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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1921 

To authorize Federal agencies to establish prize competitions for innovation 

or adaptation management development relating to ocean acidification. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Mr. KILMER (for himself, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. BONAMICI, and Mr. 

YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ocean Acidification 

5 Innovation Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 

7 Section 12404 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re8 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703) is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(d) PRIZE COMPETITIONS.— 

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

3 representative serving on the interagency working 

4 group established under this section may, either in5 dividually or in cooperation with one or more agen6 cies, carry out a program to award prizes competi7 tively under section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

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

9 3719). An agency seeking to carry out such a pro10 gram shall carry out such program in coordination 

11 with the chair of such interagency working group. 

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

13 out under this subsection shall be for the purpose of 

14 stimulating innovation to advance our Nation’s abil15 ity to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidifi16 cation or its impacts, or to develop management or 

17 adaptation options for responding to ocean acidifica18 tion. 

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

20 given to establishing programs under this section 

21 that address communities, environments, or indus22 tries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean 

23 acidification, including— 

24 ‘‘(A) the development of monitoring or 

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1 tries that are experiencing significant financial 

2 hardship; 

3 ‘‘(B) the development of adaptation op4 tions to alleviate economic harm and job loss 

5 caused by ocean acidification; 

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

7 vulnerable communities or industries, with an 

8 emphasis on rural communities and businesses; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(D) the development of adaptation and 

11 management options for impacted shellfish in12 dustries. 

13 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

14 addition to amounts made available under section 

15 12409, there is authorized to be appropriated such 

16 sums as may be necessary to carry out this sub17 section.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 Section 12409 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re20 search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3708) is 

21 amended— 

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

23 and all that follows through paragraph (4) and in24 serting the following: ‘‘subtitle $30,500,000 for each 

25 of the fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’; and 


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

2 and all that follows through paragraph (4) and in3 serting the following: ‘‘subtitle $20,000,000 for each 

4 of the fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. 

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