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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1921 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To authorize Federal agencies to establish prize competitions 

for innovation or adaptation management development 

relating to ocean acidification. 

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 ‘‘Ocean Acidification 

3 Innovation Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 

5 Section 12404 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re6 search And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703) is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(d) PRIZE COMPETITIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Federal agency with a 

10 representative serving on the interagency working 

11 group established under this section may, either in12 dividually or in cooperation with one or more agen13 cies, carry out a program to award prizes competi14 tively under section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

15 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

16 3719). An agency seeking to carry out such a pro17 gram shall carry out such program in coordination 

18 with the chair of such interagency working group. 

19 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—Any prize competition carried 

20 out under this subsection shall be for the purpose of 

21 stimulating innovation to advance our Nation’s abil22 ity to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidifi23 cation or its impacts, or to develop management or 

24 adaptation options for responding to ocean acidifica25 tion. 


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1 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY PROGRAMS.—Priority shall be 

2 given to establishing programs under this section 

3 that address communities, environments, or indus4 tries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean 

5 acidification, including— 

6 ‘‘(A) the development of monitoring or 

7 management options for communities or indus8 tries that are experiencing significant financial 

9 hardship; 

10 ‘‘(B) the development of adaptation op11 tions to alleviate economic harm and job loss 

12 caused by ocean acidification; 

13 ‘‘(C) the development of measures to help 

14 vulnerable communities or industries, with an 

15 emphasis on rural communities and businesses; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(D) the development of adaptation and 

18 management options for impacted shellfish in19 dustries.’’. 

20 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

21 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

22 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

23 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

24 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

25 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 


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1 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro2 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

3 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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