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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4482 
To impose a moratorium on closing, suspending, terminating leases of, ceasing 
construction of, consolidating, or otherwise imposing any new limitation 
on access to facilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2025 
Mr. AMO (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Ms. TLAIB, Ms. ELFRETH, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
MULLIN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. 
GARCIA
of Texas, Ms. SIMON, Mrs. WATSON
COLEMAN, Mrs. 
CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PLASKETT, Mrs. DINGELL, 
Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. TOKUDA, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
KENNEDY of New York, Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. JACOBS, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. KEATING, Ms. WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. ROSS, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. STANTON, Mr. FIELDS, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. 
CORREA, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, 
Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. IVEY, Mr. LATIMER, Mr. TONKO, 
Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CASE, Ms. LOIS 
FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. DEXTER, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mr. 
LANDSMAN, Mr. FROST, and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, 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 impose a moratorium on closing, suspending, terminating 
leases of, ceasing construction of, consolidating, or other-
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wise imposing any new limitation on access to facilities 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop NOAA Closures 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MORATORIUM WITH RESPECT TO FACILITIES OF 
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MORATORIUM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of Commerce, the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, or the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, as the case may be, may not close, 
suspend, terminate a lease of, cease construction of, 
consolidate, or otherwise impose any new limitation 
on access to a facility of the Administration. 
(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
EMERGENCIES.—Para-
graph (1) shall not apply with respect to any tem-
porary action by the Secretary of Commerce, the Ad-
ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, or the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, as the case may be, to close, suspend, 
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terminate a lease of, cease construction of, consoli-
date, or otherwise limit access to a facility of the 
Administration in response to an emergency that 
poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of 
personnel of the Administration. 
(3) CESSATION UPON REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
Paragraph (1) shall cease to be effective on the date 
that is 180 days after the report described in para-
graph (4) is submitted. 
(4) REPORT.—Not earlier than January 21, 
2029, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration, and the Administrator of General Services 
shall jointly submit to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology and the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate a report outlining and justi-
fying the process for selecting any facility of the Ad-
ministration for closure, suspension, termination of 
a lease, cessation of construction, consolidation, or 
other limitation on access to such a facility. Such re-
port shall include information relating to the fol-
lowing: 
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(A) An analysis of the criteria used for 
such selection. 
(B) A description of any method of cost- 
benefit analysis applied in connection with such 
closure, suspension, termination of lease, ces-
sation of construction, consolidation, or other 
limitation, including any analysis that takes 
into account the following: 
(i) The anticipated savings resulting 
from such closure, suspension, termination 
of lease, cessation of construction, consoli-
dation, or other limitation. 
(ii) The anticipated costs associated 
with replacing services lost as a result of 
such closure, suspension, termination of 
lease, cessation of construction, consolida-
tion, or other limitation. 
(iii) The anticipated impact on serv-
ices of the Administration. 
(iv) Such other relevant factors as the 
Secretary, the Administrator of the Admin-
istration, and the Administrator of General 
Services may determine. 
(b) FUTURE
CLOSURES, SUSPENSIONS, TERMI-
NATIONS OF LEASES, CESSATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION, 
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CONSOLIDATIONS, AND OTHER LIMITATIONS
ON AC-
CESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
or the Administrator of General Services, as the case 
may be, may not close, suspend, terminate a lease 
of, cease construction of, consolidate, or otherwise 
impose any new limitation on access to a facility of 
the Administration unless the requirement of para-
graph (2) is satisfied. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The requirement of this 
paragraph is that not later than 30 days before a 
closure, suspension, termination of lease, cessation 
of construction, consolidation, or other limitation 
with respect to a facility referred to in paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration, and the Administrator of General Services 
jointly submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology and the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report outlining and justifying 
the process for selecting such facility for such clo-
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sure, suspension, termination of lease, cessation of 
construction, consolidation, or other limitation. Such 
report shall include information in accordance with 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(4). 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
EMERGENCIES.—Para-
graph (1) shall not apply with respect to any tem-
porary action by the Secretary of Commerce, the Ad-
ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, or the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, as the case may be, to close, suspend, 
terminate a lease of, cease construction of, consoli-
date, or otherwise limit access to a facility of the 
Administration in response to an emergency that 
poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of 
personnel of the Administration. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (b) shall apply 
with respect to a closure, suspension, termination of lease, 
cessation of construction, consolidation, or other limitation 
referred to in paragraph (1) of such subsection occurring 
after the cessation of the moratorium under subsection 
(a). 
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