117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1447 

AN ACT 

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. 
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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 ‘‘Coastal and Ocean 

5 Acidification Stressors and Threats Research Act of 

6 2021’’ or the ‘‘COAST Research Act of 2021’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

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

9 Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 

10 (33 U.S.C. 3701(a)) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

13 (A), by striking ‘‘development and coordina14 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘coordination and imple15 mentation’’; 

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

17 ‘‘acidification on marine organisms’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘acidification and coastal acidification on 

19 marine organisms’’; and 

20 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘es21 tablish’’ and all that follows through the semi22 colon and inserting ‘‘maintain and advise an 

23 interagency research, monitoring, and public 

24 outreach program on ocean acidification and 

25 coastal acidification;’’; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘establish2 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘maintenance’’; 

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

4 acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’; and 

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

6 acidification that take into account other environ7 mental and anthropogenic stressors’’ after ‘‘ocean 

8 acidification’’. 

9 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

10 Section 12402 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re11 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3701(a)) 

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

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 Section 12403 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re15 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3702) is 

16 amended— 

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

18 Earth’s oceans’’ and all that follows before the pe19 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘and changes in the 

20 water chemistry of the Earth’s oceans, coastal estu21 aries, and waterways caused by carbon dioxide from 

22 the atmosphere and the breakdown of organic mat23 ter’’; 

24 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Joint Sub25 committee on Ocean Science and Technology of the 
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1 National Science and Technology Council’’ and in2 serting ‘‘National Science and Technology Council 

3 Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology’’; 

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

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

6 (4) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re7 designated, the following new paragraph: 

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

9 ‘coastal acidification’ means the combined decrease 

10 in pH and changes in the water chemistry of coastal 

11 oceans, estuaries, and other bodies of water from 

12 chemical inputs (including carbon dioxide from the 

13 atmosphere), freshwater inputs, and excess nutrient 

14 run-off from land and coastal atmospheric pollution 

15 that result in processes that release carbon dioxide, 

16 acidic nitrogen, and sulfur compounds as byproducts 

17 which end up in coastal waters.’’; and 

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

19 paragraph: 

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

21 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

22 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 

23 Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

24 Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United 
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1 States, and any other territory or possession of the 

2 United States.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 

4 Section 12404 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re5 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SUB8 COMMITTEE’’ and inserting ‘‘WORKING GROUP’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (a)— 

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

11 Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Tech12 nology of the National Science and Technology 

13 Council shall coordinate Federal activities on 

14 ocean acidification and establish’’ and insert 

15 ‘‘Subcommittee shall establish and maintain’’; 

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

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

18 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the En19 vironmental Protection Agency, the Department 

20 of Agriculture, the Department of State, the 

21 Department of Energy, the Department of the 

22 Navy, the National Park Service, the Bureau of 

23 Indian Affairs, the National Institute of Stand24 ards and Technology, the Smithsonian Institu25 tion,’’; and 
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1 (C) in paragraph (3), in the heading, by 

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

3 (3) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in5 cluding the efforts of the National Oceanic and 

6 Atmospheric Administration to facilitate such 

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

8 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

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

11 acidification’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘and coastal acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean 

14 acidification’’; 

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

16 and inserting a semicolon; 

17 (D) in paragraph (5)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘developed’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘and coastal acidification developed’’; 

20 and 

21 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

22 and inserting ‘‘and coastal acidification; 

23 and’’; and 

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

25 paragraph: 
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1 ‘‘(6) ensure that each of the Federal agencies 

2 represented on the interagency working group— 

3 ‘‘(A) participates in the Ocean Acidifica4 tion Information Exchange established under 

5 paragraph (5); and 

6 ‘‘(B) delivers data and information to sup7 port the data archive system established under 

8 section 12406(d).’’; 

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

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

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

12 Representatives’’; and 

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

14 interagency research’’ and inserting ‘‘inter15 agency strategic research’’; 

16 (5) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub17 section (d); and 

18 (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(c) ADVISORY BOARD.— 

21 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Chair of the Sub22 committee shall establish an Ocean Acidification Ad23 visory Board. 

