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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1447 

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 

MARCH 1, 2021 

Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 

BEYER, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PANETTA, 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. CASE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. CRIST) 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 2021’’ or the ‘‘COAST Research Act of 2021’’. 

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 through 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 byproducts 

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

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

18 paragraph: 

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

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

21 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 

22 Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

23 Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United 

24 States, and any other territory or possession of the 

25 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 before the 

24 Subcommittee submits the most recent report 

25 under subsection (d)(2)— 


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1 ‘‘(i) review such report; 

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

3 to the Subcommittee for consideration in 

4 the final report submitted under subsection 

5 (d)(2); and 

6 ‘‘(iii) concurrently with the Sub7 committee’s final submission of the report 

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

9 Board shall submit a copy of the analysis 

10 provided to the Subcommittee to the Com11 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Trans12 portation of the Senate, the Committee on 

13 Science, Space, and Technology of the 

14 House of Representatives, and the Com15 mittee on Natural Resources of the House 

16 of Representatives; 

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

18 Subcommittee submits the most recent strategic 

19 research plan under subsection (d)(3) to Con20 gress— 

21 ‘‘(i) review such plan; 

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

23 and the implementation thereof to the Sub24 committee for consideration in the final 


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1 strategic research plan submitted under 

2 subsection (d)(3); and 

3 ‘‘(iii) concurrently with the Sub4 committee’s final submission of the stra5 tegic research plan under subsection 

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

7 copy of the analysis provided to the Sub8 committee to the Committee on Commerce, 

9 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 

10 the Committee on Science, Space, and 

11 Technology of the House of Representa12 tives, and the Committee on Natural Re13 sources of the House of Representatives; 

14 ‘‘(C) provide ongoing advice to the Sub15 committee and the interagency working group 

16 on matters related to Federal activities on 

17 ocean acidification and coastal acidification; 

18 ‘‘(D) advise the Subcommittee and the 

19 interagency working group on— 

20 ‘‘(i) efforts to coordinate research and 

21 monitoring activities related to ocean acidi22 fication and coastal acidification; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) the best practices for the stand24 ards developed for data archiving under 

25 section 12406(e); 


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

2 charter; 

3 ‘‘(F) provide the Library of Congress 

4 with— 

5 ‘‘(i) the charter described in subpara6 graph (E); 

7 ‘‘(ii) any schedules and minutes for 

8 meetings of the Advisory Board; 

9 ‘‘(iii) any documents that are ap10 proved by the Advisory Board; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) any reports and analysis pre12 pared by the Advisory Board; and 

13 ‘‘(G) establish a publicly accessible web 

14 page on the website of the National Oceanic 

15 and Atmospheric Administration, that contains 

16 the information described in clauses (i) through 

17 (iv) of subparagraph (F). 

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

19 consist of 24 members as follows: 

20 ‘‘(A) Two representatives of the shellfish 

21 and crab industry. 

22 ‘‘(B) One representative of the finfish in23 dustry. 

24 ‘‘(C) One representative of seafood proc25 essors. 


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1 ‘‘(D) Three representatives from academia, 

2 including both natural and social sciences. 

3 ‘‘(E) One representative of recreational 

4 fishing. 

5 ‘‘(F) One representative of relevant non6 governmental organizations. 

7 ‘‘(G) Six representatives from relevant 

8 State, local, and Tribal governments. 

9 ‘‘(H) One representative from the Alaska 

10 Ocean Acidification Network. 

11 ‘‘(I) One representative from the California 

12 Current Acidification Network. 

13 ‘‘(J) One representative from the North14 east Coastal Acidification Network. 

15 ‘‘(K) One representative from the South16 east Coastal Acidification Network. 

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

18 Mexico Coastal Acidification Network. 

19 ‘‘(M) One representative from the Mid-At20 lantic Coastal Acidification Network. 

21 ‘‘(N) One representative from the Pacific 

22 Islands Ocean Observing System or similar en23 tity representing the island territories and pos24 sessions of the United States in the Pacific 

25 Ocean, and the State of Hawaii. 


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1 ‘‘(O) One representative from the Carib2 bean Regional Association for Coastal Ocean 

3 Observing or a similar entity representing Puer4 to Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. 

5 ‘‘(P) One representative from the National 

6 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall 

7 serve as an ex-officio member of the Advisory 

8 Board without a vote. 

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

10 of the Subcommittee shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) appoint members to the Advisory 

12 Board (taking into account the geographical in13 terests of each individual to be appointed as a 

14 member of the Advisory Board to ensure that 

15 an appropriate balance of geographical interests 

16 are represented by the members of the Advisory 

17 Board) who— 

18 ‘‘(i) represent the interest group for 

19 which each seat is designated; 

20 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate expertise on ocean 

21 acidification or coastal acidification and its 

22 scientific, economic, industry, cultural, and 

23 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 ‘‘(B) give consideration to nominations and 

5 recommendations from the members of the 

6 interagency working group and the public for 

7 such appointments; and 

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

9 scientific, industry, and geographical interests 

10 are represented by the members of the Advisory 

11 Board. 

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

13 the Advisory Board— 

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

15 and 

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

17 term. 

