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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 Com-
mittee 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. 
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 
Innovation Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 
Section 12404 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re-
search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(d) PRIZE COMPETITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Federal agency with a 
representative serving on the interagency working 
group established under this section may, either in-
dividually or in cooperation with one or more agen-
cies, carry out a program to award prizes competi-
tively under section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3719). An agency seeking to carry out such a pro-
gram shall carry out such program in coordination 
with the chair of such interagency working group. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—Any prize competition carried 
out under this subsection shall be for the purpose of 
stimulating innovation to advance our Nation’s abil-
ity to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidifi-
cation or its impacts, or to develop management or 
adaptation options for responding to ocean acidifica-
tion. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY
PROGRAMS.—Priority shall be 
given to establishing programs under this section 
that address communities, environments, or indus-
tries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean 
acidification, including— 
‘‘(A) the development of monitoring or 
management options for communities or indus-
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tries that are experiencing significant financial 
hardship; 
‘‘(B) the development of adaptation op-
tions to alleviate economic harm and job loss 
caused by ocean acidification; 
‘‘(C) the development of measures to help 
vulnerable communities or industries, with an 
emphasis on rural communities and businesses; 
and 
‘‘(D) the development of adaptation and 
management options for impacted shellfish in-
dustries. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to amounts made available under section 
12409, there is authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this sub-
section.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 12409 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re-
search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3708) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subtitle—’’ 
and all that follows through paragraph (4) and in-
serting the following: ‘‘subtitle $30,500,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’; and 
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