24 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Advisory Board shall— 
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1 ‘‘(A) not later than 180 days before the 

2 Subcommittee submits the most recent report 

3 under subsection (d)(2)— 

4 ‘‘(i) review such report; 

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

6 to the Subcommittee for consideration in 

7 the final report submitted under subsection 

8 (d)(2); and 

9 ‘‘(iii) concurrently with the Sub10 committee’s final submission of the report 

11 under subsection (d)(2), the Advisory 

12 Board shall submit a copy of the analysis 

13 provided to the Subcommittee to the Com14 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Trans15 portation of the Senate, the Committee on 

16 Science, Space, and Technology of the 

17 House of Representatives, and the Com18 mittee on Natural Resources of the House 

19 of Representatives; 

20 ‘‘(B) not later than 180 days before the 

21 Subcommittee submits the most recent strategic 

22 research plan under subsection (d)(3) to Con23 gress— 

24 ‘‘(i) review such plan; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) submit an analysis of such plan 

2 and the implementation thereof to the Sub3 committee for consideration in the final 

4 strategic research plan submitted under 

5 subsection (d)(3); and 

6 ‘‘(iii) concurrently with the Sub7 committee’s final submission of the stra8 tegic research plan under subsection 

9 (d)(3), the Advisory Board shall submit a 

10 copy of the analysis provided to the Sub11 committee to the Committee on Commerce, 

12 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 

13 the Committee on Science, Space, and 

14 Technology of the House of Representa15 tives, and the Committee on Natural Re16 sources of the House of Representatives; 

17 ‘‘(C) provide ongoing advice to the Sub18 committee and the interagency working group 

19 on matters related to Federal activities on 

20 ocean acidification and coastal acidification; 

21 ‘‘(D) advise the Subcommittee and the 

22 interagency working group on— 

23 ‘‘(i) efforts to coordinate research and 

24 monitoring activities related to ocean acidi25 fication and coastal acidification; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the best practices for the stand2 ards developed for data archiving under 

3 section 12406(e); 

4 ‘‘(E) publish in the Federal Register a 

5 charter; 

6 ‘‘(F) provide the Library of Congress 

7 with— 

8 ‘‘(i) the charter described in subpara9 graph (E); 

10 ‘‘(ii) any schedules and minutes for 

11 meetings of the Advisory Board; 

12 ‘‘(iii) any documents that are ap13 proved by the Advisory Board; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) any reports and analysis pre15 pared by the Advisory Board; and 

16 ‘‘(G) establish a publicly accessible web 

17 page on the website of the National Oceanic 

18 and Atmospheric Administration, that contains 

19 the information described in clauses (i) through 

20 (iv) of subparagraph (F). 

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

22 consist of 24 members as follows: 

23 ‘‘(A) Two representatives of the shellfish 

24 and crab industry. 
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1 ‘‘(B) One representative of the finfish in2 dustry. 

3 ‘‘(C) One representative of seafood proc4 essors. 

5 ‘‘(D) Three representatives from academia, 

6 including both natural and social sciences. 

7 ‘‘(E) One representative of recreational 

8 fishing. 

9 ‘‘(F) One representative of a relevant non10 governmental organization. 

11 ‘‘(G) Six representatives from relevant 

12 State, local, and Tribal governments. 

13 ‘‘(H) One representative from the Alaska 

14 Ocean Acidification Network or a subsequent 

15 entity that represents the same geographical re16 gion and has a similar purpose. 

17 ‘‘(I) One representative from the California 

18 Current Acidification Network or a subsequent 

19 entity that represents the same geographical re20 gion and has a similar purpose. 

21 ‘‘(J) One representative from the North22 east Coastal Acidification Network or a subse23 quent entity that represents the same geo24 graphical region and has a similar purpose. 
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1 ‘‘(K) One representative from the South2 east Coastal Acidification Network or a subse3 quent entity that represents the same geo4 graphical region and has a similar purpose. 

5 ‘‘(L) One representative from the Gulf of 

6 Mexico Coastal Acidification Network or a sub7 sequent entity that represents the same geo8 graphical region and has a similar purpose. 

9 ‘‘(M) One representative from the Mid-At10 lantic Coastal Acidification Network or a subse11 quent entity that represents the same geo12 graphical region and has a similar purpose. 

13 ‘‘(N) One representative from the Pacific 

14 Islands Ocean Observing System or a subse15 quent entity that represents the island terri16 tories and possessions of the United States in 

17 the Pacific Ocean, and the State of Hawaii and 

18 has a similar purpose. 

19 ‘‘(O) One representative from the Carib20 bean Regional Association for Coastal Ocean 

21 Observing or a subsequent entity that rep22 resents Puerto Rico and the United States Vir23 gin Islands and has a similar purpose. 

