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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6061 

To authorize Federal agencies to establish prize competitions for innovation 

or adaptation management development relating to ocean acidification. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2021 

Mr. KILMER (for himself and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

Technology, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

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 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 

2 Section 12404 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re3 search And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703) is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(d) PRIZE COMPETITIONS.— 

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

7 representative serving on the interagency working 

8 group established under this section may, either in9 dividually or in cooperation with one or more agen10 cies, carry out a program to award prizes competi11 tively under section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

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

13 3719). An agency seeking to carry out such a pro14 gram shall carry out such program in coordination 

15 with the chair of such interagency working group. 

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

17 out under this subsection shall be for the purpose of 

18 stimulating innovation to advance our Nation’s abil19 ity to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidifi20 cation or its impacts, or to develop management or 

21 adaptation options for responding to ocean acidifica22 tion. 

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

24 given to establishing programs under this section 

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1 tries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean 

2 acidification, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) the development of monitoring or 

4 management options for communities or indus5 tries that are experiencing significant financial 

6 hardship or impacts to cultural resources; 

7 ‘‘(B) the development of adaptation op8 tions to alleviate economic harm and job loss 

9 caused by ocean acidification; 

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

11 vulnerable communities or industries, with an 

12 emphasis on rural and Tribal communities and 

13 businesses; and 

14 ‘‘(D) the development of adaptation and 

15 management options for shellfish growers and 

16 other impacted industries.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

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

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

20 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

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

22 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

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1 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

2 vote on passage. 

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