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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 676 

To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act 

of 2009 to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to 

collaborate with State and local governments and Indian Tribes on vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification, research planning, 

and similar activities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 31, 2023 

Ms. PINGREE (for herself, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mrs. 

GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. CARSON, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. 

HUFFMAN, Mr. KILMER, and Ms. SCANLON) 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 require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to collaborate 

with State and local governments and Indian Tribes on 

vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification, 

research planning, and similar activities, 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 Communities 

3 Ocean Acidification Act of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 Section 12403 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re6 search And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3702) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking paragraph (4); 

9 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

10 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

11 (3) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so re12 designated, the following: 

13 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

14 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 

15 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

16 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).’’; 

17 (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by para18 graph (2), by inserting ‘‘an increase of’’ before ‘‘car19 bon dioxide’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(6) SUBCOMMITTEE.—The term ‘Sub22 committee’ means the National Science and Tech23 nology Council Subcommittee on Ocean Science and 

24 Technology. 

25 ‘‘(7) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United 

26 States’ means the States, collectively.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENT OF COLLABORATION ON OCEAN 

2 ACIDIFICATION. 

3 (a) ONGOING INPUT MECHANISM.—Section 

4 12404(c)(2) of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research 

5 And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703(c)(2)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

8 and inserting a semicolon; 

9 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

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

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

12 ‘‘(D) maintain or establish an ongoing 

13 mechanism (such as a liaison or other contact 

14 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad15 ministration, standing meetings, or an online 

16 platform) to engage affected industry members, 

17 coastal stakeholders, community acidification 

18 networks, fishery management councils and 

19 commissions, indigenous knowledge groups, 

20 non-Federal resource managers, and scientific 

21 experts not employed by the Federal Govern22 ment to provide input on research, data, and 

23 monitoring that is necessary to support on-the24 ground management, decision making, and ad25 aptation related to ocean acidification and 


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1 coastal acidification and the impacts of ocean 

2 acidification and coastal acidification.’’. 

3 (b) ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSHIP.—Section 

4 12404(c)(3) of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research 

5 And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703(c)(3)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) 

8 through (Q) as subparagraphs (H) through (R), re9 spectively; 

10 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(G) Two representatives from Indian 

13 Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Tribal con14 sortia affected by ocean acidification and coast15 al acidification.’’; and 

16 (3) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated by 

17 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Six’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Four’’. 

19 (c) APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD MEM20 BERS.—Section 12404(c)(4)(C) of the Federal Ocean 

21 Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 

22 U.S.C. 3703(c)(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘State and 

23 local’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, and Tribal’’. 

24 (d) ENGAGEMENT AND COORDINATION WITH INDIAN

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1 eral Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 

2 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703(c)) is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(9) ENGAGEMENT AND COORDINATION WITH

4 INDIAN TRIBES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than 

6 one year after the date on which the Advisory 

7 Board is established, the Advisory Board shall 

8 develop and commence maintaining a policy for 

9 engagement and coordination with Indian 

10 Tribes affected by ocean acidification and coast11 al acidification. 

12 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In developing the 

13 policy under subparagraph (A), the Advisory 

14 Board shall consult with Indian Tribes affected 

15 by ocean acidification and coastal acidifica16 tion.’’. 

17 (e) COLLABORATION ON VULNERABILITY ASSESS18 MENTS, RESEARCH PLANNING, AND SIMILAR ACTIVI19 TIES.—Section 12404(e)(4)(A) of the Federal Ocean 

20 Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 

21 U.S.C. 3703(e)(4)(A)) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating clauses (ix) and (x) as 

23 clauses (x) and (xi), respectively; and 

24 (2) by inserting after clause (viii) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(ix) identifies the efforts of the Sec2 retary to collaborate with State and local 

3 governments and Indian Tribes on commu4 nity vulnerability assessments, research 

5 planning, and similar activities, pursuant 

6 to section 12406(e);’’. 

7 (f) CONTENTS OF STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN.— 

8 Section 12405(b) of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re9 search And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3704(b)) 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘section 

12 12404(c)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12404(e)(4)’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘potentially 

15 affected industry members, coastal stakeholders, 

16 fishery management councils and commissions, Trib17 al governments, non-Federal resource managers, and 

18 scientific experts’’ and inserting ‘‘affected industry 

19 members, coastal stakeholders, community acidifica20 tion networks, fishery management councils and 

21 commissions, indigenous knowledge groups, non22 Federal resource managers, and scientific experts 

23 not employed by the Federal Government’’. 