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

19 shall appoint one member of the Advisory Board to 

20 serve as the Chair of the Advisory Board. 

21 ‘‘(7) MEETINGS.—Not less than once each cal22 endar year, the Advisory Board shall meet at such 

23 times and places as may be designated by the Chair 

24 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 Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

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

10 SEC. 5. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN. 

11 Section 12405 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re12 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3704) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

16 appears and inserting ‘‘acidification and coastal 

17 acidification’’; 

18 (B) in the first sentence— 

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

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

21 enactment of this Act’’; 

22 (ii) by inserting ‘‘address the socio23 economic impacts of ocean acidification 

24 and coastal acidification and to’’ after 

25 ‘‘mitigation strategies to’’; and 


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

2 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘eco3 systems’’; and 

4 (C) in the second sentence, by inserting 

5 ‘‘and recommendations made by the Advisory 

6 Board in the review of the plan required under 

7 section 12404(c)(2)(B)(i)’’ after ‘‘subsection 

8 (d)’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and so11 cial sciences’’ after ‘‘among the ocean sciences’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

14 ‘‘impacts’’ and inserting ‘‘impacts, includ15 ing trends of changes in ocean chemistry,’’; 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘improve the abil18 ity to assess the’’ and inserting ‘‘as19 sess the short-term and long-term’’; 

20 and 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the 

22 end and inserting a semicolon; 

23 (iii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 

24 read as follows: 

25 ‘‘(C) provide information for the— 


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1 ‘‘(i) development of adaptation and 

2 mitigation strategies to address the socio3 economic impacts of ocean acidification 

4 and coastal acidification; 

5 ‘‘(ii) conservation of marine organisms 

6 and ecosystems; 

7 ‘‘(iii) assessment of the effectiveness 

8 of such adaptation and mitigation strate9 gies; and’’; and 

10 (iv) by adding at the end the following 

11 new subparagraph: 

12 ‘‘(D) improve research on— 

13 ‘‘(i) ocean acidification and coastal 

14 acidification; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the interactions between and ef16 fects of multiple combined stressors includ17 ing changes in water chemistry, changes in 

18 sediment delivery, hypoxia, and harmful 

19 algal blooms, on ocean acidification and 

20 coastal acidification; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) the effect of environmental 

22 stressors on marine resources and eco23 systems;’’; 

24 (C) in paragraph (3)— 


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

2 ‘‘database development’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘data management’’; 

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), by striking ‘‘outline 

23 budget requirements’’ and inserting ‘‘estimate 

24 costs associated for full implementation of each 

25 element of the plan by fiscal year’’; 


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1 (H) in paragraph (8)— 

2 (i) by inserting ‘‘and coastal acidifica3 tion’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’ each place 

4 it appears; 

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

6 ‘‘their’’; and 

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

8 and inserting a semicolon; 

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

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

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

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(10) describe monitoring needs necessary to 

14 support potentially affected industry members, 

15 coastal stakeholders, fishery management councils 

16 and commissions, non-Federal resource managers, 

17 and scientific experts on decision-making and adap18 tation related to ocean acidification and coastal 

19 acidification.’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘sur22 face’’; 

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

24 coastal acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’ 

25 each place it appears; 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘input, and’’ and in3 serting ‘‘inputs,’’; 

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

5 after ‘‘marine ecosystems’’; and 

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

7 supports fisheries management’’ after 

8 ‘‘marine organisms’’; 

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

10 coastal acidification’’ after ‘‘ocean acidifica11 tion’’; and 

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

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(6) Research to understand related and cumu15 lative stressors and other biogeochemical processes 

16 occurring in conjunction with ocean acidification and 

17 coastal acidification.’’; and 

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

19 following: 

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

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

22 Subcommittee shall provide the Advisory Board estab23 lished under section 12404(c) a copy of the plan for pur24 poses of review under paragraph (2)(B)(i) of such section. 


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

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

3 any revision thereof, is submitted to Congress, the Sub4 committee shall publish the plan in the Federal Register 

5 and provide an opportunity for submission of public com6 ments for a period of not less than 60 days.’’. 