24 ‘‘(P) One representative from the National 

25 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall 
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1 serve as an ex-officio member of the Advisory 

2 Board without a vote. 

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

4 of the Subcommittee shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) appoint members to the Advisory 

6 Board (taking into account the geographical in7 terests of each individual to be appointed as a 

8 member of the Advisory Board to ensure that 

9 an appropriate balance of geographical interests 

10 are represented by the members of the Advisory 

11 Board) who— 

12 ‘‘(i) represent the interest group for 

13 which each seat is designated; 

14 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate expertise on ocean 

15 acidification or coastal acidification and its 

16 scientific, economic, industry, cultural, and 

17 community impacts; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) have a record of distinguished 

19 service with respect to ocean acidification 

20 or coastal acidification, and such impacts; 

21 ‘‘(B) give consideration to nominations and 

22 recommendations from the members of the 

23 interagency working group and the public for 

24 such appointments; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) ensure that an appropriate balance of 

2 scientific, industry, and geographical interests 

3 are represented by the members of the Advisory 

4 Board. 

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

6 the Advisory Board— 

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

8 and 

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

10 term. 

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

12 shall appoint one member of the Advisory Board to 

13 serve as the Chair of the Advisory Board. 

14 ‘‘(7) MEETINGS.—Not less than once each cal15 endar year, the Advisory Board shall meet at such 

16 times and places as may be designated by the Chair 

17 of the Advisory Board, in consultation with the 

18 Chair of the Subcommittee and the Chair of the 

19 interagency working group. 

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

21 Board shall brief the Subcommittee and the inter22 agency working group on the progress of the Advi23 sory Board as necessary or at the request of the 

24 Subcommittee. 
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1 ‘‘(9) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— 

2 Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

3 shall not apply to the Advisory Board.’’. 

4 SEC. 5. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN. 

5 Section 12405 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re6 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3704) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

10 appears and inserting ‘‘acidification and coastal 

11 acidification’’; 

12 (B) in the first sentence— 

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

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

15 enactment of this Act’’; 

16 (ii) by inserting ‘‘address the socio17 economic impacts of ocean acidification 

18 and coastal acidification and to’’ after 

19 ‘‘mitigation strategies to’’; and 

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

21 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘eco22 systems’’; and 

23 (C) in the second sentence, by inserting 

24 ‘‘and recommendations made by the Advisory 

25 Board in the review of the plan required under 
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1 section 12404(c)(2)(B)(i)’’ after ‘‘subsection 

2 (d)’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and so5 cial sciences’’ after ‘‘among the ocean sciences’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

8 ‘‘impacts’’ and inserting ‘‘impacts, includ9 ing trends of changes in ocean chemistry,’’; 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘improve the abil12 ity to assess the’’ and inserting ‘‘as13 sess the short-term and long-term’’; 

14 and 

15 (II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the 

16 end and inserting a semicolon; 

17 (iii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 

18 read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(C) provide information for the— 

20 ‘‘(i) development of adaptation and 

21 mitigation strategies to address the socio22 economic impacts of ocean acidification 

23 and coastal acidification; 

24 ‘‘(ii) conservation of marine organisms 

25 and ecosystems; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) assessment of the effectiveness 

2 of such adaptation and mitigation strate3 gies; and’’; and 

4 (iv) by adding at the end the following 

5 new subparagraph: 

6 ‘‘(D) improve research on— 

7 ‘‘(i) ocean acidification and coastal 

8 acidification; 

9 ‘‘(ii) the interactions between and ef10 fects of multiple combined stressors includ11 ing changes in water chemistry, changes in 

12 sediment delivery, hypoxia, and harmful 

13 algal blooms, on ocean acidification and 

14 coastal acidification; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) the effect of environmental 

16 stressors on marine resources and eco17 systems;’’; 

18 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

20 ‘‘database development’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘data management’’; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (H) by striking 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

24 (iii) by adding at the end the fol25 lowing new subparagraphs: 
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1 ‘‘(J) assessment of adaptation and mitiga2 tion strategies; and 

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

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

5 forth’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure an appropriate 

6 balance of contribution in establishing’’; 

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

8 and inserting ‘‘the best available peer-reviewed 

9 scientific reports’’; 

10 (F) in paragraph (6)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘and coastal acidifica12 tion’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’; and 

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

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

15 (G) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘outline 

16 budget requirements’’ and inserting ‘‘estimate 

17 costs associated for full implementation of each 

18 element of the plan by fiscal year’’; 