24 (g) IMPROVING COLLABORATION ON NOAA OCEAN

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1 eral Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 

2 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3705) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

6 ‘‘maximize’’ and inserting ‘‘take into con7 sideration’’; 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by adding a 

9 semicolon at the end; and 

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

11 ‘‘Tribal governments’’ and inserting ‘‘In12 dian Tribes’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘industry 

14 members, coastal stakeholders, fishery manage15 ment councils and commissions, non-Federal re16 source managers, community acidification net17 works, indigenous knowledge groups, and sci18 entific experts’’ and inserting ‘‘affected industry 

19 members, coastal stakeholders, community 

20 acidification networks, fishery management 

21 councils and commissions, indigenous knowl22 edge groups, non-Federal resource managers, 

23 and scientific experts not employed by the Fed24 eral Government’’; 

25 (2) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘State, 

2 local, and Tribal governments’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘State and local governments, Indian Tribes,’’; 

4 and 

5 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 

7 or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

8 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

9 (B) as subparagraph (C); 

10 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

11 (A) the following: 

12 ‘‘(B) on ocean acidification and coastal 

13 acidification research, data, and monitoring 

14 from affected industry members, coastal stake15 holders, community acidification networks, fish16 ery management councils and commissions, in17 digenous knowledge groups, non-Federal re18 source managers, and scientific experts not em19 ployed by the Federal Government; or’’; and 

20 (iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesig21 nated by clause (ii), by striking ‘‘State 

22 governments, local governments, Tribal 

23 governments’’ and inserting ‘‘State and 

24 local governments, Indian Tribes’’; 


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1 (3) in subsection (d)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘Tribes 

2 or Tribal governments’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian 

3 Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Tribal consortia’’; 

4 and 

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

6 ‘‘(e) BETTER COLLABORATION ON VULNERABILITY

7 ASSESSMENTS, RESEARCH PLANNING, AND SIMILAR AC8 TIVITIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pro10 gram under subsection (a), and in support of vulner11 ability assessments transmitted under section 

12 12404(e)(4) and recommendations included in the 

13 strategic research plan described in section 

14 12405(b)(10), the Secretary shall build upon exist15 ing activities and collaborate with State and local 

16 governments and Indian Tribes that are conducting 

17 or have completed vulnerability assessments, re18 search planning, climate action plans, or other simi19 lar activities related to ocean acidification and coast20 al acidification and the impacts of ocean acidifica21 tion and coastal acidification on coastal commu22 nities, for the purpose of— 

23 ‘‘(A) supporting collaborative interagency 

24 relationships and information sharing at the 

25 State, local, and Tribal levels; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) assisting State and local governments 

2 and Indian Tribes in— 

3 ‘‘(i) improving existing systems and 

4 programs to better address ocean acidifica5 tion and coastal acidification; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) identifying whether such activi7 ties can be used as a model for other com8 munities. 

9 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In carrying out paragraph (1), 

10 the Secretary shall prioritize underserved popu11 lations and entities in the use of resources of the 

12 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.’’. 

13 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

14 The Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Moni15 toring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) in section 12402(1) (33 U.S.C. 3701(1)), by 

17 striking ‘‘development coordination and implementa18 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘development, coordination, and 

19 implementation’’; 

20 (2) in section 12404 (33 U.S.C. 3703)— 

21 (A) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘; 

22 and’’ and inserting a period; 

23 (B) in subsection (c)(2)(A)— 


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1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub2 section (d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

3 (e)(2)’’; and 

4 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘sub5 section (d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

6 (e)(3)’’; 

7 (C) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘this 

8 section’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 

9 (D) in subsection (e)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

11 ‘‘interagency’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’; and 

12 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

13 ‘‘years until 2031 thereafter’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘years thereafter until 2031’’; and 

15 (3) in section 12406(d)(2) (33 U.S.C. 

16 3705(d)(2)), by striking ‘‘The Secretary to,’’ and in17 serting ‘‘The Secretary, to’’. 

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