I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 845 
To provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant opportunities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. CARBAJAL (for himself, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. KEATING, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 
Mr. HECK, and Ms. BONAMICI) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant 
opportunities. 
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 ‘‘Ocean Acidification 
Research Partnerships Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
OCEAN 
ACIDIFICATION 
COLLABORATIVE 
RE-
SEARCH GRANTS. 
The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Moni-
toring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 12406 the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 12406A. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION COLLABORATIVE RE-
SEARCH GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ACADEMIC COMMUNITY.—The term ‘aca-
demic community’ includes faculty and other rep-
resentatives of institutions of higher education and 
other schools, researchers, scientists, and natural re-
source managers. 
‘‘(2) SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.—The term ‘seafood 
industry’ includes shellfish growers, shellfish har-
vesters, commercial fishermen, recreational fisher-
men, other members of the seafood harvesting or 
supply chain, and organizations representing any of 
such groups. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall provide grants 
for collaborative research projects on ocean acidification 
developed and conducted through partnerships between 
the seafood industry and the academic community. 
‘‘(c) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—The Secretary may 
not provide a grant for a project under this section unless 
the project is— 
‘‘(1) consistent with the themes identified under 
the strategic research plan developed by the Sub-
committee under section 12405; and 
‘‘(2) designed to— 
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‘‘(A) develop and support partnerships, 
communications, and shared understanding be-
tween the seafood industry and the academic 
community; 
‘‘(B) include the seafood industry in re-
search on ocean acidification; 
‘‘(C) deliver research, monitoring, or adap-
tation results which will benefit both the sea-
food industry and the academic community; 
‘‘(D) incorporate into the research agenda 
the expertise of both the seafood industry, in-
cluding their unique understanding of the nat-
ural environment, and the academic community; 
‘‘(E) promote better understanding of sea-
food industry research questions and priorities 
within the academic community; 
‘‘(F) promote wider understanding of 
ocean acidification among the academic commu-
nity, the seafood industry, and other stake-
holders as appropriate; and 
‘‘(G) include appropriately balanced sup-
port from both the seafood industry and the 
academic community. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize fund-
ing under this section to projects which— 
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