘‘its impacts’’ and inserting ‘‘their respec19 tive impacts’’; 

20 (iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

21 ‘‘monitoring and impacts research’’ and in22 serting ‘‘research, monitoring, and adapta23 tion and mitigation strategies’’; and 

24 (v) by adding at the end the following 

25 new subparagraph: 


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1 ‘‘(G) research to improve understanding of 

2 the effect of— 

3 ‘‘(i) other environmental stressors on 

4 ocean acidification and coastal acidifica5 tion; 

6 ‘‘(ii) multiple environmental stressors 

7 on living marine resources and coastal eco8 systems; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) adaptation and mitigation strat10 egies to address the socioeconomic impacts 

11 of ocean acidification and coastal acidifica12 tion.’’; 

13 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘critical 

14 research projects that explore’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘critical research and education projects that 

16 explore and communicate’’; and 

17 (D) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by 

18 striking ‘‘acidification’’ each place it appears 

19 and inserting ‘‘acidification and coastal acidifi20 cation’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub22 sections: 

23 ‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO INTERAGENCY WORKING

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1 for coordinating the Federal response to ocean acidifica2 tion and coastal acidification, by— 

3 ‘‘(1) leading the interagency working group in 

4 implementing the strategic research plan under sec5 tion 12405; 

6 ‘‘(2) coordinating monitoring and research ef7 forts among Federal agencies in cooperation with 

8 State, local, and international partners; 

9 ‘‘(3) maintaining an Ocean Acidification Infor10 mation Exchange described under section 

11 12404(b)(5) to allow for information to be electroni12 cally accessible, including information— 

13 ‘‘(A) on ocean acidification developed 

14 through or used by the ocean acidification pro15 gram described under section 12406(a); or 

16 ‘‘(B) that would be useful to State govern17 ments, local governments, Tribal governments, 

18 resource managers, policymakers, researchers, 

19 and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapt20 ing to the impacts of ocean acidification and 

21 coastal acidification; and 

22 ‘‘(4) establishing and maintaining the data ar23 chive system under subsection (d). 

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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in co2 ordination with members of the interagency working 

3 group, shall provide for the long-term stewardship 

4 of, and access to, data relating to ocean acidification 

5 and coastal acidification by establishing a data ar6 chive system that processes, stores, archives, pro7 vides access to, and incorporates to the extent pos8 sible, such data collected— 

9 ‘‘(A) through relevant federally funded re10 search; and 

11 ‘‘(B) by a Federal agency, State agency, 

12 local agency, Tribe, academic scientist, citizen 

13 scientist, or industry organization. 

14 ‘‘(2) EXISTING GLOBAL OR NATIONAL DATA AS15 SETS.—In establishing the data archive system 

16 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that 

17 existing global or national data assets (including the 

18 data assets of the National Centers for Environ19 mental Information, the Integrated Ocean Observing 

20 System, and other existing data systems within Fed21 eral agencies) are incorporated to the greatest extent 

22 possible. 

23 ‘‘(e) STANDARDS, PROTOCOLS, AND PROCEDURES.— 

24 With respect to the data described in subsection (d), the 

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1 agency working group, shall establish standards, protocols, 

2 or procedures for— 

3 ‘‘(1) processing, storing, archiving, and pro4 viding access to such data; 

5 ‘‘(2) the interoperability and intercalibration of 

6 such data; 

7 ‘‘(3) the collection of any metadata underlying 

8 such data; and 

9 ‘‘(4) sharing such data with State, local, and 

10 Tribal government programs, potentially affected in11 dustry members, coastal stakeholders, fishery man12 agement councils and commissions, non-Federal re13 source managers, and academia. 

14 ‘‘(f) DISSEMINATION OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

15 DATA AND COASTAL ACIDIFICATION DATA.—The Sec16 retary, in coordination with members of the interagency 

17 working group, shall disseminate the data described under 

18 subsection (d) to the greatest extent practicable by sharing 

19 such data on full and open access exchanges, including 

20 the Ocean Acidification Information Exchange described 

21 in section 12404(b)(5). 

22 ‘‘(g) REQUIREMENT.—Recipients of grants from the 

23 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under 

24 this subtitle that collected data described under subsection 

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1 ‘‘(1) collect such data in accordance with the 

2 standards, protocols, or procedures established pur3 suant to subsection (e); and 

4 ‘‘(2) submit such data to the Secretary, in ac5 cordance with any rules promulgated by the Sec6 retary.’’. 

7 SEC. 7. NSF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES. 

8 Section 12407 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re9 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3706) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘ocean acidification’’ each place 

12 it appears and inserting ‘‘ocean acidification and 

13 coastal acidification’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

16 (1)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘continue to carry out 

18 research activities on ocean acidification 

19 which shall’’; 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘proposals for re21 search’’ and inserting ‘‘proposals for the 

22 researching’’; and 

23 (iii) by striking ‘‘its impacts’’ and in24 serting ‘‘their respective impacts’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘marine 

2 ecosystems’’ and inserting ‘‘ecosystems’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

4 at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

5 (D) in paragraph (3)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘and its impacts’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘and their respective impacts’’; 

8 and 

9 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

10 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(4) adaptation and mitigation strategies to ad14 dress socioeconomic effects of ocean acidification and 

15 coastal acidification.’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT.—Recipients of grants from the 

18 National Science Foundation under this subtitle that col19 lect data described under section 12406(d) shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) collect data in accordance with the stand21 ards, protocols, or procedures established pursuant 

22 to section 12406(e); and 

23 ‘‘(2) submit such data to the Director and the 

24 Secretary, in accordance with any rules promulgated 

25 by the Director or the Secretary.’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. NASA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES. 

2 Section 12408 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re3 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3707) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘ocean acidification’’ each place 

6 it appears and inserting ‘‘ocean acidification and 

7 coastal acidification’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘its impacts’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘their respective impacts’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT.—Researchers from the National 

13 Aeronautics and Space Administration under this subtitle 

14 that collect data described under section 12406(d) shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) collect such data in accordance with the 

16 standards, protocols, or procedures established pur17 suant to section 12406(e); and 

18 ‘‘(2) submit such data to the Administrator and 

19 the Secretary, in accordance with any rules promul20 gated by the Administrator or the Secretary.’’. 

21 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 Section 12409 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re23 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3708) is 

24 amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subtitle—’’ 

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1 serting the following: ‘‘subtitle $30,500,000 for each 

2 of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subtitle—’’ 

4 and all that follows through paragraph (4) and in5 serting the following: ‘‘subtitle $20,000,000 for each 

6 of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’. 

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