19 (H) in paragraph (8)— 

20 (i) by inserting ‘‘and coastal acidifica21 tion’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’ each place 

22 it appears; 

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

24 ‘‘their’’; and 
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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end 

2 and inserting a semicolon; 

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

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

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

6 paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(11) describe monitoring needs necessary to 

8 support potentially affected industry members, 

9 coastal stakeholders, fishery management councils 

10 and commissions, non-Federal resource managers, 

11 and scientific experts on decision-making and adap12 tation related to ocean acidification and coastal 

13 acidification.’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (c)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘sur16 face’’; 

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

18 coastal acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’ 

19 each place it appears; 

20 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘input, and’’ and in22 serting ‘‘inputs,’’; 

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

24 after ‘‘marine ecosystems’’; and 
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1 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, and modeling that 

2 supports fisheries management’’ after 

3 ‘‘marine organisms’’; 

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

5 coastal acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean acidifica6 tion’’; and 

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

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(8) Research to understand related and cumu10 lative stressors and other biogeochemical processes 

11 occurring in conjunction with ocean acidification and 

12 coastal acidification.’’; and 

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

14 following: 

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

16 than 180 days before a plan is submitted to Congress, the 

17 Subcommittee shall provide the Advisory Board estab18 lished under section 12404(c) a copy of the plan for pur19 poses of review under paragraph (2)(B)(i) of such section. 

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

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

22 any revision thereof, is submitted to Congress, the Sub23 committee shall publish the plan in the Federal Register 

24 and provide an opportunity for submission of public com25 ments for a period of not less than 60 days.’’. 
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1 SEC. 6. NOAA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES. 

2 Section 12406 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re3 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3705) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

8 monitoring,’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

11 (I) by inserting ‘‘including the 

12 Integrated Ocean Observing System 

13 and the ocean observing assets of 

14 other Federal, State, and Tribal agen15 cies,’’ after ‘‘ocean observing assets,’’; 

16 and 

17 (II) by inserting ‘‘and agency 

18 and department missions, prioritizing 

19 the location of monitoring instru20 ments, assets, and projects to maxi21 mize the efficiency of resources and to 

22 optimize understanding of socio23 economic impacts and ecosystem 

24 health’’ after ‘‘research program’’; 

25 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
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1 (I) by striking ‘‘adaptation’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘adaptation and mitigation’’; 

3 and 

4 (II) by inserting ‘‘and supporting 

5 socioeconomically vulnerable States, 

6 local governments, Tribes, commu7 nities, and industries through tech8 nical assistance and mitigation strate9 gies’’ after ‘‘marine ecosystems’’; 

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

11 ‘‘its impacts’’ and inserting ‘‘their respec12 tive impacts’’; 

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

14 ‘‘monitoring and impacts research’’ and in15 serting ‘‘research, monitoring, and adapta16 tion and mitigation strategies’’; and 

17 (v) by adding at the end the following 

18 new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(G) research to improve understanding of 

20 the effect of— 

21 ‘‘(i) other environmental stressors on 

22 ocean acidification and coastal acidifica23 tion; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) multiple environmental stressors 

2 on living marine resources and coastal eco3 systems; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) adaptation and mitigation strat5 egies to address the socioeconomic impacts 

6 of ocean acidification and coastal acidifica7 tion.’’; 

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

9 research projects that explore’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘critical research, education, and outreach 

11 projects that explore and communicate’’; and 

12 (D) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking 

13 ‘‘acidification’’ each place it appears and insert14 ing ‘‘acidification and coastal acidification’’; 

15 and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub17 sections: 

18 ‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO INTERAGENCY WORKING

19 GROUP.—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin20 istration shall serve as the lead Federal agency responsible 

21 for coordinating the Federal response to ocean acidifica22 tion and coastal acidification, by— 

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

24 implementing the strategic research plan under sec25 tion 12405; 
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1 ‘‘(2) coordinating monitoring and research ef2 forts among Federal agencies in cooperation with 

3 State, local, and Tribal government and inter4 national partners; 

5 ‘‘(3) maintaining an Ocean Acidification Infor6 mation Exchange described under section 

7 12404(b)(5) to allow for information to be electroni8 cally accessible, including information— 

9 ‘‘(A) on ocean acidification developed 

10 through or used by the ocean acidification pro11 gram described under section 12406(a); or 

12 ‘‘(B) that would be useful to State govern13 ments, local governments, Tribal governments, 

14 resource managers, policymakers, researchers, 

15 and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapt16 ing to the impacts of ocean acidification and 

17 coastal acidification; and 

18 ‘‘(4) establishing and maintaining the data ar19 chive system under subsection (d). 

