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Union Calendar No. 183 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1314 

[Report No. 116–231, Part I] 

To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act 

of 2009, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 19, 2019 

Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Ms. BONAMICI) 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 

OCTOBER 11, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. CASE, and Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N

of Puerto Rico 

OCTOBER 11, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

OCTOBER 11, 2019 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged; committed to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 

to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 19, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation 

System Act of 2009, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Integrated Coastal and 

5 Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STAGGERED TERMS FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATED 

7 COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM 

8 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

9 Section 12304(d)(3)(B) of the Integrated Coastal and 

10 Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 

11 3603(d)(3)(B)) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘Members’’ and inserting the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

15 in clause (ii), members’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(ii) STAGGERED TERMS.—The Ad18 ministrator may appoint or reappoint a 

19 member for a partial term of 1 or 2 years 

20 in order to establish a system of staggered 

21 terms. The Administrator may appoint or 

22 reappoint a member under this clause only 

23 once. A member appointed or reappointed 

24 to a partial term under this clause may not 

25 serve more than one full term.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION 

2 SYSTEM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 

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

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

5 amended by inserting ‘‘disburse appropriated funds to,’’ 

6 after ‘‘agreements, with,’’. 

7 SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTEGRATED COASTAL AND 

8 OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM ACT OF 2009. 

9 Section 12311 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Ob10 servation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3610) is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 such sums 

12 as are necessary’’ and inserting ‘‘$47,500,000 for each of 

13 fiscal years 2020 through 2024’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 183 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1314 

[Report No. 116–231, Part I] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean 

purposes. Observation System Act of 2009, and for other 

OCTOBER 11, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

an amendment 

OCTOBER 11, 2019 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology disprinted House on the State of the Union and ordered to be charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 


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