7 SEC. 6. NOAA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES. 

8 Section 12406 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re9 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3705) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

14 monitoring,’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (I) by inserting ‘‘including the 

18 Integrated Ocean Observing System 

19 and the ocean observing assets of 

20 other Federal and State agencies,’’ 

21 after ‘‘ocean observing assets,’’; and 

22 (II) by inserting ‘‘and agency 

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1 mize the efficiency of resources and to 

2 optimize understanding of socio3 economic impacts and ecosystem 

4 health’’ after ‘‘research program’’; 

5 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘adaptation’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘adaptation and mitigation’’; 

8 and 

9 (II) by inserting ‘‘and supporting 

10 socioeconomically vulnerable commu11 nities and industries’’ after ‘‘marine 

12 ecosystems’’; 

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

14 ‘‘its impacts’’ and inserting ‘‘their respec15 tive impacts’’; 

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

17 ‘‘monitoring and impacts research’’ and in18 serting ‘‘research, monitoring, and adapta19 tion and mitigation strategies’’; and 

20 (v) by adding at the end the following 

21 new subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(G) research to improve understanding of 

23 the effect of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) other environmental stressors on 

2 ocean acidification and coastal acidifica3 tion; 

4 ‘‘(ii) multiple environmental stressors 

5 on living marine resources and coastal eco6 systems; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) adaptation and mitigation strat8 egies to address the socioeconomic impacts 

9 of ocean acidification and coastal acidifica10 tion.’’; 

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

12 research projects that explore’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘critical research and education projects that 

14 explore and communicate’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘acidification’’ each place it appears and insert17 ing ‘‘acidification and coastal acidification’’; 

18 and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub20 sections: 

21 ‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO INTERAGENCY WORKING

22 GROUP.—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin23 istration shall serve as the lead Federal agency responsible 

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

2 implementing the strategic research plan under sec3 tion 12405; 

4 ‘‘(2) coordinating monitoring and research ef5 forts among Federal agencies in cooperation with 

6 State, local, and Tribal government and inter7 national partners; 

8 ‘‘(3) maintaining an Ocean Acidification Infor9 mation Exchange described under section 

10 12404(b)(5) to allow for information to be electroni11 cally accessible, including information— 

12 ‘‘(A) on ocean acidification developed 

13 through or used by the ocean acidification pro14 gram described under section 12406(a); or 

15 ‘‘(B) that would be useful to State govern16 ments, local governments, Tribal governments, 

17 resource managers, policymakers, researchers, 

18 and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapt19 ing to the impacts of ocean acidification and 

20 coastal acidification; and 

21 ‘‘(4) establishing and maintaining the data ar22 chive system under subsection (d). 

23 ‘‘(d) DATA ARCHIVE SYSTEM.— 

24 ‘‘(1) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary, in coordi25 nation with members of the interagency working 


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1 group, shall provide for the long-term stewardship 

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

3 and coastal acidification by establishing and main4 taining a data archive system that the National Cen5 ter for Environmental Information uses to process, 

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

7 the extent possible, such data collected— 

8 ‘‘(A) through relevant federally-funded re9 search; and 

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

11 local agency, Tribe, academic scientist, citizen 

12 scientist, or industry organization. 

13 ‘‘(2) EXISTING GLOBAL OR NATIONAL DATA AS14 SETS.—In establishing and maintaining the data ar15 chive system under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

16 shall ensure that existing global or national data as17 sets (including the data assets maintained by the 

18 National Centers for Environmental Information, 

19 the Integrated Ocean Observing System, and other 

20 existing data systems within Federal agencies) are 

21 incorporated to the greatest extent possible. 

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

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

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1 agency working group, shall establish and revise as nec2 essary the standards, protocols, 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 collect data described under subsection 

25 (d) shall— 


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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 data archive sys5 tem under subsection (d), in accordance with any 

6 rules promulgated by the Secretary.’’. 

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’’ and all that 

18 follows through ‘‘which shall’’; 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘proposals for re20 search’’ and inserting ‘‘proposals for the 

21 researching’’; and 

22 (iii) by striking ‘‘its impacts’’ and in23 serting ‘‘their respective impacts’’; 

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

25 ecosystems’’ and inserting ‘‘ecosystems’’; 


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

2 at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (D) in paragraph (3)— 

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

5 inserting ‘‘and their respective impacts’’; 

6 and 

7 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

8 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(4) adaptation and mitigation strategies to ad12 dress socioeconomic effects of ocean acidification and 

13 coastal acidification.’’; and 

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

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

16 National Science Foundation under this subtitle that col17 lect data described under section 12406(d) shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) collect data in accordance with the stand19 ards, protocols, or procedures established pursuant 

20 to section 12406(e); and 

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

22 Secretary, in accordance with any rules promulgated 

23 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 $50 million for each 

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

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

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

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

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