20 ‘‘(d) DATA ARCHIVE SYSTEM.— 

21 ‘‘(1) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary, in coordi22 nation with members of the interagency working 

23 group, shall provide for the long-term stewardship 

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

25 and coastal acidification by establishing and main-
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1 taining a data archive system that the National Cen2 ter for Environmental Information uses to process, 

3 store, archive, provide access to, and incorporate to 

4 the extent possible, such data collected— 

5 ‘‘(A) through relevant federally-funded re6 search; and 

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

8 local agency, Tribe, academic scientist, citizen 

9 scientist, or industry organization. 

10 ‘‘(2) EXISTING GLOBAL OR NATIONAL DATA AS11 SETS.—In establishing and maintaining the data ar12 chive system under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

13 shall ensure that existing global or national data as14 sets (including the data assets maintained by the 

15 National Centers for Environmental Information, 

16 the Integrated Ocean Observing System, and other 

17 existing data systems within Federal agencies) are 

18 incorporated to the greatest extent possible. 

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

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

21 Secretary, in coordination with members of the inter22 agency working group, shall establish and revise as nec23 essary the standards, protocols, or procedures for— 

24 ‘‘(1) processing, storing, archiving, and pro25 viding access to such data; 
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1 ‘‘(2) the interoperability and intercalibration of 

2 such data; 

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

4 such data; and 

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

6 Tribal government programs, potentially affected in7 dustry members, coastal stakeholders, fishery man8 agement councils and commissions, non-Federal re9 source managers, and academia. 

10 ‘‘(f) DISSEMINATION OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

11 DATA AND COASTAL ACIDIFICATION DATA.—The Sec12 retary, in coordination with members of the interagency 

13 working group, shall disseminate the data described under 

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

15 such data on full and open access exchanges. 

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

17 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under 

18 this subtitle that collect data described under subsection 

19 (d) shall— 

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

21 standards, protocols, or procedures established pur22 suant to subsection (e); and 

23 ‘‘(2) submit such data to the data archive sys24 tem under subsection (d) after publication, in ac-
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1 cordance with any rules promulgated by the Sec2 retary.’’. 

3 SEC. 7. NSF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES. 

4 Section 12407 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re5 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3706) is 

6 amended— 

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

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘ocean acidification and 

9 coastal acidification’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (a)— 

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

12 by striking ‘‘its impacts’’ and inserting ‘‘their 

13 respective impacts’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and its 

15 impacts’’ and inserting ‘‘and their respective 

16 impacts’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe18 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(5) adaptation and mitigation strategies to ad22 dress socioeconomic effects of ocean acidification and 

23 coastal acidification.’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT.—Recipients of grants from the 

2 National Science Foundation under this subtitle that col3 lect data described under section 12406(d) shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) collect data in accordance with the stand5 ards, protocols, or procedures established pursuant 

6 to section 12406(e); and 

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

8 Secretary after publication, in accordance with any 

9 rules promulgated by the Director or the Sec10 retary.’’. 

11 SEC. 8. NASA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES. 

12 Section 12408 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re13 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3707) is 

14 amended— 

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

16 it appears and inserting ‘‘ocean acidification and 

17 coastal acidification’’; 

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

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

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub21 section: 

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

23 Aeronautics and Space Administration under this subtitle 

24 that collect data described under section 12406(d) shall— 
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1 ‘‘(1) collect such data in accordance with the 

2 standards, protocols, or procedures established pur3 suant to section 12406(e); and 

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

5 the Secretary, in accordance with any rules promul6 gated by the Administrator or the Secretary.’’. 

7 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 Section 12409 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re9 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3708) is 

10 amended— 

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

12 and all that follows through paragraph (4) and in13 serting the following: ‘‘subtitle— 

14 ‘‘(1) $30,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

15 ‘‘(2) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

16 ‘‘(3) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

17 ‘‘(4) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

18 ‘‘(5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’; and 

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

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

2 of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2021. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1447 

AN ACT 

To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Refor other purposes. fication data and Coastal Acidification data, and maintain a data archive system for Ocean Acidi- cation and Coastal Acidification, to establish and pand and improve the research on Ocean Acidifi- an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board, to ex- search and Monitoring Act of 2009 to establish