(F) The Environmental Protection Agency. 
(G) The Department of Defense. 
(H) The Department of Energy. 
(I) The National Science Foundation. 
(J) Such other White House offices and 
Federal agencies the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy determines ap-
propriate. 
(5) AGREEMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To carry out activities 
under this Act, the heads of agencies represented 
on the committee may enter into agreements 
with each other, and transfer, receive, and ex-
pend funds made available by a Federal or State 
agency or any person. 
(B) NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS
AND
SPACE 
ADMINISTRATION
AND
NATIONAL
OCEANIC
AND 
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.—The Adminis-
trator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration and the Administrator shall 
enter into an interagency agreement providing 
for cooperation and collaboration in the develop-
ment of sea level rise and coastal flood and coast-
al land loss related instruments, technologies, 
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data sets, and products in accordance with this 
Act. 
(C) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
AND NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC AD-
MINISTRATION.—The Director of the United 
States Geological Survey and the Administrator 
shall enter into an interagency agreement pro-
viding for cooperation and collaboration in the 
development, quality control, processing, and de-
livery of coastal hazards and sea level rise re-
lated data, modeling, mapping, and services in 
accordance with this Act. 
(6) INTERNATIONAL, ACADEMIC COMMUNITY, AND 
COMMERCIAL SECTOR COLLABORATION.—The heads of 
each Federal agency participating in the Sub-
committee established under paragraph (1) shall, to 
the extent practicable, engage and cooperate with the 
international community, academic community, and 
commercial sector on the observational infrastructure, 
data, scientific research, and service delivery and 
technical assistance necessary to advance the moni-
toring, forecasting, and prediction of, preparation for, 
and protection from coastal flooding and coastal land 
loss, sea level rise, changing Great Lakes water levels, 
and land subsidence. 
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(c) ADMINISTRATOR.—In this section, the term ‘‘Ad-
ministrator’’ means the Secretary of Commerce, acting 
through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration. 
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Union Calendar No. 413 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3228 
[Report No. 117–572, Part I] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting 
through the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration, to improve 
science, data, and services that enable sound de-
cision making in response to coastal flood risk, 
including impacts of sea level rise, storm events, 
changing Great Lakes water levels, and land sub-
sidence. 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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